Film Record: Life

Frame enlargement from Life in American Cinematographer, Feb. 1934, 412.

Date produced: 1932

Filmmaker(s):

Harold B. Hutchings

Languages:

English

Length:

1 reel

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

American Cinematographer Amateur Movie Makers Contest, 1933 - Gold Medal for Home Movies

Description:

"'Life,' by H. B. Hutchings, given the highest recognition for Home Movies, is the sort of picture that the 16mm camera was made for. It is a day in his son's life and contains many effects which were undoubtedly secured with one of the more modern cameras." American Cinematographer, Dec. 1933, 321, 342.

Resources:

Discussed by Hutchings in "How I Made 'Life'" (American Cinematographer, Feb. 1934, 412, 420). The article describes the film's origins and production.

Subjects:

• Ethnology
•      Manners and Customs
•           Family life
• Persons
•      Children

Genre:

• Documentary

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Screenings:

• Screened at the first meeting of the Toronto Amateur Movie Club in 1935: Toronto, ON

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