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Moonshine

1938 , Dorking (Surrey)

Cat no. 9521

A boy invents a disappearing device in a science fiction comedy.

Amateur filmmaker and cinema historian H.A.V. Bulleid makes ample use of trick photography in this farcical science fiction comedy about a boy and his latest invention. After being knocked unconscious by his brother on a moonlit night, a boy sits in a barn surrounded by Heath Robinson-esque gadgets and working on his latest invention, a 'Molecular Condensation Apparatus' that will vapourise anything set before it. Testing the device on the family cook, who disappears before their very eyes, he continues to experiment on bushes, garden implements, a carload of cousins, a young lady named Kitty and even his own father, before broadening his scope to cinemas, milk bars and his whole family. But did they really disappear? And did it actually happen? Or was it all just a dream?

Featured Buildings

Boxhurst Estate, Surrey

Keywords

Cinema-going; Dreams; Inventors; Trick Photography

Intertitles

"I propose to test this invention on Amelia..." "Amelia's molecules have condensed into roughly half a cubic millimetre." "By reversing the rays, I reproduce our Amelia." "The process would appear to be irreversible." "You know how scarce cooks are." Valerie Moggeridge. So rural, she thinks pansy means a flower. "Hey -- Beat it!" "...cousins are due quite soon..." "Anyway, what a beastly waste of the car." "Kitty's coming at four o'clock..." "I don't want to miss her..." "My will leaves all to you, my son. But --" "Good-bye, all!!"

Other Places

Boxhurst Estate, Surrey

  • Maker : H. A. V. Bulleid

  • Production company : Wood House Pictures

  • Director : H. A. V. Bulleid

  • Hugh Bulleid

  • F. Vanderkelen

  • Gabrielle Campbell

  • Margaret Ivatt

  • Hilary Barton

Manifestations

Moonshine

  • Barcode
    INV385015
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:14:33
    Modification Date
    26/09/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    728655
  • Barcode
    INV399438
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:14:33
    Modification Date
    31/08/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    724667
  • Barcode
    INV364938
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:14:33
    Modification Date
    31/08/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    723876
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV357811
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    DV digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:09:19
    Modification Date
    10/05/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    710860
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV363859
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    master digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:09:24
    Modification Date
    22/03/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    704577
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV270293
    Canonical Identifier
    2009/59
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Details
    Carrier Type
    9.5mm film
    Colour System
    tinted
    Colour Type
    colour+bw
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:20:00
    Has Image
    Y
    Has Sound
    N
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    pos
    Modification Date
    18/11/2009
    Parts
    Reference
    680932
    Sound
    silent

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