Collection search - Somebody Goofed

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Somebody Goofed

Item number (ISN):

376597

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1955

Item number (ISN):

376597

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

ATTRIDGE, E.F.

Accession:

2006-0130

Media:

Film

Original title:

Somebody Goofed

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1955

Release date:

1955

Production company:

E.F. Attridge (Producer)

Production credit:

director/cinematographer/editing, E.F. Attridge

Description:

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The film contains twelve short vignettes that incorporate several cinematic techniques to comical effect. The first is titled, Wizards of Windemere, and opens with a car approaching down a residential street and comes to a stop at a curb in front of the camera. A teenage boy exits the passenger side, and then another boy exits, and then another until a total of ten young men have stepped from the car. The group turn to enter the building behind them, with a cut to the title card, Wizards' club. The film short continues with a series of short visual camera tricks. 2.) The Magic Touch. Two boys exchange crumbled dollar bills that miraculously appear to change into 50 and 100 dollar bills. 3.) The Shark. Two boys are at a billiard table playing pool. Boy on the right takes a shot. A third boy enters the room and approaches the table but the two boys wave him out of the room. The third boy returns, grabs a pool cue and takes a shot. Cut to an animated shot of the billiard balls breaking and rolling into the table pockets to clear the table. 4.) Guess who? A boy is seated playing the piano and next to him another boy plays the violin. There is candleholder between them with a full set of lit candles. The piano player leans over and blows the candles out but using trick photography they appear to keep on relighting. He turns to the other boy, “George, I can't blow them out.” The boy with the violin turns, blows the candles out as they both turn and smile at the camera. 5.) Boy scout handshake. Two boys approach each other and shake hands. The hand of one of the boys comes off leaving the other holding a disembodied hand. 6.) A youngster blows up a paper bag and punches it. Two title cards read, Bang! and They're off. A group of eight boys take off running. One of the boys appears to run right through a fence. Using stop action cinematography, the boy runs through another fence, then through two phone booths. Shot of a boy scaling down the side of a building. Another boyis animated down a set of stairs. 7.) The trained bike. A boy standing in a field gestures to something off screen. The camera pans over to a bicycle laying on the ground. Using trick photography the bike gets up, wheels backwards to the boy who grabs the bike. 8.) A group of ten young men are gathered in a circle looking down solemnly at the ground. Close up of a casket. The lid opens slowly revealing a skeleton inside. The boys run off looking over their shoulders in fright. 9.) A young man is walking down a street towards the camera. As he nears, another boy suddenly appears next to him, then disappears, then reappears as the two of them reach the camera. 10.) Two boys are seated at a small table facing each other. One of the boys snaps his fingers and a tablecloth appears covering the table. The other boy snaps his fingers and two plates appear in front of them. They continue along until the table is covered in forks, knives, glasses of milk, bread and butter. 11.) The toothache. A boy is sitting outdoors next to a pile of bricks. He is holding his jaw in his hand. A title card reads, The thought of a drill. The boy looks off screen and his face turns to an expression of astonishment. Shot of a large drill bit poking through a piece of wood. 12.) The cagey actors. Shots of mice in a large cage running on a wheel and a large disc. Shot of a mouse perched on a miniature model of a toilet. Shot of a mouse running on a disc imprinted with the words, Mouse Circus. The film ends with a shot of a white mouse balanced on a small perch with the title card, Good-bye.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. E.F. Attridge made this film with his Sunday school class about 1955. The class was at Windemere United Church, 356 Windemere Avenue, Toronto. Those appearing in the film were Tom Tennison, Jim Reynolds, John Reynolds, Peter Kopplin, Dave Garrick, Alan Perkins, Ewart Brandon and Paul Goodyear. The 'Mouse Circus' was provided by Dr. R. C. McCutcheon, a dentist in Highgate, Ontario.~2. Mixed Kodak and Dupont film stocks, with edge codes dating the footage between 1953 and 1955.

Technique:

EXPERIMENTAL

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

433018

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2006-11-0114

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ORIG

Technical description:

POS

Max. shrinkage:

0.7%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

561817

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2011-10-0035

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

2006-11-0114

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

587184

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2012-06-0004

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

2011-10-0035

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1104878

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

2006-11-0114-DPX

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

9:42

Made from:

2006-11-0114

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1104879

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

376597.MOV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

9:42

Made from:

2006-11-0114

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1104880

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

376597.MP4

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

9:42

Made from:

2006-11-0114

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1104891

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2022-11-0013

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

73:31

Made from:

8804-0085
8804-0071
8804-0072
2006-11-0114
2004-05-0039
2004-05-0040
2004-11-0006

Status:

MASTER
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Open

Restrictions on consultation:

Open

Copyright owner:

Original copyright owner: E.F. Attridge.~Copyright owner: Library and Archives of Canada.

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