La Cucaracha (Corrigan, 1934), Popular Science J1-2 (1941) and Robert Frost: A Lover’s Quarrel With The World (Clarke, 1963)
In this program of 35mm shorts, the Crank will screen two films from the UCLA Film and TV Archive’s Technicolor Restoration program, along with Shirley Clarke’s 1963 Academy Award winning documentary on the poet Robert Frost.
Also an Academy Award winner (for Best Comedy Short Subject), La Cucaracha (1934) was the first live-action three-strip Technicolor short whose success led to the introduction of Technicolor as a viable and desirable medium for feature films. Its play with color, as well as its musical numbers, make La Cucaracha a delightful film.
Narrated by Gayne Whitman, Popular Science J1-2 (1941) is an episode from the “Popular Science Historic Film Series” that ran theatrically from 1934 to 1950 and was distributed by Paramount Pictures. It looks at various subjects, such as the Pennsylvania Turnpike, the birth of the electron microscope, and parachuting fire fighters.
In Clarke’s Robert Frost: A Lover’s Quarrel with the World, we get the rare opportunity of viewing the poet through two perspectives: his public performance and his private thoughts. Especially intimate are moments of him alone in his home in Vermont, where we see the poet digging potatoes from the earth.
DATE: Thursday, November 10
TIME: 5 PM
PLACE: The James Bridges Theater in Melnitz Hall
ALL CRANK SCREENINGS ARE FREE!
