Film Record: Mower Madness

Still from Mower Madness via National Library of Scotland

Identifier:

• 3635 (Source: East Anglian Film Archive)

Date produced: 1937

Filmmaker(s):

C. E Marshall

Frank M. Marshall

Country of Production:

United Kingdom

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:13:39

Length:

400 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

Won Best Fiction award at 6th Scottish Amateur Film Festival.
The first British film to win an award at the international UNICA festival in 1947.
Specially commended by the Board of Amateur Cine World.

Description:

A story of a man who dreams of a rogue lawn motor coming to wreak havoc in his house.

Resources:

IAC Film Library Catalogue (Silent and Sound). Institute of Amateur Cinematographers, 1975.
This film is part of the Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection held by the East Anglian Film Archive, Norwich, UK.

Locations:

• Scotland, UK (Filming)

Subjects:

•      Gardening
•           Dreams

Genre:

• Comedy

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection, East Anglian Film Archive

Viewing Notes:

"A man reads an advert for the 'little more motor mower'. He lights a cigarette and settles down for a nap. A salesman comes to the door with a demonstration model and after a try-out the man buys it. After a few false starts the mower assumes a life of its own and enters the house through a first floor bedroom window. The man is awakened by a cigarette burning his fingers and he realises that he has been dreaming." (EAFA Database)

Video Link:

• National Library of Scotland

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