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- BFI identifier137212
- Date1957 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisANIMATION. A small boy in an American town fails in his duty of making candles just before Christmas. He makes amends in his own small way. (Synopsis)
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Title
The Candlemaker (Original)
Category
FictionThis work is available to view in the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank.
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- Film / Video
- Scripts / DocumentsCandlemaker - Animated film telling the story of a young boy in an American town who is given the responsibility of looking after the family business of candlemaking while his father is away. He fails in his duty by becoming distracted and forgetting to place a wick in one of the candles used on the altar in the church at Christmas. However the boy makes amends in his own small way. The film was sponsored by the United Lutheran Church in America (Laymen's Movement for Christian Stewardship of the Lutheran Church). Produced and directed by John Halas and Joy Batchelor; executive producer: Henry Endress; story/design: Philip Stapp; animation: Brian Borthwick, Reg Lodge, Vic Bevis; music: Matyas Seiber Papers include, press and publicity, music cue sheet, list of credits - HAB-1-43
Document: post-production - Music cue sheet, giving brief description of the film and the music used no date c. 1957 - HAB-1-43-1
Document: publicity - File containing: - press-sheet describing the film as a 'sparkling, good humoured, reverent, animated film', no date c. 1956/1957 - issue of children's Christian newsletter 'Let's Go' issued November 1956. Featuring a cartoon character 'Stewart the Steward' who makes an imaginary journey to Halas & Batchelor's studios to watch and participate in the making of the film. The centre pages recount stage by stage the making of the film in the style of a storyboard with photographs of Halas and Batchelor and their staff at work on the film - HAB-1-43-2
Document: distribution - File containing: - credit list and brief synopsis of the film, no date; - statement giving details of original cost of the film and ownership of rights, no date c. 1980s? - HAB-1-43-3
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Work - 137212 - 1957 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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