Film Record: Choosing a Scenario

Date produced: 1935

Filmmaker(s):

William Palmer

Production credits:

• K. G. Stephens, Cameraman
• J. Oliver Tucker, Actor

Country of Production:

United States

Languages:

English

Length:

200 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1935, Honorable Mention

Description:

"The relatively short photoplay, Choosing a Scenario, has been awarded Honorable Mention because it is a smooth and superficially brilliant example of comedy film story making. Originally produced as one of the entries in a group filming contest conducted by the Cinema Club of San Francisco, the picture took first award in that contest for its director, William Palmer. ACL, its cameraman, K. G. Stephens. ACL, and its lone actor, J. Oliver Tucker, ACL. Although comparatively slight in significance, it offers fine photography, intelligent cutting, effective angles and deft acting in telling a clever story with lively tempo." Movie Makers, Dec. 1935, 551.

Resources:

"One of the amusing "gags" in Choosing a Scenario, the California comedy of a script writing hobo, was the listing as "Technical Advisor" on the credit titles of the real tramp who loaned the local jungle background." Movie Makers, Dec. 1935, 536.

The film was available in the ACL's Club Film Library.

Locations:

• California (Filming)

Club Affiliation:

San Francisco Cinema Club

Subjects:

• Arts
•      Motion pictures
•           Moviemaking

Genre:

• Comedy

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Screenings:

• Screened by the Cinemat Club of Mt. Kisco in 1936: Mt. Kisco, N.Y.
• Screened by the Jefferson City Cinema Club in 1937: Jefferson City, MO
• Screened by the Staten Island Cinema Club in 1937: Staten Island, N.Y.

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