Film Record: Where the Sirens Sang

Image from Where The Sirens Sang. Movie Makers, Dec. 1953, 320.

Date produced: 1953

Filmmaker(s):

Helen C. Welsh

Languages:

English

Length:

260 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Magnetic

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1953 - Honorable Mention

Description:

"From the Island of Capri, Helen Welsh has brought home a charming, sunny vignette in Where the Sirens Sang. It is the sort of film any traveler would like to have as a memento of a pleasant sojourn. Miss Welsh's seeing lens has captured the spirit of the countryside, its people, its luxurious beaches, its typical transportation. For this reviewer, Where the Sirens Sang plays a beckoning tune indeed." Movie Makers, Dec. 1953, 334-335.

Locations:

• Capri, Italy (Filming)

Subjects:

• Nature
•      Geography
•           Beaches
• Europe
•      Italy

Genre:

• Travelogue

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Screenings:

• Screened on a program of "low-budget" films at George Eastman House in 1961: Rochester, N.Y.

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