Film Record: This Side of Paradise

Frame enlargement from This Side of Paradise in Movie Makers, July 1937, 337.

Date produced: 1936

Filmmaker(s):

A. Scott Moorhouse

Languages:

English

Length:

600 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

American Cinematographer Amateur Movie Makers Contest, 1937 - Color

Description:

"The prizewinner for color, 'This Side of Paradise,' was in Kodachrome and entered by A. Scott Moorhouse of Toronto, a member of the Toronto Amateur Movie Club. The locale of the subject was the Italian and Swiss mountains and lakes. The decision on color or rather the reaching of it constituted one of the committee's chief headaches. There were some remarkable examples submitted. Mr. Moorhouse has a right to feel proud of his product." American Cinematographer, Jan. 1938, 27.

Resources:

Discussed in "Closeups" (Movie Makers, Feb. 1937, 60). Moorhouse's editing technique is also discussed in "The Clinic" (Movie Makers, July 1937, 337).

Shot using a Cine Kodak Special camera, and Kodachrome film (American Cinematographer, Jan. 1938, 27).

Accompanying musical compositions selected for a public screening of the film are listed in "Here's Complete Musical Scores for International Prize Winners" (American Cinematographer, Feb. 1938, 79-81).

Locations:

• The Alps, Italy (Filming)
• The Alps, Switzerland (Filming)
• Lake Lugano, Switzerland (Filming)

Club Affiliation:

Toronto Amateur Movie Club

Subjects:

• Nature
•      Geography
•           Mountains
•      Water
•           Lakes
• Europe
•      Italy
•      Switzerland

Genre:

• Documentary
• Nature

Tags:

Screenings:

• Screened by the Toronto Amateur Movie Club in 1937: Toronto, ON
• Screened by the Los Angeles Cinema Club in 1938: Los Angeles, CA
• Screened by the Los Angeles 8mm. Club in 1938: Los Angeles, CA

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