"A couple dine in a restaurant. She is so busy with powdering her nose and correcting her lipstick that the "garçon" despairs of ever getting their order. In the end, her suitor orders water and razor to get his revenge." Library and Archives Canada.
"We have seen many medical and surgical films made by Dr. Robert Mallory, III, and most of them have been excellent. This one, however, a picturization of an extremely delicate operation on the eye, surpasses them all. It is a suave and exact record of the complete operation, featuring splendid full frame closeups of the eyeball. The exposure and filming technique are flawless except for one or two scenes in slightly soft focus. We are well aware of the difficulties encountered in making a film of this kind, and we feel that Dr. Mallory has scored a distinct triumph here. He is an exceptionally neat worker, and the entire film shows the effects of care in production and editing. Movie makers who have aspirations to become filmers of medical or surgical material could well take this film for a pattern." Movie Makers, Dec. 1942, 508.
"Film of picturesque scenes of water." Library and Archives Canada.
"This amateur film attempts to portray conflict within a religious sect where blind adherence to a selfish demanding leader is compared to the freedom offered by progressive contemporary society" Library and Archives Canada.
"Several people, differing widely in age and character, and all requiring a quiet break, rent a country cottage, 'Resthaven'. Due to a booking mix-up, they arrive at the same time. A storm, a surly caretaker and smuggling activities cause further complications before all is happily resolved for the visitors." (EAFA Database)
"Film about the Woodley family’s attempts at Sunday morning relaxation when the Woodley boys are away at Sunday School." Library and Archives Canada.
"The little-known experimental film residue 2 credited to one "Angus Hanson," was probably made in 1940s Vancouver or Toronto. (No specific landmarks from either city have been identified.) "Angus Hanson" may have been a pseudonym used by film buff and cineaste Oscar C. Burritt (1908-1974), who worked in Vancouver film before moving to Toronto in 1947. He later worked for CBC Television in Toronto, where he also co-founded, and was very active in, the Toronto Film Society. residue 2 is similar (in content, style and technique) to the experimental film "and-" [ca. 1940-41], made in Vancouver by Dorothy Fowler and Margaret Roberts. Both films combine found footage with hand-painted and scratched film stock. (Note: Oscar Burritt married Dorothy Fowler in January 1942.)"--D.J. Duffy, 2025
"Experimental film. A collage film combining found footage (on mixed film stock) with hand-painted stock and hand-scratched stock leader. No readily identifiable locations are shown." (BC Archives)
"The authorship and origins of this unusual film are not clear. Since it was found in the collection of cineaste Oscar C. Burritt [following his death], it is assumed to have been made by him as a response to the [experimental] film and-, made by his future wife Dorothy Fowler [Burritt]. The Kodachrome stock in the original film has the edge code for 1938; the hidden phrase "Help the people of Denmark" may refer to the Nazi occupation of that country in 1940." (BC Archives)
Some of the found footage used in residue 2 resembles scenes from Oscar Burritt films, including "Three There" and "[Pier D fire, Vancouver]". (D.J. Duffy, 2025)
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