Film Record: Marble, The

Screen capture from The Marble

Date produced: 1966

Filmmaker(s):

John Primm

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:22:00

Format:

8mm

Colour:

Colour

Sound:

Sound

Awards/Recognition:

PSA Ten Best 1966 - Honorable Mention

Description:

"The Marble begins with two boys fighting over a game of marbles, and as one boy, Larry, chases one of the little spheres into the street, he is hit by a car and ends up in the hospital. His friend is deeply hurt over this, for he realizes it is his fault. He prays, calls on the local minister, does all he can to get his friend Larry to live. While at the church he has a vision that Larry is in church with him; then, in a flash Larry is gone" PSA Journal, Sept. 1966, 35.

Resources:

A YouTube video posted by John Primm provides a behind the scenes look at the making of the film.

According to John Primm's website bio, the film won 1st Place out of the 167 films entered into the 1965 National Kodak Teenage Movie Contest.

The film is also cited as winning a CINE Gold Eagle Award in "The University" Winter 1967.

Subjects:

• Art and Recreation
•      Manners and Customs
•      Children

Genre:

• Melodrama

Screenings:

• At the First International Festival of Award Winning Motion Pictures April 1967: Stevens Point, WI

Video Link:

• An edited version of "The Marble" via John Primm.

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