Film Record: Bull Fight

Date produced: 1931

Filmmaker(s):

Coburn

Country of Production:

United Kingdom

Languages:

English

Format:

format unknown

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

The Era Challenge Cup gold medal winner, 1931.

Description:

"considering the obvious difficulty of getting anywhere near the subject to be photographed, is an amazing piece of work, as regards photography, choice of shots, continuity, cutting, and editing. It is no exaggeration to say that a professional could have done no better. The whole grim business of the fight is depicted in a vivid and realistic manner, and but for the fact that the Censor and general public are averse to witnessing spectacles of this type of picture, if enlarged to standard size, could be shown in the cinemas" (Hill 1931: 7).

Resources:

A. Sinclair Hill. “Why the Interest Film Excelled.” The Era. December 9, 1931.

Subjects:

• Animals
• Ethnology
•      Manners and Customs

Genre:

• Documentary

Tags:

Screenings:

• The Era Challenge Contest awards dinner, Gaumont Private Theatres, Film House, Wardour Street, December 10, 1931. : London, UK.
• Screening for the Bolton ACA, UK, Oct 31/Nov 1, 1932.: UK.

Last Seen:

Screening for the Bolton ACA, UK, Oct 31/Nov 1, 1932.

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