"The sound design and simplicity of operation of the Fairchild PT-19 Trainer are made crystal clear in the film of that name, produced for the Fairchild Aviation Corporation by Willard Pictures. A trade abbreviation for "Primary Trainer, Model 19," the title introduces a slim gold and blue aircraft which has become the familiar of thousands of young men trained in our fighting air forces. The outstanding feature of the ship is its low wing, monoplane design, duplicating (as closely as could be possible in a low powered trainer) the flight characteristics of a 2000 horsepower fighter. The Willard film brings out this point and others with factual clarity and cinematic distinction. The narrative is sparing and straightforward, with sound effects and music held to that wise minimum which does not overshadow the essential message." Movie Makers, Dec. 1942, 508.
"The story of a little girl and the doll she wanted for Christmas. She asked for a fairy princess, got just a doll, but then the doll comes to life and dances, delighting the disillusioned miss and the film ends on a happy note." PSA Journal, Nov. 1956, 22.
"An impressionistic, visual interpretation of Chaminade's Automne" (EAFA Database).
"The Fall of the House of Usher" not only represents a new cinema technique but it is also unique in that it does not attempt to tell Poe's story in detail, rather to invoke in its audiences the esthetic impressions and moods which the tale creates in its readers. This revolutionary approach to the cinema opens a fascinating field for further pioneering. Fortified with the new scientific instruments which have recently been devised for the detection and recording of emotional reactions, the amateur producer may now truly be said to face a new world for cinematic experimentation in translating such reactions into film. Properly motivated by medical authority films of this nature may even prove to have a tremendous psychological significance. From any viewpoint "The Fall of the House of Usher" represents a forecast of possibilities which are amazing." Movie Makers, January 1929, 847.
"Undoubtedly a great deal of time and effort went into this production. An ambitious undertaking, complete with specially designed costumes and props. Excellent lighting." PSA Journal, Dec. 1955, 37.
"Short film sequences featuring members of the Hawes-Wilson family. The films feature: Violet Rachel Caroline Hawes Wilson (“Violet”) … Benjamin Hawes Allcroft Wilson (“Dad”) …, Eunice Alliott, two women and two men [who possibly include one of her sisters, Hylda Frances Hawes Wilson (“Hylda”), and possibly her brothers, Harold Stanley Hawes Wilson and Benjamin Stuart Hawes Wilson]" (EAFA Database).
"Family footage shot in a back garden. A woman holds a young girl in her arms and kisses her on the cheek. Also features five children and two women walking along a quiet country road on a windy day. They hold hands and form a circle to have a game of ring-a-ring-a-roses" (NWFA Online Database).
"Amateur drama of a girl's dreams inspired by a Mother Goose book." Center for Home Movies.
"First two women to travel to space. The rocket heads to Mars but misses and ends up on an unknown planet where the women have strange adventures." Sacramento Public Library.
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Amateur Cinema