Film Record: Lily Was a Lady

Date produced: 1950

Filmmaker(s):

Roy C. Wilcox

Languages:

English

Length:

380 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

American Cinematographer Amateur Movie Makers Contest, 1951 - Honorable Mention
Home Movies 1951 Annual Amateur Contest - Documentary Films, Second Place

Description:

"Lily Was A Lady: Roy C. Wilcox failed to state what camera he used in filming this fine study of the habits of Lily, a praying mantis, but both his color photography and his editing skill have netted a highly interesting film about one of nature's queerest insects." American Cinematographer, May. 1951, 192.

Resources:

The film placed second in the 'Documentary Films' class in the Home Movies 1951 Annual Amateur Contest (Home Movies, Feb. 1951, 48). This award reference spells the film's title as Lilly was a Lady.

Subjects:

• Nature
•      Insects

Genre:

• Documentary

Form:

• Short

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