[1943: Walls & Helen]
Identifier
F.2005-04-0124
Date Of Production
1943
Abstract
Home movie footage of an adult gathering where some are dressed up in costume. It is uncertain whether this is footage from a Halloween, New Years, or Purim gathering. Adult costumes include baby, Hitler, Graucho Marx and a woman in blackface. Features the friends and family of Wallace Sommerfeld.
Content note: this film depicts offensive racial and ethnic caricatures, including blackface.
Run Time
0:11:07
Format
16mm
Extent
100 feet
Color
Color
Sound
Silent
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Inventory Number
Glick-Berolzheimer
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Form
Subject
Related Collections
Main Credits
Sommerfeld, Wallace (is filmmaker)
Participants And Performers
Sommerfeld, Helen (is actor)
Sommerfeld, Wallace (is actor)
Cahn, Jeanette (is actor)
Cahn, Max (is actor)
Sommerfeld, Wallace’s mother (is actor)
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