"A lyric video to the song "I'll Take Tallulah" from "Ships Ahoy" - the 1942 musical-comedy film produced by MGM, starring Eleanor Powell and Red Skelton. The song is performed by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, while the film was made by amateur filmmaker Robert Davis." Chicago Film Archives.
"I'd Be Delighted To!, directed and photographed by S. Winston Childs, jr., ACL, is that kind of production often planned but seldom made — a film story told entirely in closeups. Presenting the simple incident of a dinner a deux in a gentleman's apartment, the picture runs through 400 feet of brilliantly chosen, strikingly filmed, significant closeups. It is adroit, amusing and sophisticated, and a splendid example of what, with skill and care, can be done in this distinctly advanced amateur filming method." Movie Makers, Dec. 1932, 562.
"In I Walked a Crooked Trail, O. L. Tapp has lured a good deal of motion and humor out of what must be one of the world's most static subjects — the Arches National Monument. Remembering that story interest is an important part of cinematics, Mr. Tapp has kept his very competent camera trained on continuous human action, letting his travelog unwind itself, very subtly, as a background. The film is limited by the essential triviality of its theme — the unfolding of a practical joke. But within its limits it does very well indeed." Movie Makers, Dec. 1950, 467-468.
"Primera obra de Ulises Carrión, artista que pocos años más tarde haría una importante carrera con el conceptualismo europeo de los años setenta. En ella un grupo de jóvenes se dedicaban a destruir periódicos y todo tipo de mensajes entre los que incluso se encontraba la convocatoria al mismo concurso" (Vázquez Mantecón, 2012).
"First film by Ulises Carrión, an artist that a few years later would make an important career with the European conceptualism of the seventies. In it, a group of young people are dedicated to destroying newspapers and all kinds of messages, including the very contest announcement [Independent National Film Contest]" (Vázquez Mantecón, 2012).
"On board the Cambridge Express, René Gade - 'Fresh from France' - travels to meet his cousin, a Cambridge don. To pass the journey, he gazes from the train window and puffs on his cigarette. Meanwhile, amidst the magnificent surrounds of King's College Cambridge, Gade's cousin - U. Wood, BA - is hard at work in the Old Lodge. Arriving at Cambridge, Gade disembarks from the train with a stumble. Later, with his car broken down on a country lane, Gade argues with the driver. A fiendish-looking passer-by offers to help, but steals the car. Nonplussed, Gade and the driver continue their journey on foot. Elsewhere, Archibald - the 'Archduke of Piffleheim' - is locked in an embrace with a young women, only to be startled by the appearance of Hecuba Brown, 'a pretty taking wench'. Succumbing to Brown's allure, he dumps his girl by pulling her leg (literally). Meanwhile, Gade and his driver spot a pair of young ladies walking down the lane. Following close behind, the pair make their move, grabbing a girl each and heading off in opposite directions" (EAFA Database).
"Film begins with the promotion of a driving school that states that you can get your licence after one lesson. The woman who signs up for the class goes through an hypnosis-like experience. She ends up in an accident only to learn that the 'school has absolutely no responsibility for accidents.' " Archives of Ontario.
"Amateur filmmaker, cinema historian and railway engineer H.A.V. Bulleid presents the tale of Percival Pond, keen stamp collector and single man looking for marriage. Together with his dog Pliny, Percy is seeking his ideal woman. After his efforts to persuade a girl he is dating to dye her hair blonde fail miserably, even going so far as to post her a bottle of Hydrogen Peroxide, Percy meets Madeleine. Percy then continues his fetishistic quest with his new beau. At the Pond family home, Percy voyeuristically watches Madeleine pass a series of character tests, unwittingly for her. Percy scores her actions and traits on a character chart. After a death-defying drive in Madeleine's break-less car, which she handles coolly, and eating asparagus with the family, Madeleine passes the tests and is rewarded with an offer of marriage" (EAFA Database).
"B. Fredric de Vriew of Rochester, N. Y., for his picture 'Hunting With a Camera Instead of a Gun.' This picture was made practically in its entirety at the zoo." American Cinematographer, Feb. 1936, 73.
"Scenes before a hunt in Gisburn village of the riders and hounds waiting to set off, showing John and Harold Hindley mounted. Also stable scenes at the Ribblesdale Arms, Gisburn, including Rosemary and Valerie saddling their ponies. The hunt out and about on country lanes and riding across fields at Worston, near Clitheroe. John Hindley and daughter Val sitting by the fireside in 1947. A Pony Club Rally on Gisburn Park estate. Hunter Trials, possibly at Gisburn. Lawn Meet of Pendle Forest and Craven Hunt at Gisburn Park. Interior scenes of guests at the buffet, before the hunt moves off in frosty weather." (NWFA Online Archive)
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Amateur Cinema