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The Port Arthur Amateur Cinema Society collection : a Race for ties, Sleep Inn beauty, the Fatal flower [videorecording]

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Material type: Film

FilmPublication details: [Thunder Bay, Ont.] : Shebandowan Films, [2005]Description: 2 videodiscs (DVD) [approximately 57 + 21 + 42 min.] : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in

Contents:

Race for ties. Sleep Inn beauty. Fatal flower.

Production credits:

Director, Harold Harcourt ; stories by M. Dorothea Mitchell ; art titles by Dunbar ; photographed by Fred Cooper (Fred Lovelady and Bill Lovelady assisted on Race for Ties ; Lloyd Small assisted on Sleep Inn Beauty).

Race for ties : Martha Lake, Bill Gibson, Harold Saunders, M. Dorothea Mitchell, Wally McComber, Harold Harcourt, Duncan Roberts, Ed. Lindey, Fred Lovelady, Eddie Cooke, Laddie (the dog). Sleep Inn beauty : Frank Tool, Wally McComber, Mae Flatt, Duncan Roberts, Dorothy Cocker, Christy Dunbar. Fatal Flower : Margaret Arthur, Harold Gross, Wally McComber, Herb Elliot, Chris Dunbar, Frank Kavanaugh, Duncan Roberts, Frank Toole.Summary: Filmed in Northwestern Ontario, in locations such as Port Arthur and Fort William [now Thunder Bay]. It includes film of local buildings and sites, golfing, boating, canoeing, etc. All three of the Port Arthur Cinema Society's films were written by Dorothea Mitchell. "It [Race for ties] was of the comedy-drama type, the plot based on an experience of my own when in the timber business some years previously, in the Lakehead District ... "Following all this excitement, we decided to have a day's outing at one of the inland lakes, and do a short humorous picture. For this, I merely adapted a story, calling it Sleep Inn Beauty. A number of "extras" were included (over 60) posing as guests of the resort and taking part in a bathing beauty contest."--Ladylumberjack website. "Then, 70 years later, Ron Harpelle and Kelly Saxberg "discovered" the film at the Library and Archives of Canada. With the support of a Burrit/Thompson Award, and a grant from the Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada, a new group of filmmakers undertook the task of finishing The Fatal Flower. After deciding on the order for the scenes and playwright, Peter Raffo, was given the task of writing a scenario for the film. As he wrote, Kelly Saxberg began editing the film and musician Danny Johnson began composing an original score for the film. Historian Michel Beaulieu was commissioned to conduct research on the Port Arthur Amateur Cinema Society."--Shebafilms website.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD 1121 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16050122520

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The Port Arthur Amateur Cinema Society collection : a Race for ties, Sleep Inn beauty, the Fatal flower [videorecording]