Film Record: March of TV

Still image from March of TV in Movie Makers, Dec. 1953, 319.

Date produced: 1953

Filmmaker(s):

Charles E. Coleman

Languages:

English

Length:

100 ft

Format:

8mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Sound:

With sound on tape.

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1953

Description:

"We had thought satire, especially in films, was a lamented art of the past. Thus it is a pleasure to report that it is back again with a vengeance in March of TV. Following both the visual and narrative patterns originated by the now-familiar March of Time series, Charles E. Coleman has created an uproarious satire on television and the inroads it has made into the American home. Both subtle and devastating by turns, the film leaves no aspect of this electronic marvel unscathed. On the technical side, all departments have been capably handled, with the crisp direction and portentous narration being, perhaps, the most notable. The acting is assured and natural, remaining always within the farcical framework of the satire. Whether you like, dislike or simply ignore the subject which this shortie so sparklingly derides, March of TV is unreservedly guaranteed to keep you in stitches." Movie Makers, Dec. 1953, 332.

Resources:

The film won second award in a Los Angeles 8mm. Club film contest in 1953 (Movie Makers, May 1953, 136).

Subjects:

• Television
•      Satire

Genre:

• Comedy

Form:

• Short

Screenings:

• Screened for the Los Angeles 8mm. Club's "shortie" contest of 1953: Los Angeles, CA
• Screened by the New York 8mm. Motion Picture Club in 1954: New York City, N.Y.

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