Film Record: Young Fella

Still image from Young Fella in Movie Makers, Dec. 1948, 476.

Date produced: 1948

Filmmaker(s):

Walter Bergmann

Languages:

English

Length:

500 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Sound:

With music on disc.

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1948 - Honorable Mention
American Humane Association Amateur Film Contest 1948 - First Prize

Description:

"Young Fella is a teaching film; it is also a family film. Again Walter Bergmann presents his charming household and shows the devotion of its members for pets. This time it is a young cocker spaniel that is the star. Subtitles on the proper care of dogs point up the scenes which demonstrate the advice given, as to feeding, bathing, playing and proper use of a run. Young Fella is an appealing pup and a willing actor, but the Bergmann cats steal some of the scenes in typical fashion." Movie Makers, Dec. 1948, 496.

Resources:

The film won first place in the "pets and animal class" of an amateur film contest conducted by the Mineola County Fair in 1948 (Movie Makers, Nov. 1948, 449).

Subjects:

• Animals
•      Pets
•           Cats
•           Dogs
• Nature

Genre:

• Educational
• Family

Form:

• Short

Screenings:

• Screened by the Metropolitan Motion Picture Club in 1948: New York City, N.Y.
• Screened by the Mount Vernon Movie Makers in 1948: Mount Vernon, N.Y.

---

Do you know where this film is? Get in touch with us at amdb@ucalgary.ca.