Film Record: Black Satchel, The

Date produced: 1951

Filmmaker(s):

Al Londema

Languages:

English

Length:

285 ft

Format:

8mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Magnetic

Awards/Recognition:

American Cinematographer Amateur Movie Makers Contest, 1952 - Honorable Mention

Description:

"Al Londema's 'The Black Satchel,' is a pretentious photoplaylet in 8mm color, showing good camera work and direction." American Cinematographer, May. 1952, 224.

Resources:

In a brief review of the film, Movie Makers (Dec. 1951, 390) states: "Al Londema intrigued our attention from the outset with his title, The Black Satchel; held it through a well-developed chase sequence in the classic Western style, only to lose it at the climax with a farcical resolution of what was essentially a melodrama."

Genre:

• Melodrama
• Western

Form:

• Short

Screenings:

• Screened by the Brooklyn Amateur Cine Club in 1953: Brooklyn, N.Y.

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