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Little Gray Doors

Item number (ISN):

313688

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1928

Item number (ISN):

313688

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Type of material:

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Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

GRAPHIC CONSULTANTS LTD.

Accession:

1972-0105

Media:

Film

Part:

6 of 6

Production date:

1928

Production company:

Ontario Motion Picture Bureau

Production credit:

scenario, Lexie Doherty

Description:

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This film shows the story of a misbehaving boy and his bad dream. The film begins by introducing David, a boy who has spent the day doing his favorite things: he is seen playing with a toy boat, enjoying flowers in the garden, walking along the fence throwing stones, and climbing on the big fallen oak tree. David peers inside the shattered trunk of the tree and wonders what is inside. While David is playing his Aunt Lucy arrives for a visit; when called, David takes a very long time returning home. In the mean time, Lucy and David's mother talk about the young boy, in particular his temper when playing the piano. When David returns home, his mother takes him to wash his hands and change his clothes; David complains bitterly throughout. Before taking him in to his aunt, David's mother asks Lucy not to give him the toy boat she has brought him, because of his poor behavior. Later that night, David takes a bath and apologizes to his mother. After he falls asleep, David's dreaming body leaves his room and goes to the tree. Inside the trunk he finds a ladder leading down, which he descends a long way to the bottom.~At the bottom of the trunk is a corridor with little gray doors along both sides and the letters "L.O.P." hanging on the wall. David is seen passing down this hallway until a strange little man with a large hat and beard becons him through one of the doors. Inside, this man and an identical partner destroy a piano; David protests but they ignore him. Upset, David leaves the room and walks down the corridor, seeing the letters "L.O.P." repeatedly and wondering what they mean. Exploring other doorways, David watches a boy destroying a cake and, later, sees his mother complaining to a group of women about how tired she is. The mysterious letters "L.O.P." appear again and again, until they finally reveal their meaning: "Land of Punishment". As David runs away from the letters he falls to the floor and cries for his mother. In the next shot, David is seen struggling in bed with his mother standing above him. After comforting David, his mother sends him to do his chores which David pledges he will complete. <30mn>

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Original number:

6212~6213~6214~6215~6216

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1. Crown material over 50 years - copyright expired.~2. This is one of very few fiction films produced by the Ontario Motion Picture Bureau; most of their films are of a documentary or instructional nature.~3. Although the original OMPB catalogue numbering of this film suggests it is only five reels long, the version here is six reels long.~4. 1931 OMPB Catalogue description: "A child's dream pictured as a fairy story with a moral for children."
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Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 2001-10-0001

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

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The permission of Library and Archives Canada is required to reproduce this title.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

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with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of Library and Archives Canada

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