"To the fascinating subject of finger painting, Willard Pictures has added its flawless color photography, and the result is Young America Paints. Finger painting is a subject highly suited to movies, in so far as the actual painting is concerned; but, when it comes to showing the results on such an extensive scale as was necessary in this film, a good deal of cinematic ingenuity is needed. Clear, direct presentation marks the entire picture, and the excellent narrative is powerful although unobtrusive. Fresh and interesting angles, together with unconventional lighting methods, serve to give the picture a pace and verve that the subject requires. This movie accomplishes its purpose in a most satisfactory manner, for nobody could see the film without feeling a strong urge to start finger painting for himself. That in itself is the greatest tribute that can be paid to a persuasive type of motion picture." Movie Makers, Dec. 1940, 601.
"Glimpses of Life and Work in a School Forestry Camp "Somewhere in Scotland." (EAFA Database)
The story follows a little girl named “Dokhtar Bas” who catches a frog for her mother to cut open and put on her father’s infected knee injury. The next day the wound is disinfected and her father goes back to work in the wilderness. Dokhtar Bas looks at the dried up corpse of the frog and asks her mother if her father is truly healed now. Later in an attempt to revive the frog she first puts it in water, then catches another frog and like her mother cuts it open and places it on the dead frog’s corpse, tying them together. Checking the bandaged bundle the next morning she discovers two dead frogs and she asks her mother again whether her father really is completely healed now.
The film follows a group of children living in the same alley. The garbage truck arrives every day disrupting their dreams. The sleepy children are forced to take the garbage out every time and play in the alley after the garbage are taken. The garbage truck stops coming to their alley, allowing them to finally sleep and dream for longer but also results in the neighbours throwing garbage in the alley, stopping the children from playing together.
Total Pages: 11
Amateur Cinema