- Title: PA-40
- Summary: CASE OF SPRING FEVER: AN ANIMATED SPRING SPRITE APPEARS TO GILBERT WILLOUGHBY TO DRIVE HOME THE COMFORT & VALUE OF SPRINGS IN EVERYDAY LIFE
- Description:01:07:22 - MS WOMAN SITTING, SPEAKING ON ROTARY PHONE, SHE LEANS AWAY TO LOOK AT GOLF CLUBS, PAN TO GOLF BAG LEANING AGAINST WALL. 01:07:33 - MAN LYING ON HIS BACK UNDER SOFA WHICH IS PROPPED UP ON ONE SIDE (LIKE WORKING UNDER AUTO). PAINTING OVER FIREPLACE IN B/G. 01:07:36 - CU MAN UNDER SOFA WORKS ON BROKEN SPRINGS OF SOFA, VOICING HIS DISPLEASURE OF SPRINGS. SUDDENLY A TINY COIL SHAPED CARTOON CHARACTER ("COILY") APPEARS, LAMBASTS MAN FOR HIS REMARKS ABOUT SPRINGS. TELLS HIM THERE WILL BE NO MORE SPRINGS FOR HIM FROM NOW ON. 01:07:59 - CU ABOVE VIEW OF MAN'S HEAD UNDER SOFA, LOOKING UP THROUGH WIRES AND COILS, HE SWEATING. 01:08:05 - CU SPRINGS AND WIRES SUDDENLY FADE AWAY. CU VIEW MAN POPS HIS HEAD UP THROUGH SOFA THAT HAS NO CUSHIONS, SPRINGS OR CENTER, LOOKS AROUND, BEWILDERED, SCRATCHES HEAD, REACHES IN POCKET, TAKES OUT WATCH, LOOKS AT IT SHAKES IT, PUTS IT TO EAR, OPENS IT. IT DOESN'T WORK. 01:08:31 - CU MAN'S HAND HOLDING POCKET WATCH WITH "COILY" SITTING ON WATCH'S FACE, LAUGHS, SAYS "NO SPRINGS" TURNS INTO PUFF OF SMOKE.. 01:08:40 - MAN CLIMBS OUT OF SOFA WITH NO CUSHIONS, WALKS TO DOOR, REACHES UP TO PULL SHADE DOWN, JUMPS BACK AS SHADE SLIDES DOWN BY ITSELF CU "COILY" ON SHADE ROLLER, LAUGHS AS HE SAYS "NO SPRINGS". 01:08:57 - MAN WALKS TO COUCH TAKES COAT, PLACES IT OVER ARM, SEES GOLF CLUBS LEANING AGAINST WALL, SMILES, WALKS TO PHONE TO MAKE GOLF APPOINTMENT. 01:09:02 - CU MAN'S FINGER DIALING ROTARY PHONE, DIAL DOESN'T SPRING BACK. CU "COILY" APPEARS ON DIAL, "NO SPRINGS!" LAUGHS. DISAPPEARS IN PUFF. 01:09:08 - MS MAN SEATED ON CHAIR WITH JACKET ON LAP, DEJECTEDLY HANGS UP PHONE, PUTS ON JACKET, GRABS HIS CLUBS WALKS OUT. 01:09:21 - OUTSIDE SHOT OF DOOR. MAN OPENS IT FROM INSIDE, WALKS OUT, CLUBS, GOLF SHOES IN HANDS, SHUTS DOOR BEHIND HIM, BUT IT DOESN'T STAY SHUT. 01:09:28 - CU OPEN DOOR AS SEEN FROM OUTSIDE. CU MAN PUTS DOWN CLUBS, GOES TO DOOR, SLAMS IT AGAIN, BUT DOOR DOESN'T SHUT. MAN LOOKS BACK, VOICE OVER COILY "NO SPRINGS", MAN SHRUGS, CONTINUES ON TO CAR. 01:09:43 - MAN OPENS DOOR OF CAR, SITS IN DRIVER'S SEAT, FINDS DRIVER'S SEAT IS PUSHED UP TO CLOSE TO WHEEL, TRIES TO GET COMFORTABLE, FEELS HARD SEAT, BEWILDERED LOOK ON FACE. COILY POPS UP ON BACK OF SEAT NEAR MAN'S SHOULDER, LAUGHS, SAYS. "NO SPRINGS!" 01:10:00 - MCU MAN SITTING IN DRIVER'S SEAT REACHES OVER TO SHUT PASSENGER DOOR, IT POPS OPEN, HE LOOKS AT IT STRANGELY, HE LOOKS DOWN, SEES GLOVE COMPARTMENT OPEN, ATTEMPTS TO CLOSE IT BUT IT WILL NOT STAY CLOSED; HE THEN MOVES BACK AND FORTH IN SEAT TRYING AGAIN TO GET COMFY. 01:10:15 - CU MAN'S FEET NEAR FLOOR PEDALS, FOOT PRESSES FLOOR PEDAL, "COILY" APPEARS, "NO SPRINGS", LAUGHS . FLOOR PEDALS IN B/G 01:10:21 - CU MAN'S FACE LOOKING DOWN (AT COILY). APOLOGIZES FOR HIS REMARKS ABOUT SPRINGS' CU "COILY" FORGIVES. SCENE CHANGES SPRINGS RE-APPEAR ON SOFA. 01:10:48 - MAN CRAWLS OUT FROM UNDER SOFA, TAKES CLOTH OUT OF POCKET, WIPES HIS BROW. HE BENDS TO PUSH DOWN ON SOFA SPRINGS, SITS ON THEM, SPRINGING UP AND DOWN AS HE WIPES BROW, STANDS UP, REACHES IN POCKET FOR WATCH, PUTS IT TO HIS EAR, SMILES, LOOKS AT IT SMILING, TAPS IT, PLACES IT IN POCKET, WALKS OUT OF ROOM. 01:11:08 - MS MAN SITS BY PHONE GOLF CLUBS AGAINST LEGS, PICKS UP RECEIVER, DIALS, SMILES. 01:11:16 - THREE MEN PLAYING GOLF, TEEING OFF, FOURTH MAN ENTERS FRAME, HE TEES OFF, ALL FOUR WATCH THE BALL TO SEE WHERE IT LANDS. MS GOLF BALL ROLLING ACROSS GRASS. sports, golf. 01:11:37 - MAN BENDS TO PLACE BALL ON TEE AS THREE OTHERS WATCH. CU BALL ON TE, MANS LEGS IN B/G, CLUB STRIKING BALL, LS BALL ROLLING ON FAIRWAY GRASS. 01:11:50 - TWO MEN WATCHING LOOK AT EACH OTHER, ONE SHAKING HEAD. UNHAPPILY SAYS "NICE SHOT". MAN THAT HIT BALL TELLS ABOUT SPRING IN GOLF SHAFT, ETC. 01:12:08 - VARIOUS SHOTS MAN SETTING UP TO TEE OFF AS TWO OTHER WATCH AND ONE KEEPS TALKING, TEE OFF. CLUB HITS GROUND, MAN TURNS ANGRILY TO TALKER SLAMS CLUB TO GROUND, AS MAN KEEPS TALKING ABOUT THE PHYSICS OF SPRINGS, ANGERING OTHER PLAYERS. 01:12:38 - FOUR MEN ON PUTTING GREEN, PUTTING BALLS. ONE SETS UP PUT, DISTRACTED BY MAN TALKING, MISSES PUTT. 01:12:51 - CU PUTTER HITTING BALL INTO CUP. 01:12:58 - MS FOUR MEN PLACING GOLF BAGS IN TRUNK OF CAR, AS ONE CONTINUES TALKING ABOUT SPRINGS. 01:13:08 - MS FOUR MEN OPEN DOORS OF AUTO, (CIRCA 1930S 4 DR SEDAN) PUT ON JACKETS. ONE POINTS TO SKY, MA DC-3 PASSENGER PLANE IN FLIGHT, THROUGH CLOUDS AND OUT. LS DC-3 PASSENGER PLANE LANDING ON RUNWAY. AS VOICE OVER TALKS OF PHYSICS OF ABOUT SPRING IN ITS WHEELS. 01:13:37 - MAN CONTINUES TALKING AS HE GETS INTO DRIVER'S SEAT OF CAR. TWO OTHERS IN BACK SEAT, ANOTHER CLIMBS INTO FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. 01:13:45 - MS 1930S CHEVROLET TRAVELLING ON ROAD TOWARDS CAMERA. MCU CAR WITH FOUR PASSENGERS, TWO MEN IN BACK LOOKING AT PIECE OF PAPER, HAND IT TO ONE IN FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WHO LOOKS AT IT. SMIRKS AS HE GLANCES AT DRIVER WHO CONTINUES HIS NON-STOP TALKING. POV LOOKING THROUGH FRONT WINDSHIELD OF MOVING CAR. 01:14:00 - TWO MEN IN FRONT SEAT, BACKS TO CAMERA, AS SEEN FROM BACK SEAT, SIGN IN ROAD INDICATES DETOUR. CU FRONT PASSENGER TURNS TO MEN IN REAR, GIVES WINK AND THUMBS UP. CU 2 MEN IN REAR SEAT LOOK AT EACH OTHER, SMILE, NOD. 01:14:07 - CU FRONT WHEEL OF CAR IN MOTION, PAN TO BACK WHEEL DOING SAME AS VOICE OVER TALKS ABOUT THE COIL SPRINGS AND KNEE ACTION IN FRONT, ETC. MCU FOUR MEN RIDING IN CAR, CU TWO IN BACK SEAT SLEEPING. 01:14:32 - MCU SHOT FROM BACK SEAT OF CAR OF TWO IN FRONT. DRIVER BEGINS TO PULL OVER TO SIDE OF STREET (SEEN THROUGH WINDSHIELD.) 01:14:41 - MLS CAR COMES TO STOP BY BUSHES IN FRONT OF HOUSE; MCU CAR DRIVER WAKES UP SLEEPING FRONT SEAT PASSENGER. MAN YAWNS AND STRETCHES, AS DRIVER ASKS OTHERS TO WAKE UP. 01:14:54 - WITH PASSENGER OUT OF CAR AND FIXING HIS JACKET, DRIVER SLIDES FROM DRIVER'S SEAT TO OPEN DOOR OF PASSENGER SIDE. CHECKING PASSENGER'S GOLF SCORE CARD 01:15:05 - MAN RIPS SCORE CARD IN MANY PIECES, ANGRILY SLAMS IT TO GROUND. DRIVER LOOKS DOWN AT FRONT SEAT. CU MAN'S HAND ON FRONT SEAT PRESSES DOWN ON SPRINGS IN SEAT JUST AS "COILY" APPEARS, LAUGHING
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: PA-40