Film Record: Christmas Story, A

Still image from A Christmas Story in Movie Makers, Dec. 1949, 452.

Date produced: 1949

Filmmaker(s):

Bert Seckendorf

Vic Watson

Languages:

English

Length:

300 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1949 - Honorable Mention

Description:

"Taking the familiar 'Twas the Night Before Christmas as a theme, Bert Seckendorf and Vic Watson have put together an appealing children's holiday film combining live action with animation. The live action interludes show a father reading the poem to his young son on Christmas Eve, with the familiar lines superimposed at the base of the scene. These connectives then fade out to miniature sets in which animated figures re-enact the well known story of St. Nick. The film suffers from some underexposure and uneven animation in places, but it offers a very pleasant holiday item." Movie Makers, Dec. 1949, 455,468.

Resources:

The film won first award in the "story class" of a film contest sponsored by the Mineola State Fair in 1949 (Movie Makers, Nov. 1949, 431).

Subjects:

•      Christmas
•      Manners and Customs
•      Children

Genre:

• Youth

Form:

• Animation
• Short

Tags:

Screenings:

• Screened by the Brooklyn Amateur Cine Club in 1950: Brooklyn, N.Y.
• Screened by the Long Island Cine Club in 1951: Long Island, N.Y.
• Screened by the Amateur Movie Society of Bergen County in 1953: Bergen County, N.J.

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