Film Record: Auntie in Moccasins

Image from Auntie In Moccasins. Movie Makers, Dec. 1941, 538.

Date produced: 1941

Filmmaker(s):

Joseph J. Harley

Languages:

Length:

400 ft

Format:

8mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Sound:

With music on disc.

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1941 - General Class

Description:

"Take a movie camera and a sense of humor on a camping trip, and you may be able to produce something like Auntie in Moccasins. If you do as well as Joseph J. Harley has done, you will have a picture that will be a welcome surprise to any home movie audience. Auntie (played by a young man in the Charley's Aunt vein) is a maiden lady of early vintage who has been invited to go on a camping trip with her nephew and his girl friend. Her misadventures in the woods and on the water make up the body of the film. But, in spite of mosquitoes, in spite of falling out of a canoe and nearly dying of pneumonia. Auntie becomes a convert of the out of doors and, in the last shots, safely back home, she is seen treasuring a bottle of mosquito lotion. Auntie will try it again. The sequence of Auntie's rescue from the lake by the two youngsters is beautifully handled. The acting is convincing and the camera work outstanding throughout." Movie Makers, Dec. 1941, 541.

Screenings:

• Screened at New York 8mm Motion Picture Club. Movie Makers, Feb. 1942, 81. : New York City, NY
• Screened at New York 8mm Motion Picture Club's fourth Annual Guest Night held as Hotel Pennsylvania New York City. Movie Makers, July. 1941, 285.: New York City. NY
• Screened at Brooklyn Amateur Cine Club Dec 1942. Movie Makers, Dec. 1942, 519. : Brooklyn, NY.

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