An experimental amateur comedy short about a neurotic man whose luck runs out. The faces of the actors are not seen throughout the production as it is shot with a focus on just feet and hands with many close-ups. This film is part of the Newcastle & District Amateur Cinematographers Association (ACA) collection. Credit: Specially Commended Amateur Cine World (ACW) Credit: A Lynnwood Production Title: Lucky Day! The opening shot of the film is of the bare soles of a man’s feet. An...

An experimental amateur comedy short about a neurotic man whose luck runs out. The faces of the actors are not seen throughout the production as it is shot with a focus on just feet and hands with many close-ups. This film is part of the Newcastle & District Amateur Cinematographers Association (ACA) collection. Credit: Specially Commended Amateur Cine World (ACW) Credit: A Lynnwood Production Title: Lucky Day! The opening shot of the film is of the bare soles of a man’s feet. An alarm clock reads eight o’ clock. A pair of shoes lay beside the door of a bedroom. Someone knocks at the door, a morning wake-up call for the guest. The feet begin to stir as they stick out from beneath an eiderdown on the bed. A hand flings back the cover, the guest in a pair of striped pyjamas. The feet are slipped into a pair of leather slippers. A paisley dressing gown is put on. A sewing needle is laying on the bedroom carpet. A hand reaches down and picks it up. A ‘good luck’ card is propped on a table in the room. The needle is threaded onto the lapel of the dressing gown, which the man pats. Close-up of a bathroom sink, where a man (unseen) lathers up and begins to shave. A mechanical toy suddenly makes a move in the bedroom, surprising the guest. Blood drops stain the white sink, and a tap is turned on to wash them away. The guest has cut himself whilst shaving. The alarm clock now reads twenty-five past eight. A jacket is picked up, and the guest walks down stairs to breakfast. Toast is made in an early electric toaster on the breakfast table and popped into a toast rack. The guest pulls out a chair. A boiled egg breakfast sits in front of the guest who checks his mail, noting one from the HMSO tax office, dated 3 Feb 1938. The egg is topped, and gradually all the toast disappears from the toast rack. Breakfast now over, the guest pushes out his chair to leave. He taps a barometer on the way out, its dial pointing to ‘fair’, takes his hat and coat from the coat rack. Grabbing a briefcase, the man hurries out. Outside, his briefcase opens accidently spilling out the contents on the pavement. They are hurriedly picked up, including a ‘Doc Savage Magazine’. The man hurries on his way. The man’s sock garter suddenly snaps and drops down to his ankles. He waits as two women pass by, then quickly fixes the sock and garter back in place. A horseshoe is laying on the road. The man begins to cross the road, spotting the horseshoe. He pauses for an instant and can’t get out of the way of a car driving towards him. The car breaks, but it is too late. He is knocked down. Many people run over to help him. His feet stick out from beneath the car. A pair of feet in plaster emerge from beneath an eiderdown. A man reaches over to his bedside cabinet, his other arm in bandages resting on the bed. A woman places a couple of books on the bedside cabinet, one of the books titled ‘Lucky Day!’ The book is flung into the waste paper basket by the unlucky patient. Title: The End