Film Record: Switch in Time, A

Still image from A Switch In Time in Movie Makers, Dec. 1953, 319.

Date produced: 1953

Languages:

English

Length:

200 ft

Format:

8mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Sound:

With sound on tape.

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1953

Description:

"A high-pressure advertising agency, rivalry within the firm, a switch of entries in a beauty contest and the effects thereof — these are the story ingredients out of which the Los Angeles 8mm. Club has fashioned an outstanding club film. Competent in all phases of movie production, from the smart opening titles to the corny romantics at the end, A Switch in Time is a hilarious cine satire of the foibles of big-time advertising. Seldom does a film of this type demonstrate so capably — in story, photography, direction, acting, editing and sound — the combined abilities of a group of enthusiastic movie makers." Movie Makers, Dec. 1953, 319-320.

Resources:

The film earned the Los Angeles 8mm. Club the "Golden Megaphone Trophy" for 1953 in its annual interclub Los Angeles-area film contest (Movie Makers, Dec. 1953, 341).

Club Affiliation:

Los Angeles 8mm Club

Subjects:

• Work
•      Satire

Genre:

• Comedy

Form:

• Short

Screenings:

• Screened as part of the Los Angeles 8mm. Club's annual interclub film contest in 1953: Los Angeles, CA
• Screened by the New York 8mm. Motion Picture Club in 1954: New York City, N.Y.

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