Synopsis
American flag waving in the wind with text “The Dingbat Story” superimposed over shot. Young men all wearing dark suits with white shirts seated in movie theatre, man in first seat in front row lights his pipe with a lighter; two men watching screen as film begins, flickering light from film on their faces. 1950s man with Buddy Holly style glasses watching movie screen, lights from movie screen flicker on mans face, man blinks and adjusts his eyes; man’s face attentively watching movie screen, lights flicker on his face. 1950s men in movie theatre audience; man smiling; two men watching screen; movie theatre audience on one side of theatre. business man with moustache, cigar hanging from mouth while talking on the telephone and looking at a piece of paper in his hand, man says into phone with disconcerted look on face “Oh that’s terrible, I just don’t know how that slipped through, you mean you didn’t notice either until you finished making the print. Disembodied arms reach into frame grabbing various art supplies, brushes, ink, paint, triangle, ruler, tape; disembodied hand of arts draws a bat in red pencil; Cu artists making movie title credits for “The Dingbat Story”; disembodied artists hand drawing animation of a cartoon bat; disembodied arms demonstrate how the title credits will be made from the various panels of artwork, man holds up reel of film man says “boy wait until you see these cheerleaders”. cartoon artist working at drafting table, man enters from and asks…
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- Running time
- 13 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- 6161_Dingbat_Story_The_00_00_56_00