National Film Society of Canada (Vancouver Branch), Fourth Season 1940, Ninth Performance…

Dorothy Fowler & Moira Armour light up in the Stanley Theatre lobby during intermission, April 14, 1940. (Digital frame grab from BC Archives V1989:05/002.02 item #2)

Identifier:

AAAA2047 (Source: http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/national-film-society-of-canada-vancouver-branch-ninth-performance-stanley-theatre-1940)

Date produced: 1940

Filmmaker(s):

Oscar C. Burritt

Production credits:

Oscar C. Burritt, photographer
Milt Holden, photographer

Country of Production:

Canada

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:05:53

Length:

159 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

BC Archives list of amateur films.

Description:

"Record of a film society screening at the Stanley Theatre on Granville Street, Vancouver. Includes shots of the "concert" program; scenes outside the theatre before and after the show and at intermission; audience in the lobby; movie scenes shot off the screen from the auditorium; unidentified man introducing films. Oscar Burritt is seen outside the theatre at intermission, and film society members Dorothy Fowler and Moira Armour are glimpsed briefly in the lobby." (D.J. Duffy)