"Two theatrical agents, clearly averse to work, take pleasure in ridiculing the various performers who come to show their talents. The comedy turns slapstick as the agents unceremoniously dismiss the artistes, and even more so when the artistes subsequently take their violent revenge on the agents. The cine club shows its versatility by experimenting with a few camera tricks: at the beginning, with a spinning straw boater against a black background and later, during the sequences featuring 'Ricardo' the conjurer" (EAFA Database).
"Boy meets girl and color meets a cine club in Footloose, the latest production of the Rockville Cinema Club; the result is an able and entertaining farce comedy. In moving from black and white to Kodachrome, the members of this veteran group have taken the hurdle in their stride. If anything, the chromatic medium may be said to have added sparkle and brilliance to their plot complications and to the angles, editing and cutting with which they interpret them. Definitely keyed to the Hollywood '"screwball" school of roughhouse comedy, Footloose opens with a dynamic and delightful introduction of the players and carries on to involve a boy and a girl, an artist, his model and assorted comedy and character actors, in random but romantic complications. The pace is fast, the color pleasing and the cutting crisp and well integrated with the action." Movie Makers, Dec. 1940, 602.
"This striking example of enthusiastic club production efforts, revolves around four amusing stories which stem from the simple theme of for chairs—each responsible for the contribution of one story and its filming. Because of the outstanding qualities of "Four Chairs", it was awarded a special cup for excellent club production" PSA Journal, Dec. 1955, 35.
"Amateur filmmaker, cinema historian and railway engineer H.A.V. Bulleid creates a cast of curious characters in this comic tale of espionage and intrigue. When 'Frantic' Philip Phoot is charged with delivering a highly important document to a mysterious agent named Farnley, he must negotiate his way past a 'sinister novelist' named Count Miaowt and the 'terminally insane' O. Goshyme Blottough, as well as the "dangerous political maniac' Prince Xwyzedski and his band of cronies. 'Frantic' Philip's secret letter has a cast of bumbling oddballs at each others throats as this tale of intrigue, mystery, foreign spies and banana skins heads for its 'explosive' climax" (EAFA Database).
"Sept. 1944 - 489 miles by Bicycle over the Rockies." UCLA Film and Television Archive.
"Mr. Midgley's production is a gay and picaresque saga of a 350 mile jaunt by bicycle along the highways of Bryce and Zion National Parks and Cedar Breaks National Monument. Distinguished camera work, pleasing compositions and imaginative treatment contribute to the film's success. Outstanding in the picture, however, are its crisp pace and lighthearted laughter at the cyclist's own wry adventures. Brightly executed titles and a restrained use of a fine "running gag" round out this altogether engaging travel study." Movie Makers, Jan. 1947, 49.
A short comedy about a couple who are unable to decide on a sporting activity to do together.
"Albert D. Furnans has taken a group of charming people in a natural pursuit, truck gardening, and has developed a genuinely amusing "running gag"; the result is a delightful family film. Through an excellent sense of timing, he has sustained the "gag" with proper finesse until its final disclosure. The refreshing use of angles and the meaningful employment of lighting, together with good editing, bring balance and clarity. The entire picture shows the result of good planning and directing, and the filming keeps well abreast of these." Movie Makers, Dec. 1945, 496.
"a delicately satirical fantasy" (HMHT 1933: 283).
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Amateur Cinema