Film Record: Adirondack Adventure

Date produced: 1935

Filmmaker(s):

Frank E. Gunnell

Languages:

English

Length:

400 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1935
American Cinematographer Amateur Movie Makers Contest, 1935 - Honorable Mention

Description:

"One of the most difficult of amateur subjects, a record of a child's vacation, is presented most ably in Adirondack Adventure, by Frank Gunnell, ACL. The photography was a joy to behold and showed quite clearly that a great deal of care and experience was back of it. Fine outdoor lighting, which made the most of every scene, predominated. The continuity of this competent picture was developed in such a fashion as to feature Mr. Gunnell's small son naturally and unobtrusively. Incidents which make up the picture are handled clearly and yet with a light touch. Only a movie maker would appreciate the fact that the sequences were far from casual but, instead, were staged carefully. The real charm of a summer vacation has been preserved in this fine picture." Movie Makers, Dec. 1935, 534.

Subjects:

• Art and Recreation
• Ethnology
•      Manners and Customs
•           Family life
• Nature
• Persons
•      Children
• Recreation
•      Vacations
• Seasons
•      Summer

Genre:

• Documentary

Form:

• Short

Screenings:

• Screened by the Metropolitan Motion Picture Club in 1935: New York City, N.Y.
• Screened by the Staten Island Cinema Club in 1936: Staten Island, N.Y.

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