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O3

Date produced: 1931

Filmmaker(s):

Sharples

Description:

"endeavouring cinematically to depict the freedom of the open air as a contrast to the mechanised life of the city during the working week. The treatment in the hands of Mr. S. Sharples was a departure from the usual run of films, as there was exploitation only of natural media and no particular caste was featured. By rapid acceleration and accurate timing of sequences the effect of stimulation and movement was produced. This film was submitted to Mr. J. Grierson, of “Drifters” fame, and in a very candid criticism of it he wrote “… one of the most intelligent amateur films I have seen" (Anon 1931: 183).


Oasi [Oasis]

Date produced: 1939

Filmmaker(s):

Antonio Covi


Obbedire [Obey]

Date produced: 1934

Filmmaker(s):

Rino Crescente

Description:

"a soggetto"/fiction


Obey Your Air Raid Warden

Date produced: 1942

Filmmaker(s):

Robert Davis

Harry Hilfinger

Description:

"Three men encourage people to follow rules set by the air raid warden in the event of an air raid. The rules are put to song, and some rules are depicted by actors." Chicago Film Archives


Objectif Festival

Date produced: 1964

Filmmaker(s):

Jacques Chalmandrier

Description:

"Objectif Festival is a story based - on truth or not, we don't know - of an old photographer who decides to bring his camera, tripod and all, the to the Cannes Film Festival to get a few still shots. He is not prepared for the fast shooting shutterbugs of today, nor the Bikini clad French dolls that litter the beaches. Time has passed him by in more ways than one. The film has been cleverly cut to fit its musical score, and this unusual editing has earned for the film the MPD Golden Scissors Award for the best film editing in the contest" PSA Journal, Sept. 1964, 50-51.


October

Date produced: 1933

Filmmaker(s):

Roanna Hill

Description:

"This picture was a special delight as Miss Hill had concentrated upon pastel colors as she found them in the woods and fields. Also she brought the human element into her picture very gracefully and entertainingly." American Cinematographer, Dec. 1934, 377.


October Byways

Date produced: 1935

Filmmaker(s):

L. Clyde Anderson

Description:

"L. Clyde Anderson was given an award for Color photography, for 'October By-Ways.' We want to congratulate Mr. Anderson for his selection of colors. It is one of the very first amateur pictures we have seen where color was really properly balanced. There were no harsh notes to distract, but he chose scenes where the ensemble blended and where there was a fine eye-resting blance of color and also color composition. It was obvious that Anderson used haze filters on his outside scenes as the sky does not have that postcard-blue effect, but has been reduced to almost a gray haze which helps the fall colors in the trees and does not take the eye away from the main points of interest." American Cinematographer, Jan. 1937, 37.


Odds and Ends

Date produced: 1928


Oedipus Grecian Games

Date produced: 1976

Description:

"amateur film of the Blue Max Motorcycle Club" centerforhomemovies.org


Of Kings and Queens

Date produced: 1950

Filmmaker(s):

C. Richmond Lawrence

Description:

"Of Kings And Queens: This Kodachrome entry endeavors to explain the game of chess to a little girl watching it being played by her father and a friend. Moving in close to the chess board, the camera shows in detail the various chess men and their relation to the game, as an off-stage voice explains this relationship to the girl. C. Richmond Lawrence employed his Bolex H-16 camera with great skill in photographing this film, and the narration on the sound track is of high calibre." American Cinematographer, May. 1951, 192.


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