Film Record: Seductio ad Absurdum

Still image from Seductio ad Absurdum.

Date produced: 1940

Filmmaker(s):

Cynthia Childs

S. Winston Childs

Production credits:

• Cynthia Childs, Director, Continuity
• S. Winston Childs, Jr., Photographer, Special Effects

Country of Production:

United States

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:24:12

Length:

750 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Colour

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

Yale Film Archive list of titled amateur films

Description:

A woman is tempted with thoughts of another man after her husband disappoints her on their anniversary. Will she follow through with the act, or will she remain faithful to her husband?

Resources:

This film is held by the Yale Film Archive.

Subjects:

• Adultery
• Ethnology
•      Manners and Customs
•           Marriage
•               Married people

Genre:

• Romance

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

Yale Film Archive

Video Link:

• via Yale Film Archives

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