Film: 16mm television classics
7:30 - 8:30
$6 donation

Albert Steg and Zampano’s Playhouse

-Vintage Film Screenings in Glorious 16mm and 8mm-
presents:

“an ideal medium for moral instruction”
-Frank and His Dog (1952)
-To Tell or Not to Tell (1960’s)
-Caught in a Rip-off (1974)
-Not You Too (1972)
-Snacks Count Too (1980’s)

The medium of film wields a particular power over its audience: we are usually captive. Whether in a mid-century American classroom or a modern multiplex, the individual is not in a position to move. The result: an ideal medium for moral instruction. Sit still and listen! These films will offer some do’s and don’ts. A sampling of tonight’s program: Frank and His Dog (1952) is a suburban idyll of proper family-pet relations; To Tell or Not to Tell (1960’s) places us in the predicament of the honest college-bound student trapped in a nexus of deceit; Caught in a Rip-off (1974) offers a rueful shoplifter’s lament in dramatic 1st-person narrative; finally, Not You Too (1972) helps us ward off the nefarious plottings of unscrupulous marketers in a consumer awareness public service message. Lest we forget our real inner selves, Snacks Count Too (1980’s) will remind of us of a warning that we seem not to have heard. Also included, for the Inman Square intelligentisia, is a reprise of the alcohol awareness spot Janey, in which a good girl tries to stay that way amidst the temptations of brewed canisters at a teen party. As usual, I will probably find a slender excuse to include an early cartoon in the mix. All films in wholesome 16mm.

Production: Albert Steg - asteg@mindspring.com