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The Flickering Image

Item number (ISN):

17364

Series title:

Project '61

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

17364

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN FILM INSTITUTE / INSTITUT CANADIEN DU FILM

Accession:

1983-0298

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Release date:

1961-01-08

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

script/narration, William Davidson

Description:

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Radio program, "The Flickering Image", from the radio series PROJECT '61, on the history of the Canadian feature film industry, written and narrated by William Davidson. Filmmakers, cameramen, distributors, and financiers review the major factors which have shaped fiction filmmaking in Canada, providing first-hand perspectives on the trials and successes of many Canadian productions from the early 1920s. Among those heard are: Gordon Sparling, who worked on the feature film CARRY ON SERGEANT!, 1928); Stirling Campbell (BUSH PILOT, 1946); Paul L'Anglais and John Pratt (LA FORTERESSE/WHISPERING CITY, 1947); Jean Bigras (LE PÈRE CHOPIN, 1944); Gratien Gélinas (TIT-COQ, 1952); Melburn Turner (THE LITTLE CANADIAN, 1954); Herbert Alpert (A DANGEROUS AGE, 1957); Norman Klenman (NOW THAT APRIL'S HERE, 1958); Paul Firestone, motion-picture financier; Roy Tash, cameraman; and Nat Taylor, film exhibitor and distributor. Names mentioned in the program include: Ernest Shipman, Bert Bach, Bruce Bairnsfather, George Brownridge, Cowboy Keen, Paul Nathanson, Richard Jarvis, Sidney Furie, Louis Applebaum, and Morley Callaghan.

Subjects:

CANADA~CINEMATOGRAPHERS~MOVING-PICTURE INDUSTRY HISTORY~MOVING-PICTURE PRODUCERS & DIRECTORS ~ALPERT, HERBERT~APPLEBAUM, LOUIS~BIGRAS, JEAN~BROWNRIDGE, GEORGE~CALLAGHAN, MORLEY~CAMPBELL, STIRLING~DAVIDSON, WILLIAM~FIRESTONE, PAUL~FURIE, SIDNEY J.~GÉLINAS, GRATIEN~JARVIS, RICHARD~KEEN, COWBOY~KLENMAN, NORMAN~L'ANGLAIS, PAUL~NATHANSON, PAUL~SPARLING, GORDON~TAYLOR, NAT

Language:

English
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Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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