"The Nugget, as one might expect, is a nugget of gold, produced by the Los Angeles 8mm Club. This type of picture offers the desirable opportunity to engage many of the club members for production purposes as well as parts in the story. There are the old miner, his niece, her boy friend (who is also the sheriff), the Marshal, and the outlaws. Much of the story was filmed in the Ghost Town at Knott's Berry Farm outside Los Angeles. The interiors were filmed in the garage after suitable props had been constructed. The music and spoken word contribute atmosphere and understanding. An excellent Western picture" PSA Journal, Nov. 1957, 53.
"With Number Three Arrives, John Martin carries on the continuity both of his charming family and of his delightful films of them, so ably introduced by his last year's award winner, A Day with the Young Martins. Here again are the sure feeling for cinematic story technique, the nicely effective angles and the smooth sequencing which belies any need for titles. Added to these deft and familiar abilities of Mr. Martin's work, the current production brings to light a delightful flair for farce comedy by the harassed father and a family terrier rivaling, on a small scale, the best of Hollywood's canine thespians. Once more, Mr. Martin has proved beyond argument that a well planned family film may be of interest to all who see it." Movie Makers, Dec. 1937, 630.
"Numerical Order is a learning-how-to-count film. Through some very beautiful art work, paste-up, and other production techniques, Bill Peterson shows how to count. He has found a reason for every number up to 100. Your better judgement tells you he couldn't possibly keep up his starting pace until reaching 100, but he does except for one little bit of cheating. A film like this must have taken a million hours of patience to produce in addition to a lot of talent" PSA Journal, Oct. 1968, 48.
"A fun time is in store for the smartly dressed women disembarking from the bus, in this lovely film from 1929. Joshua Preston, Mayor of Stockport, entertains a group of nurses at Glengarry, his family home, with a garden tour, and games and races, followed by tea on the lawn. With music as well, this makes for a grand afternoon out. The reel ends with the Preston family in the Glengarry garden." (BFI Player)
Comedy about a psychiatric hospital patient who attempts an escape. Two inept hospital employees fail to retrieve the patient, allowing him to encounter a child whose scooter offers a chance at a faster getaway.
"[The Nutcracker Suite] was made in the Radio City Music Hall, during a rehearsal and one performance, with no assistance from the house, save only permission. It was a 'catch as catch can' affair for they had not the slightest control over lights or performances" ("Program Notes").
"A documentary about peanut farming in the South Burnett district of Queensland. (EAFA Database)
"a soggetto"/fiction
"Nuvola - Nuvola soggetto e regia di P. M. Pasinetti e Roberto Zerboni, fotografia di Francesco Cerchio, interpretato da due bambini, Giorgio Balboni e Liliana della Valle. Un cane e il solo altro personaggio della vicenda, e il film si vale di po-chi altri elementi per comporre il suo dramma: una barca, i cerchi, un fiore; e sopratutti iI sole e il mare: sia la vicenda che la sua trattazione si mantengono in un tono leggermente favoloso, che rimanda per certi aspetti a quel mondo che e proprio delle composizioni liriche di Roberto Zerboni, di cui anche noi abbiamo pubblicati vari esempi, e che sono seguite con moltissima attenzione dai bene informati. In senso cinematografico, la pellicola rispetta sempre una sobrietà di stile singolarmente accurata, e si vale quasi esclusivamente del sistema delle inquadrature fisse, studiando piuttosto la composizione e l'armonia del quadro, e mai cedendo alla retorica degli scorci o del montaggio inutilmente concitato, propria di varie produzioni sperimentali.”
"Cloud - Nuvola (Cloud), subject and direction by P. M. Pasinetti and Roberto Zerboni, photography by Francesco Cerchio, stars two children, Giorgio Balboni and Liliana della Valle. A dog is the only other character in the story, and the film makes use of a few other elements to compose its drama: a boat, circles, a flower, and above all the sun and the sea: both the event and its treatment are maintained in a slightly fabulous tone, which refers in some respects to that world that is proper to the lyrical compositions of Roberto Zerboni, of which we have published several examples, and which are followed with great attention by the well-informed. In the cinematographic sense, the film always respects a singularly accurate sobriety of style, and makes use almost exclusively of the system of fixed shots, studying rather the composition and harmony of the picture, but never yielding to the rhetoric of the foreshortening or of the uselessly excited editing, typical of various experimental productions.”
— Il ventuno 24 (Review of the G.U.F. of Venice) January 1935, p. 15
Total Pages: 299
Amateur Cinema