Film Record: Nemesis of Roger Riddle, The

Allan King and Beryl Deighton in The Nemesis of Roger Riddle (1946). (Digital frame grab from filmmaker's DVD copy)

Date produced: 1946

Filmmaker(s):

Stanley Fox

Production credits:

• Stanley Fox, Director, Photographer, Story
• Beryl Deighton, performer (The Girl)
• Allan King, performer (The Boy)

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:04:41

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

BC Archives list of titled amateur films

Description:

At home in the evening, a sophisticated young woman entertains an awkward male friend of her brother. They make small talk and dance to records -- but the boy's social anxiety overwhelms him, and he disappears in a puff of her cigarette smoke. (D.J. Duffy)

Locations:

• Vancouver, BC (Subject)

Subjects:

•      Teenagers
•      Young men

Genre:

• Fantasy
• Melodrama

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

Private collection

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