Film Record: Help Yourselves, Boys!

Still image from Help Yourselves, Boys! in Movie Makers, Dec. 1947, 514.

Date produced: 1947

Filmmaker(s):

Lewis Lewis

Languages:

English

Length:

375 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1947 - Honorable Mention General Class

Description:

"From Capetown, South Africa, comes Help Yourselves, Boys!, by Lewis Lewis, a charming record of two handsome youngsters and their father engaged in planting, growing and harvesting zinnias. Using many effective angles and double exposed titles, Mr. Lewis relates a plausible tale of his boys raiding the grape arbor, being caught, and finally having their exuberance turned toward flower growing. Since the newly hatched garden is situated close to the ocean, the scenic backgrounds are startling as well as pleasant. Rich, black earth and flaming orange zinnias provide an attractive setting for an engaging family movie." Movie Makers, Dec. 1947, 538.

Locations:

• Cape Town, South Africa (Filming)

Subjects:

• Agriculture
• Nature
•      Plants
•           Flowers

Genre:

• Family

Form:

• Short

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