Film Record: Bryce Canyon Wonderland

Date produced: 1936

Filmmaker(s):

Frank E. Gunnell

Country of Production:

United States

Languages:

English

Length:

400 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1936 - Honorable Mention General Class

Description:

"A most workmanlike travelog of the West is Bryce Canyon Wonderland, a Kodachrome accomplishment of Frank Gunnell. Even, careful exposures make the film a delight on the screen, while interesting touches portraying the personal angle provide the cinematic punctuation. Gorgeous color rendition obtained in this wonderland was the result of experience and good judgment. The use of a tripod for every shot, coupled with finished technique and a dramatic subject, accounts for this film's photographic excellence." Movie Makers, Dec. 1936, 549.

Resources:

"In Bryce Canyon Wonderland, a crisp and chromatic scenic, by Frank Gunnell, ACL, we liked best the shot of a dog trying to see if the canyon's colors were brighter if viewed upside down." Movie Makers, Dec. 1936, 565.

The film won first prize in the Metropolitan Motion Picture Club annual film contest for club members in 1937 (Movie Makers, March 1937, 125).

Locations:

• New York City, N.Y. (Filming)
• Utah (Filming)

Subjects:

• National parks and reserves
• Nature
•      Geography

Genre:

• Nature
• Travelogue

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Screenings:

• Screened by the Staten Island Cinema Club in 1937: Staten Island, N.Y.
• Screened by the Metropolitan Motion Picture Club in 1937: New York City, N.Y.

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