United States
English
00:45:00
1200 ft
16mm
B&W
Silent
"Children Grow Up, photographed by Charles J. Carbonaro, ACL, and produced by The Religious Motion Picture Foundation, is one of the best examples of effectively handling amateur actors in a story telling film yet made. This three reel film was avowedly produced to point a moral in parent and child relationships and, as such, may be classed as social propaganda, a function in which it succeeds admirably. Yet the story it tells seems genuine and is of general audience interest. The film is carefully cut so that the action is logical and smoothly paced. Mr. Carbonaro is particularly to be congratulated for his handling of the difficult technique of parallel action, which occurs as the development of the children of two separate families takes place. Both streams of interest merge into one in a well planned, dramatic climax. The story is told entirely with the aid of amateur actors. Interior shots are in the majority and, for these, no special sets were built, the furnishings of the ordinary home being used. The lighting and exposure under these conditions are excellent throughout." Movie Makers, Dec. 1935, 534.
"Toward the climax of Children Grow Up, a number of scenes on an apartment fire escape key the action of the thrilling denouement. Because he shot them at night, under a battery of artificial lights, Charles Carbonaro, ACL, discovered that he had disrupted an incipient street meeting of Communist soapbox orators, who feared he was a cop getting incriminating pictures of them." Movie Makers, Dec. 1935, 536.
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