Film Record: Mohawk Pals

Still from Mohawk Pals in Movie Makers, Aug. 1945, 303.

Date produced: 1944

Filmmaker(s):

Frank E. Gunnell

Languages:

English

Length:

700 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Sound:

With music on disc.

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1944 - Honorable Mention General Class

Description:

"Frank E. Gunnell has used a novel continuity motif in Mohawk Pals that ties together what otherwise would be a rambling film story. Two boys are shown doing their "homework," and the final assignment is to write a composition on vacations. The film then pictures the summer adventures at Lake Mohawk of the two boys and a girl of similar age. From time to time, there are inserted shots of the boys writing, and sentences from their compositions are cleverly double exposed at the bottom of the frame, to serve as subtitles for the film. The cinematography is immaculate, and the youngsters appear without self consciousness in their various pursuits of fun on a summer vacation." Movie Makers, Dec. 1944, 496.

Resources:

Discussed by Gunnell in "Vacation Sequences" (Movie Makers, Aug. 1945, 303, 314-316). The article mentions wartime travel restrictions, and discusses the film's production.

Locations:

• Lake Mohawk, New Jersey (Filming)

Subjects:

• Art and Recreation
• Nature
•      Geography
•      Water
•           Lakes
• Persons
•      Children
• Recreation
•      Vacations

Genre:

• Travelogue

Form:

• Short

Screenings:

• Screened by the Brooklyn Amateur Cine Club in 1945: Brooklyn, N.Y.
• Screened by the Metropolitan Motion Picture Club in 1946: New York City, N.Y.
• Screened by the Bell Laboratories Motion Picture Club in 1946: New York City, N.Y.

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