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A Day with the Dionne Quintuplets

Item number (ISN):

200527

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1937

Item number (ISN):

200527

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

ONTARIO MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Accession:

1978-0223

Media:

Film

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

1937

Release date:

1937

Production company:

Pathé News

Production credit:

director, Claude R. Collins; editing, Harold E. Wondsel; associate editor, Allyn Butterfield; dialogue, Bertram Kalisch; narrator, Alois Havrilla; film editor, Jay Bonafield; photography, Roy Tash; sound, Francis Woolley

Distributor name:

RKO Radio Pictures Inc.

Description:

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Film about a day in the life of the Dionne Quintuplets at the age of three. The opening title sequence is superimposed over footage of nurses giving a snack to the Dionne quintuplets. Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe speaks from his study in his home in Callander, Ontario. Footage includes: the girls peeking around a door; nurses helping the quints get washed and dressed in the morning; Emilie putting cream on Cecile's face; Yvonne and Annette brushing their teeth; the quints playing the piano; Dr. Dafoe visiting them and one of the girls gets him a small stool to sit on; Yvonne pulling the doctor's moustache and the other girls cleaning his ears and nose; the quints singing and playing with a nurse; the quints having a nap and then lunch; the girls getting dressed for outdoors; one of the quints saying bye bye to the camera crew; Marie and Yvonne painting pictures; Cecile and Yvonne drawing with crayons; the girls having an afternoon snack; the quints playing with doll carriages and other toys; bathtime; Dr. Dafoe calling them on the telephone; the girls taking their cod liver oil; the quints saying their prayers; and the girls being put to bed. <22mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Material restricted - see OMA file.~2. Title and production responsibility taken from screen.~3. Pathé Rooster at conclusion.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

200556

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7808-0408
7808-0409

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

1%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

201483

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 9210-0006

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

277449

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 9603-0036

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

995452

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 9603-0083

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Made from:

7808-0388
7808-0390
7808-0410
7808-0412
7808-0405
7808-0406
7808-0408
7808-0409
7808-0391
7808-0403
7808-0393
7808-0375

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 9210-0006
V1 9603-0036

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of OMA : with permission of the Dafoe family : with permission of the Dionnes : see notes

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