Film Record: Lake Mohawk, Preferred

Still from Lake Mohawk, Preferred in Movie Makers, Dec. 1940, 577.

Date produced: 1940

Filmmaker(s):

Leo J. Heffernan

Languages:

English

Length:

1600 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Sound:

With music on disc.

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1940 - Honorable Mention General Class

Description:

"Lake Mohawk, Preferred, made by Leo J. Heffernan, is a picture of the attractions, residences, entertainments, dog shows, yachting regattas and water sports of Lake Mohawk in New Jersey. But Lake Mohawk, Preferred is also a film with a continuity idea utterly new to amateur movies, for the not unusual subject matter of the picture is held together with a "screwball" theme and "gags" that keep you wondering what is going to happen next and entertained in the meantime. A handsome couple have a movie camera. "Concentrate to make good movies," says their instruction book. This they do in a very pleasant way (see the frame enlargement on page 577), and the results are surprising. Their mental efforts transport them and the camera bodily about the lake, at just the right time and place to film whatever is going on. They have some astonishing experiences, too. Sometimes they can't seem to materialize, and they pick up odd characters in their voyages through ether. But their method works and they get beautiful and lively sequences of life at Lake Mohawk." Movie Maker, Dec. 1940, 603.

Resources:

Discussed by Heffernan in "Lake Mohawk, Preferred" (Movie Makers, May 1941, 216-217, 236-238).

The film won second award in a Metropolitan Motion Picture Club members' film contest in 1941 (Movie Makers, May 1941, 225).

Locations:

• Lake Mohawk, New Jersey (Filming)

Subjects:

• Locomotion
•      Boats and Boating
• Nature
•      Water
•           Lakes
• Settlements
•      Cities and towns
• North America
•      United States

Genre:

• Travelogue

Form:

• Feature

Tags:

Screenings:

• Screened by the Metropolitan Motion Picture Club in 1941 and 1944: New York City, N.Y.
• Screened publicly by Heffernan on a program of amateur films in New York City in 1941: New York City, N.Y.
• Screened by the Amateur Movie Society of Milwaukee in 1947: Milwaukee, WI
• Screened by the Torrington Cinema Club in 1948: Torrington, CT
• Screened by the Brooklyn Amateur Cine Club in 1950: Brooklyn, N.Y.

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