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Surprise! Surprise! The Woodleys

Item number (ISN):

352283

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1950/1955 ?

Item number (ISN):

352283

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

WOODLEY, Charles Devenish

Accession:

2004-0059

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1950/1955 ?

Production company:

Charles Devenish Woodley (Photographer)

Production credit:

photography/editing/scenario, Charles Devenish Woodley

Description:

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Film about a surprise party at the Woodley residence. It shows: a baby getting a bath; Charlie Woodley doing the dishes; a group of people holding sign reading “Surprise” enter the house and go into the living room; guests dancing; man playing piano; close-up of dancing feet; people sing; guests playing games such as rolling dice, trying to eat an apple hanging from a string, dropping clothes pegs in a bottle and blowing up balloons; woman pretending to read a magazine and laughing; men play with straws; woman mugs for the camera; men get out a film projector and a screen; intertitle reading “Col. Cobb Award Film”; colour film of a mock-travelogue entitled “Glimpses of Khandi Land”; shots of people getting on plane; plane takes off; street scenes; shop fronts; chickens in a cage; dog on pavement; Shriners parade; old car; intertitle indicating curious dances and customs, following by scenes of girl dancers wearing saddle shoes and of a group of Brownies; comic intertitles “Wattamuddi River and Gorges” and “Bubbling Pots of Por Ridge”; two boys walking along what appears to be badlands; dog with them; intertitle "A Genuine Fakir"; scene of a Caucasian man in a turban pretending to be a snake charmer as a bed sheet hanging on a line writhes; sheet is removed to reveal a ladder; man climbs down ladder which does not appear to be resting against anything; ladder leaning against house; man stands next to it; ladder keeps moving away; man carries ladder into a lake; takes ladder to raft; man goes into water; man’s hat floats off his head as he submerges and floats away; intertitle reading “end of Reel 1"; return to the black-and-white party sequence; close-up of dancing feet; guests leave; and final shot of the Woodleys, lying exhausted, holding the "Surprise" sign. <13mn 25s>

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Notes:

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1. Identification of the footage completed with the assistance of Bill Woodley, son of Charles Devenish Woodley.~2. Source of title: head title on screen.~3. The guests are played by members of the Toronto Movie Club.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

395249

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2004-05-0031

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ORIG

Technical description:

POS

Max. shrinkage:

1.5%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

415777

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V7 2005-10-0164

Number of items:

1

Duration:

106:54

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

415781

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V8 2005-10-0002

Number of items:

1

Duration:

106:54

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

530549

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2011-04-0006

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

2004-05-0031

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

563290

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2011-11-0028

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

INTERNEG

Made from:

2004-05-0031

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

614793

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2012-11-0006

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

2011-04-0006

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1178803

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V7_2005-10-0164.MXF

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V7 2005-10-0164

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1178804

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V7_2005-10-0164.MP4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V7 2005-10-0164

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

copyright owner : estate of Charles Devenish Woodley

Reproduction access:

With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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