GRANNY'S OLD ARMCHAIR
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Title: GRANNY'S OLD ARMCHAIR
Reference number: 5865
Date: 1952?
Sound: sound
Original format: 16mm
Colour: bw
Fiction: fiction
Running time: 2.35 mins
Description: When Granny dies, a small fortune is discovered, hidden in her armchair.
Credits:
act Me - Jerry Hoy
act My brother - Bob Heville
act My sister - Mona Air
act The doctor - Dr Mustapha
act The Lawyer - Bill Anderson
act My Wife - Margaret Cormack
Assisted by members of the ECS and others
Scottish Amateur Film Festival 1952 Commended.
Shotlist:
[Please note the accompanying soundtrack is yet to be transferred to accessible format, October 2006]
Scottish Amateur Film Festival 1952 Commended. Doctor examines Granny in her armchair and pronounces her dead. Granddaughter cries. (0.17) Will is read in lawyer's office, granddaughter smiles happily. Armchair is carried out of the house. Shot of a church; c/up of a wedding ring being placed on a finger. Man sits in Granny's armchair and a wad of notes falls out (1.59) Further inspection reveals much more money. (2.28) ecs (2.35)