"The Quiet One" is a 1948 docu-drama (part doc, part scripted) by Sidney Meyers that chronicles the rehabilitation of a lonely, emotionally-scarred African American boy, following his father’s death and his mother’s abandonment, growing up in Harlem, NY, and the efforts by the people of the Wiltwyck School for Boys - an institution for children from broken homes or juvenile delinquents – to help rehabilitate him. It's a powerful documentary-style (though scripted) account, offering a provocative glimpse at the Wiltwyck School for Boys in the 1940s - a walk through vintage American education, which, interestingly, despite the central subject, never...
- 2/10/2016
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
"The Quiet One" is a 1948 scripted docu-drama by Sidney Meyers that chronicles the rehabilitation of a lonely, emotionally-scarred African American boy, suffering his father’s death and his mother’s abandonment, growing up in Harlem, NY, and the efforts by the people of the The Wiltwyck School for Boys - an institution for children from broken homes or juvenile delinquents – to help rehabilitate him. It's a powerful documentary-style (though scripted) account, offering a provocative glimpse at the Wiltwyck School for Boys in the 1940s, a walk through vintage American education, which, interestingly, despite the central subject, never actually...
- 7/8/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Fund This ‘Notfilm’: About the 1965 Film ‘Film’ Written by Samuel Beckett and Starring Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton appeared in some very weird movies following the advent of sound pictures. There’s that Mexican sci-fi comedy Boom in the Moon I mentioned on Fsr a while back. There’s the Eastman Kodak industrial film The Triumph of Lester Snapwell, in which he plays a clumsy photographer who travels through time so he can experience an easy-use Instamatic camera. And of course all those crazy ’60s beach movies, where he performed silly slapstick involving bikinis, boobs and a politically incorrect portrayal of a Native American. But his oddest has to be Film, the 1965 short he reluctantly starred in, which was scripted by absurdist playwright Samuel Beckett (his only original written directly for the screen), helmed by theatre director Alan Schneider, produced by controversial publisher Barney Rosset, edited by Oscar-nominated documentarian Sidney Meyers (The Quiet One; The Savage Eye) and shot by legendary cinematographer Boris Kaufman (L’Atalante; On the Waterfront). Almost 50 years since its...
- 11/23/2013
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Hmmm… foreign to me; but maybe not to you…
The Quiet One is a 1948 documentary by Sidney Meyers that chronicles the rehabilitation of a lonely, emotionally-scarred African-American boy, growing up in Harlem, NY, and the efforts by the people of the The Wiltwyck School for boys - an institution for children from broken homes or juvenile delinquents – to help rehabilitate him.
The film was nominated for the Best Screenplay Academy Award, Best Documentary & The National Board of Review named it a top 5 film of 1949.
This is actually my first time hearing about it! I’m watching at this very minute. Curiouser, and curiouser…
I embedded the complete 64-minute film below for you to view as well:...
The Quiet One is a 1948 documentary by Sidney Meyers that chronicles the rehabilitation of a lonely, emotionally-scarred African-American boy, growing up in Harlem, NY, and the efforts by the people of the The Wiltwyck School for boys - an institution for children from broken homes or juvenile delinquents – to help rehabilitate him.
The film was nominated for the Best Screenplay Academy Award, Best Documentary & The National Board of Review named it a top 5 film of 1949.
This is actually my first time hearing about it! I’m watching at this very minute. Curiouser, and curiouser…
I embedded the complete 64-minute film below for you to view as well:...
- 4/25/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.