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Date produced: 1936

Filmmaker(s):

Dan Lindsay

Kenneth F. Space

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:50:00

Length:

425 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1936 - Special Class

Description:

"As We Forgive, produced by the Religious Motion Picture Foundation and filmed by Kenneth F. Space, with the technical assistance of Dan Lindsay, is a fine example of weaving the theme of the picture into the very warp and woof of its photographic material. The makers of this photoplay had a sincere and simple theme to present, and the excellence of their presentation lay in the fact that every detail of the handling, both in technique and continuity, was done sincerely and simply. It is this carefully worked out unity of treatment with theme that enables the film to serve as a model for producers of photoplays with a message. The filmers particularly are to be congratulated on their handling of child actors, one of the most difficult problems to be solved successfully in any field of the drama. From the technical point of view, we may remark the well exposed interiors, in which the lighting was carefully planned to give the effect of normal illumination; the fine photographic quality displayed in the closeups and camera angles and the smooth unity of the entire technical handling." Movie Makers, Dec. 1936, 542.

Resources:

"As We Forgive, as smooth a one reel photoplay as you would want to see, was shot in seventeen hours of continuous filming by Kenneth Space, ACL, and Dan Lindsay." Movie Makers, Dec. 1936, 565.

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Screenings:

  • Screened at meeting of Hartford Cinema Club 1937 (Movie Makers, March. 1937, 141): Hartford, CT
  • Screened in Dr. Frederic M. Thrasher's motion picture course at New York University in 1937: New York City, N.Y.

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