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Our Angel Children

1937

Cat no. 3710

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The antics of two mischievous children when they are left alone in the house while their mother is away.

Drama. A well-off middle-class boy and girl are left in the house by their mother; the maid works downstairs. The children put aside their previous pursuits (playing the piano and drawing). The young girl dances a jig while the boy plays the piano for her. Her dancing is so energetic she brings down the ceiling light in the room below. They play outside with a toy car and with laundry. They play tricks on the maid by turning off the water and turning on the oven so a pan burns. As the maid sits reading `Hell and High Water' by Charles Wesley Sanders they turn on the water again and cause a flood in the kitchen. They play with their parent's car in the garage and drive the car down the drive where it smashes through the gates and rolls down a hill. They return home to see water seeping out from under the door. They turn off the taps as mother returns.

Keywords

Children; Dancing; Family life; Kitchens; Play; Leisure ; Servants; Social class; Mischief

Background Information

The film-maker's two children are cast in the film; it is surmised that the house in which the film was made is Marshall's own. BFI Screenonline gives the date as 1938.

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  • Distributor : Institute of Amateur Cinematographers

  • Child

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  • The Mother

  • The Maid

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