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DetailsOriginal Format: Standard 8 Colour: Black & White Sound: Sound Duration: 4 mins 8 secs Credits: Jan Mitchell, Harry Roy Genre: Animation
Subject: Working Life
Summary A short film that uses the cartoon drawings of Jan Mitchell with the music of Harry Roy and his Band to tell a story about the customers and staff of a hotel called the ‘Astor’.
Description
A short film that uses the cartoon drawings of Jan Mitchell with the music of Harry Roy and his Band to tell a story about the customers and staff of a hotel called the ‘Astor’.
An image of a gramophone record and a woman in 20’s clothing. Two different women stand at a small dressing table, another sits alone at a table drinking while behind her a small group are dancing.
A cut through side view of a hotel with people in each of the rooms, on the roof the sign ‘’Astor’.
Three women in...
A short film that uses the cartoon drawings of Jan Mitchell with the music of Harry Roy and his Band to tell a story about the customers and staff of a hotel called the ‘Astor’.
An image of a gramophone record and a woman in 20’s clothing. Two different women stand at a small dressing table, another sits alone at a table drinking while behind her a small group are dancing.
A cut through side view of a hotel with people in each of the rooms, on the roof the sign ‘’Astor’.
Three women in maid’s outfits stand beside a bed, on the other side a man whose fingers are pointing and almost touch those of one of the maids.
The image of the women drinking alone is repeated changing to three bellboys, a chief in a kitchen and a Concierge standing at the entrance of the hotel, a neon sign reading ‘Astor’ hangs over the covered walkway.
An image of a napping bellboy, the woman drinking alone and a man comforting a crying woman. A man in a dark suit, a bellboy and two maid stand in a room, the bellboy holds a jacket over his arm.
End credited: Recorded by Harry Roy and his Band
End credit: Graphics by Jan Mitchell
End title: The end