Film Record: Alpine Vixen, The

Image from The Alpine Vixen. Movie Makers, Dec. 1945, 474.

Date produced: 1945

Filmmaker(s):

Anchor O. Jensen

Languages:

English

Length:

400 ft

Format:

8mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Sound:

With music and narrative on disc (sixteen inches).

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1945 - General Class

Description:

"In The Alpine Vixen, a dramatic story based on folklore legend, Anchor 0. Jensen has raised 8mm. color filming to a level that movie makers in any width would do well to emulate. Particularly in the double exposed sequence of the Titian haired girl in a cave of crystals does he prove his skill with the camera. Mr. Jensen also achieves unusually pleasant outdoor lighting, both in close shots and more distant scenes. The film is accompanied by a narrative, to clarify the pictured story, interspersed with a folk tune played on an accordion, all of which is recorded on a sixteen inch disc. One might have hoped for more somber music to match the menacing mood of the early part of the film, but the accordion tune is in keeping with the climactic scenes of the festive villagers. Infelicities of modern accouterments which would have marred the spirit of the legendary tale have been judiciously avoided." Movie Makers, Dec. 1945, 494.

Resources:

Discussed by Jensen in "A Folk Tale Film" (Movie Makers, Nov. 1946, 424, 436-437).

Locations:

• Washington State, United States (Subject)

Subjects:

• Myth, legend, and folklore

Genre:

• Fantasy

Form:

• Short

Screenings:

• Screened at the New York City 8mm Motion Picture Club. Movie Makers, Jan. 1946, 24. : New York City, NY
• Picked as the guest film to be screened at the 1947 Metropolitan Motion Picture Club annual novice contest. Movie Makers, April. 1947, 157.: New York City, NY.
• Screened again at the 1947 New York City 8mm Motion Picture Club presenting the years best in 8mm films. Movie Makers, Aug. 1947, 344.: New York City, NY.
• Screened 18 November 1952 at the annual Seattle Big Show presented by the Seattle Amateur Cinema Club. Movie Makers, Dec. 1952, 345. : Seattle, WA.

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