- Title: F-6811
- Summary: THE DRUM: AVANTE GARDE CRIME DRAMA- STUDENT FILM STYLE. QUOTE BY HORATIO FROM SHAKESPEARE "HAMLET." CINEMA VERITE STYLE PAN NYC BROWNSTONES, MURDER CRIME SCENE DEAD GIRL LYING ON FLOOR. BROKEN SMALL DRUM. INVESTIGATORS. DETECTIVES, MAN WALKS INTO TENEMENT BUILDING ROOF TOPS OF BROOKLYN. TAKING CRIME SCENE PHOTOGRAPHS QUESTIONING HOUSEKEEPER, CLEANING WOMAN. CLOCKS READS 7 O'CLOCK ALARM CLOCK READS 6:55. WOMAN SLEEPING IN BED WOKEN UP BY BANGING DRUM IN BASEMENT ROOM. GETS OUT OF BED WOKE UP BY BANGING DRUM IN BASEMENT ROOM. GETS OUT OF BED. GOES TO INVESTIGATE NOISE. WALKS OUTSIDE, WALKING ACROSS COURTYARD, NAILS CAB, CU FEET WALKING ACROSS GARBAGE- CU OPENS DOOR TO GRAND CENTRAL STATION. GETS ON TRAIN. IN EMPTY TRAIN, WOMAN SLEEPING ON TRAIN. GETS OFF TRAIN, FLOWING GOWN, WALKS THROUGH FIELD. TAKES OFF SHOES. PUSHES DOOR OPEN, ENTERS HOUSE LOOKS AROUND. SEES DUM ON MANTLE, DRUM FLIES AROUND ROOM. WOMAN DANCES AROUND EMPTY MANSION ON HOUSE. CHASING DRUM, MIRROR SURROUNDED BY ORNATE WOOD CARVING, CU BAREFEET SPINNING WOMAN FALLS TO GROUND. FLOWING CURTAINS IN WIND. DRUMS EXPLODES. WHEELCHAIR. CHALK OUTLINES AT CRIME SCENE. TRIPPY FANTASY DREAM SEQUENCE ABOUT A CRIPPLE WOMAN WHO DREAMS SHE DANCES BEFORE DYING.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1952
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: F-6811