Still image from Mexican Malarkey in Movie Makers, Dec. 1949, 452.
English
1300 ft
16mm
Kodachrome
Silent
With music on disc.
"It takes Cal Duncan 1300 feet of 16mm. color film to tell a pair of politely uninterested guests how he caught a sailfish off Acapulco — but the effort, as exemplified in Mexican Malarkey, is decidedly worth it. Mr. Duncan's running gag, climaxed by a truly comic finish right out of the funny papers, is the flashback technique developed to a high and satisfying order. His Mexican footage itself is no less effective. The robust and hearty producer has an artist's eye for fresh viewpoints, a dramatist's instinct for revealing action. His sequence on Mexico's traditional Sunday bullfight, always a difficult assignment, is outstanding. Mexican Malarkey is a refreshing variation on an increasing wellworn theme." Movie Makers, Dec. 1949, 454.
Mentioned in Leo J. Heffernan's article "Transitions for the Travelog" (Movie Makers, July 1950, 252, 270-271) as an example of effective usage of the flashback technique.
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