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Still from Smith Minor via EAFA

Identifier:

  • 2549 (Source: East Anglian Film Archive)

Date produced: 1930

Filmmaker(s):

Henry Bulleid

Country of Production:

United Kingdom

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:03:22

Length:

60 ft

Format:

9.5mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Description:

"Amateur filmmaker, cinema historian and railway engineer H.A.V. Bulleid presents a tale of brotherly rivalry. When Smith Minor - 'so little, he was lost in an Austin Seven' - is bullied by his older brother, Smith Major - 'so tough he slept on tin-tacks' - he is resolved to get revenge, once and for all. Employing the help of a friend and mutual enemy, he hatches a plan of vengeance, plotting to 'heave him over the quarry'. An altercation between two boys is followed by the introduction of Studious Stevens, 'so classical he couldn't fathom science'’ (EAFA Database)" [NOTE – EAFA database suggests this is an incomplete film].

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East Anglian Film Archive