- Title: PA-44
- Summary: ANGRY BOY PT I, II: ALEXANDER HAMMID'S SENSITIVE TWO PART NARRATIVE OF HOW A PRE-ADOLESCENT BOY IS HELPED BY A PSYCHIATRIST TO COME TO TERMS WITH HIS FEELINGS. - PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHIATRY; MEDICINE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY CIRCA 1950S. JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; GENDER ROLES; AGGRESSION. PETTY THEFT PART I
- Description:01:00:57 - MCU PRE-ADOLESCENT BOY LEANING AGAINST WALL IN SCHOOL HALLWAY, BROODING AND IN DEEP THOUGHT. PAN CHILDREN'S DRAWINGS ON WALL AND TO TWO YOUNG GIRL STUDENTS SOCIALIZING, ADMIRING EACH OTHERS HAIR, NAILS,. TEACHER WALKS DOWN STEPS IN B/G. TWO GIRLS WALK OFF WITH ARMS AROUND EACH OTHER'S WAISTS. 01:01:37 - CU PAN DRAWINGS ON HALLWAY WALL, STOP AT DRAWING OF BIZARRE FACE DRAWING ON WALL DONE BY BROODING BOY. 01:01:40 - FEMALE TEACHER, BACK TO CAMERA LISTENS TO BOY STANDING BY HIS DESK, READING FROM BOOK AS OTHER CHILDREN SEATED AT DESKS FOLLOWING ALONG IN THEIR BOOKS. BOY FINISHES, PUTS DOWN BOOK, TEACHER AND ALL STUDENTS GET UP. EXIT CLASSROOM. education 01:01:53 - BOY STILL SEATED AT DESK, SNATCHES BOOK FROM UNDER PASSING BOY'S ARM THE TWO BOYS STRUGGLE FOR POSSESSION OF BOOK. MS FEMALE TEACHER WHO IS ERASING THE BLACKBOARD, TURNS, TELLS THEM TO STOP, JUST AS BOY PULLS HIS BOOK OUT OF HANDS OF SEATED BOY, AND LEAVES ROOM. 01:02:05 - BOY SEATED AT DESK GLARES AT TEACHER. TEACHER WHO IS CALLED OUT BY ANOTHER TEACHER, LEAVES ROOM. BOY GETS UP FROM DESK BEGINS TO LEAVE ROOM, SPOTS TEACHERS HANDBAG ON DESK. CU ZOOM IN ON OPEN HANDBAG OUT. BOY CLOSES DOOR, LOOKS BACK TO SEE IF ANYONE IS COMING, GOES OVER TO HANDBAG, TAKES OUT SEVERAL BILLS. 01:02:48 - RETURNING TEACHER SPOTS BOY THROUGH DOOR WINDOW, WITH HER HANDBAG MONEY IN HIS HANDS. SHE OPENS DOOR. 01:02:55 - MCU HORRIFIED LOOK ON BOY'S FACE AS HE SUDDENLY PUTS HIS HANDS WITH THE BILLS BEHIND HIS BACK IN ATTEMPT TO HIDE THE MONEY. OPEN HANDBAG ON DESK BEFORE HIM 01:02:57 - TEACHER APPROACHES BOY WITH HAND EXTENDED IN GESTURE TO RETRIEVE HER MONEY FROM HIM. CU BOY'S FACE SHOWS HORROR AS HE EXTENDS HIS HAND WITH THE MONEY. CU SHOT OF BOY'S DRAWING OF BIZARRE FACE. 01:03:17 - CU PHONE RINGING ON TABLE. WOMAN IN PATTERNED DRESS, APRON, WALKS OVER TO ANSWERS IT. SHOWS CONCERN WHEN SHE HEARS IT IS ABOUT HER SON, 01:03:30 - CU MAN ON PHONE, SEATED AT DESK, WITH UPSET EXPRESSION ON FACE, TELLS BOY'S (TOMMY) MOM HER BOY WAS CAUGHT STEALING FROM TEACHER'S POCKETBOOK. 01:03:44 - MCU TOMMY'S UPSET MOM, STANDING WITH PHONE, ARGUES WITH MAN ON PHONE. "THERE IS SOME MISTAKE, YOU GOT THE WRONG CHILD". WOMAN SLOWLY SITS ON CHAIR WITH PHONE IN HAND, ASKS"YOU MEAN SHE ACTUALLY SAW HIM?" VARIOUS SHOTS BACK AND FORTH ON PHONE. MAN SUGGESTS PSYCHIATRIC HELP, RECOMMENDS A THERAPIST. 01:05:52 - CU HOUSEWIFE HANGS UP PHONE, DEPRESSINGLY TURNS AWAY. CU DEPRESSED WOMAN TALKING ABOUT HER SON TO WITH MISS BLACK (PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL WORKER), TELLS HER FEELINGS, SAYS SHE FAILED HER BOY, SPEAKS OF HER CHILDHOOD.. 01:08:40 - SIGN ABOVE DOOR OF BUILDING, "HURON VALLEY, CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC". LS BUILDING ENTRANCE, WOMAN EXITING DOOR AS WOMAN ENTERS HAND IN HAND WITH CHILD. 01:09:07 - MCU MAN (PSYCHIATRIST),SEATED AT DESK SPEAKING TO HOSTILE BOY. CU ANGRY BOY LISTENS TO HIM. VARIOUS CU SHOTS BOY, DOCTOR SPEAKING TO HIM, TRYING TO GAIN BOY'S CONFIDENCE, MAKES HIM TALK ABOUT HIMSELF. CU MAN GADGETS WITH PENCIL AS HE SPEAKS TO BOY. 01:10:34 - CU HAND OF BOY DRAWING GROTESQUE PICTURE WITH PENCIL, DATED DAY AFTER SEEING PSYCHIATRIST. 01:10:43 - MS TROUBLED BOY BEING ESCORTED INTO OFFICE BY PSYCHIATRIST, SHOWS BOY PHOTO OF BOY BEING BROUGHT HOME BY COP, MOTHER ANSWERING DOOR. DOCTOR ASKS BOY TO EXPLAIN PHOTO IN HIS OWN WORDS. BOY'S ANSWER INVITES MORE QUESTIONS. 01:12:05 - MS WOMAN (PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL WORKER) SITS WITH PSYCHIATRIST, WHO SHOWS HER A NUMBER OF BOY'S BIZARRE DRAWINGS. CU DRAWINGS. PSYCHIATRIST SAYS. "THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF HATE IN THEM". SAYS ITS THE REASON FOR HIS BEHAVIOR. SOCIAL WORKER TELLS OF HER PROGRESS WITH BOY'S MOTHER. 01:12:50 - CU SAD FACED HOUSEWIFE PREPARING DINNER TABLE, HUSBAND SEATED READING PAPERS IN B/G. HE TRIES TO TALK TO BUT SHE GOES INTO KITCHEN, SAYS SHE CAN'T HEAR HIM FROM THERE. CONDESCENDING HUSBAND GETS OUT OF EASY CHAIR, FOLLOW HER INTO THE KITCHEN. THEY ARGUE JUST AS BOY ENTERS KITCHEN. SHE PUTS HIM DOWN IN FRONT OF BOY. FACE SHOT ANGRY BOY AS MOTHER ASKS HIM TO LEAVE ROOM. 01:15:16 - HOUSEWIFE'S MOTHER ENTERS KITCHEN, DAUGHTER HELPS HER PUT ON APRON. THEY ARGUE. MOTHER PUTS DOWN DAUGHTER AND HER HUSBAND. 01:15:38 - MAN SEATED IN CHAIR READING NEWSPAPERS, LISTENS WIFE AND MOTHER-IN-LAW TALKING ABOUT HIM. BOY READING NEWSPAPER COMICS ON LIVING ROOM FLOOR IN B/G. BOY LISTENING TO ARGUMENT BETWEEN MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER. 01:16:50 - NAGGING MOTHER FOLLOWS HOUSEWIFE INTO DINING ROOM, NAGS AS DAUGHTER SETS TABLE, HUSBAND SITS. HOUSEWIFE EXCUSES HERSELF BECAUSE OF HEADACHE, BOY ENTERS DINING ROOM, SITS AT TABLE BEGINS TO EAT IS CONFUSED BY DO'S AND DONT'S OF TABLE MANNERS PROPER USE OF NAPKINS. PART II 01:17:45 - CU UPSET (DRAMaTICALLY LIT) WOMAN, LYING ACROSS BED WITH EYES OPEN WIDELY, STARES STRAIGHT AHEAD, HAND ON FOREHEAD AS IF SHE IS SICK. DRAMATIC CU PAN MOVING UP EDGE OF BEDSPREAD TO HER FINGERS MASSAGING HER FOREHEAD. VOICE OVER PSYCHIATRIST, "THERE'S AN ANGRY FRUSTRATED WOMAN". 01:18:12 - MAN BOY SEATED AT DINNER TABLE WITH ELDERLY WOMAN, WOMAN GETS UP, COLLECTS DISHES AS SHE CLEANS OFF TABLE. SUGGESTS TO MAN AND BOY THAT THEY RELAX AND PLAY CHECKERS, BOY ENTHUSIASTICALLY GETS UP FROM MOM ENTERS SCENE, PUTS KIBOSH ON GAME, TELLS BOY TO DO HIS MATH HOMEWORK INSTEAD. TABLE, GOES FOR CHECKER GAME IN BUREAU, SCOLDING TIMID HUSBAND IN THE PROCESS, EMBARRASSING HIM BEFORE HIS SON. 01:18:44 - BOY PUTS BACK CHECKER GANE, GIVES MOM ANGRY LOOK. CU FACE SHOT BROW-BEATEN MAN. CU BOY LEAVES ROOM WITH MOM, LOOKS BACK AT FATHER IN DISAPPOINTMENT. 01:19:35 - MENTAL HEALTH GROUP, TWO MEN AND WOMAN COMMENT ON THE CASE STUDY "POOR WOMAN. POOR MAN, POOR CHILD". CU FACE SHOT NAGGING WIFE. CU FACE SHOT BROW BEATEN HUSBAND. 01:21:11 - CU ZOOM IN DACE SHOT WOMAN LYING IN BED, IN DEEP THOUGHT, CLUTCHING HER FOREHEAD. FACE SHOT BOY LOOKING BACK AT HIS DAD WHO LET HIM DOWN. 01:22:55 - VARIOUS VIEWS BOY IN PSYCHIATRIST OFFICE OPENING UP TO DOCTOR WHO GETS HIM TO TELL OF HIS INNER THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS.. TELLS DOCTOR OF HIS ENCOUNTER AND REACTIONS WITH OTHERS IN HIS CLASS. BOY PLAYS ON FLOOR WITH BALL AS HE SPEAKS WITH DOCTOR. 01:24:50 - CU DARTS HITTING BULL'S EYE TARGET. PAN TO DOCTOR SPRING LOADING AND FIRING DARTS FROM TOY GUN. BOY TAKES GUN, FIRES SUCTION CUP DARTS AT TARGET. 01:25:20 - DOCTOR SITS AND TALKS ABOUT TEACHER BOY TRIED TO STEAL FROM. WITH DETERMINATION LOADS DART GUN AIMS, FIRES AND HITS DOCTOR IN FOREHEAD. SAYS THE GUN SLIPPED. PSYCHIATRIST GETS HIM TO ADMIT HE DID IT ON PURPOSE. HE DIDN'T LIKE THE QUESTIONS. 01:27:34 - CU BOY SEATED AT TABLE IN BEDROOM, DRAWING. DOOR IN B/G OPENS, MOM LOOKS IN, TELLS BOY SOMETHING. SHE COMES IN, THEY TALK ABOUT HIM GOING TO CAMP WHILE MOM AND DAD VISIT NEW YORK. . 01:29:09 - CU MOM AFFECTIONATELY DRAWS BOY AGAINST HER WAIST. 01:31:02 - CU BOY AT DINNER TABLE TAKES SPOONING DESERT FROM DESERT CUP 01:31:15 - END
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: PA-44