Synopsis
A Texas family's home movies, 1946: a teenage boy washing the family car and playing with his dog, and his father clowning with somersaults and a croquet mallet.
Synopsis, reviewed
Details
- Running time
- 16 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Excuse me while I take my shirt off again... · Spuzz · 2012-12-15
This film is almost divided into 2. The first features a shirtless teen (with a GREAT Duck tail hairstyle), and his mom and dad (I assume) and their dog. This is shot in one afternoon it looks like, and it involves croquet, playing with the dog, and gymnastics. Sometimes there's croquet WITH the dog, but let's not get into that. That kid is... handsome! Anyways.. We seague into the second part, and this looks like it might have been taken later? The family is still there, but the son looks older, the ducktail is gone, and there is a different dog. They're just a wee bit more subdued. Hmmm..…