"Short story of a man, too busy with his gardening chores to be patient of the playful impulses of a little girl. His attention is drawn to a sobering event which provides time to reflect. A simple story but rather difficult for the amateur. It has been well handled by Honold Parks" PSA Journal, Nov. 1959, 49.
"Mr and Mrs Behrens are seen walking along a driveway, outside their family home. Includes footage of two young children and a toddler, kicking inflatable ball in the garden" (NWFA Online Database).
"Family members pose for photographs outside a house in Cockermouth; later they are seen running around in the garden. The photographer is seen discussing his camera. Shots of a ruined mill building after a fire." (NWFA Online Database)
"This film shows Charles Devenish Woodley making a film." Library and Archives Canada.
"Black and white film highlighting the summer activities of ‘Little Brother,’ his older brother, and other children." Church History Library.
"Father attempts to blend his hobby of photography with "his other hobby" when mother goes off on an all day's shopping tour. Things are not so goo as father tried to figure the diaper angle, juggles the overheated bottles, tries a breakfast of dry pablum and while bananas. But finally father learns, baby is fed, and they both joyfully go through the ritual of the morning bath - a little off schedule. Father rushes through the other chores, and when mother returns, she finds both father and baby sleeping the sleep of exhaustion. Only after mother takes over can father return to his photography" PSA Journal, Oct. 1963, 41.
"Take a man who wants to play golf and his wife who wishes to see the sights on a family vacation and you have the simple plot of Nantucket Turnabout. Richard Elms treats the idea with a freshness, however, that lifts it from the usual vacation film class. Through the mechanism of the wife's desire to visit historical places, some lovely views of Nantucket are logically inserted in the film, while the husband wearily tags after her as his prepayment for a chance to play golf. The eventual golf game ends with the wife, fresh after her sight seeing, winning easily, while the exhausted husband repeatedly drives to the rough, far into the final sunset." Movie Makers, Dec. 1945, 496.
"Nature Of Life: From far away Trieste, Giuseppe Della Noce sent this 550 foot black and white sound film, which represents tremedous effort, both in the photography and in the sound recording. Displaying the sensitive poetic talents of its maker, Nature Of Life is by way of revelation of life itself. The opening shots, conceived with great imagination, suggest the beggining of time, the settling of the earth and its eventual population. The mating instinct is portrayed in a childhood friendship that ripens into love and finally marriage, and the picture goes on from there to show the progression of life symbolized finally by an old couple slowly plodding up a mountain path, while two frisky youngsters pass them coming down the mountain. Unfortunately choice of narrator for the comentary was not the best and the narration, on which much of the picture's continuity and effectiveness depends, falls far short of its goal." American Cinematographer, May. 1951, 192.
"Un-staged documentary footage shot and edited by Sallie Wagner. Sallie's description of the film: 'Wide Ruins and area, farming Navajos, Black Rock - Medicine Man, Cut Hair plowing, Joe Toddy following Cut Hair, planting, Patsy Martin standing on Cultivator, Jim House's wife husking corn, Paul Jones helping husk corn, sheep dipping at Ganado, Dwight Wagner viewing sheep dipping, wool shearing at Wide Ruins, loading sheep at Chambers, tall man in tan outfit Bill Cousins, Bent Knee sitting on fence, Crip Chee's grandson in closing scene'." New Mexico States Archives.
"In New Horizon, Cinematographer Clardy presented the life of a farm girl at a moment of crisis. One reel, almost without titles, tells the story of her efforts to marry the man she loves in spite of her father's opposition which keeps her chained to the farm." American Cinematographer, Feb. 1935, 78.
"Clardy was the winner last year of the gold medal for scenario and photography. Last year Clardy's picture was based on a western theme, while this year his scenario, although set in its greater part in the outdoors had several indoor shots. However, most to be admired was the way in which he handled his production both from composition and directorial standpoint. There were only three people in his cast with the girl assuming the major role. His sense of dramatic values, and especially his fine feeling for the proper tempo brought forth unstinted praise from the judges." American Cinematographer, Dec. 1934, 365
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