Darren
2007-08-21 04:22:32 UTC
I came across a 35mm silent film. Can anyone help me get more information
on it?
The reel band on it says it is reel 2 of MUD. The edgemarkings of the film
are Pathe.
This is a diacetate print, not nitrate.
Main character of the film is a little boy named Willie. This is an "Our
Gang" type of kiddie film.
The photography and settings look like a mid to late 1920s film.
If memory serves, this reel starts with Willie sneaking outside his home
covered head to toe with mud to find that his "Ma" and "Pa" are looking for
him.
Terrified, he gets into the house undetected and hides in bed where his
mother eventually finds him under the covers. Bed and all are covered with
mud.
Camera cuts away to the outside bedroom door as she spanks him fiercely.
His mother looks like a male actor dressed in womans clothes.
Willie goes back to sleep and dreams of a "Little Rascles-esque" cart
race/chase. He is in a goat driven cart (or it looks like him) and another,
heavier kid is in another type with a young girl.
After the cart race/chase Willie wakes up and is told to get ready to go to
school. The End.
I've done the usual searches on the net but MUD and WILLIE are too general
and I get nothing. I know nothing of the silent era "Our Gang" knock off
genere.
Would anyone be familliar with this two reeler film? Since this is
diacetate I assume there are others out there and this is not a lost film.
This folder on my webspace has 10 frame close ups of some of the key shots.
http://www.giant-squid-audio-lab.com/hip/MUD/
Thanks in advance.
Darren
on it?
The reel band on it says it is reel 2 of MUD. The edgemarkings of the film
are Pathe.
This is a diacetate print, not nitrate.
Main character of the film is a little boy named Willie. This is an "Our
Gang" type of kiddie film.
The photography and settings look like a mid to late 1920s film.
If memory serves, this reel starts with Willie sneaking outside his home
covered head to toe with mud to find that his "Ma" and "Pa" are looking for
him.
Terrified, he gets into the house undetected and hides in bed where his
mother eventually finds him under the covers. Bed and all are covered with
mud.
Camera cuts away to the outside bedroom door as she spanks him fiercely.
His mother looks like a male actor dressed in womans clothes.
Willie goes back to sleep and dreams of a "Little Rascles-esque" cart
race/chase. He is in a goat driven cart (or it looks like him) and another,
heavier kid is in another type with a young girl.
After the cart race/chase Willie wakes up and is told to get ready to go to
school. The End.
I've done the usual searches on the net but MUD and WILLIE are too general
and I get nothing. I know nothing of the silent era "Our Gang" knock off
genere.
Would anyone be familliar with this two reeler film? Since this is
diacetate I assume there are others out there and this is not a lost film.
This folder on my webspace has 10 frame close ups of some of the key shots.
http://www.giant-squid-audio-lab.com/hip/MUD/
Thanks in advance.
Darren