Film Record: Mischief

Date produced: 1933

Filmmaker(s):

Van Dee Sickler

Languages:

English

Length:

1 reel (200 ft)

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

American Cinematographer Amateur Movie Makers Contest, 1934 - Home Movie
American Cinematographer Amateur Movie Makers Contest, 1934 - Equipment Prize, Bell & Howell, Merchandise to the value of $125

Description:

"Under the classification of Home Movie, Van Dee Sickler of Los Angeles was awarded the $50.00 prize for his picture 'Mishcief,' a 16 mm subject in 200 feet. The continuity is evolved around his wife, a Scotch terrier, a cat and a bird. The continuity, titles and photography of this picture were very good." American Cinematographer, Dec. 1934, 376.

Resources:

This film is listed in an article that discusses amateur films produced by educators for use in a classroom setting. See "Local Educational Films" (Cinema Progress, July 1936, 27).

Sickler produced a sequel to this film in 1934, titled Spunky.

Subjects:

• Animals
•      Pets
•           Cats
•           Dogs
• Ethnology
•      Manners and Customs
•           Family life
• Nature

Genre:

• Documentary

Form:

• Short

Screenings:

• Screened by the Medford Amateur Movie Club in 1935: Medford, OR
• Screened by the Metropolitan Motion Picture Club in October of 1935: New York City, N.Y.

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