Author Archives: Chicago Film Archives

Experimental and Commercial Films

A series of short experimental and commercial sequences, most likely used as a sample/pitch reel, that utilizes various animated and live action techniques characteristic of films created by the Goldsholl Design Associates film studio. Animated sequences include images of engravings, an origami-style colored paper bird, moving dots on translucent material that is reminiscent of Moholy-Nagy’s

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Up Is Down [Outtakes]

Two animated outtakes from Up is Down, including two shots of the blue boy standing on his hands on top of the table. In the second shot, the camera zooms-in, his pants are pulled off revealing his bottom, and he turns from blue to pink. Appears to be duplicate footage (but more faded) of F.2010-01-0329.

Japan Work Print

This footage by Mort and Millie Goldsholl documents their trip to Japan ca. 1964 and shows the busy streets of an unidentified city. Many other titles from the Goldsholl Collection were taken during that same trip to Japan, including Hiroshima and Japan: Miyajima.

Orig Outs From Europe – Footage Greece

This footage by Mort and Millie Goldsholl consists of a brief image of Mort and his son going up a street in Greece ca. 1965. Other titles in the Goldsholl Collection were taken during the family’s trips to Europe, including Greece, Turkey, and Isra?l, Denmark and Israel, and Greece.

European Original

This footage by Mort and Millie Goldsholl documents their trip to Greece ca. 1965, especially their visit to the Parthenon in Athens. Other titles in the Goldsholl Collection were taken during the family’s trips to Europe, including Greece, Turkey, and Isra?l, Denmark and Israel, and Greece.

Up Is Down [Outtakes]

Two animated outtakes from Up is Down, including two shots of the blue boy standing on his hands on top of the table. In the second shot, the camera zooms-in, his pants are pulled off revealing his bottom, and he turns from blue to pink. Appears to be duplicate footage (but more faded) as F.2010-01-0330.

[Greece + Turkey (upside down)]

This footage by Mort and Millie Goldsholl documents their trip to Greece and Turkey ca. 1965. It includes images of the Parthenon in Athens and of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul (upside down), among others. Other titles in the Goldsholl Collection were taken during the family’s trips to Europe, including Greece, Turkey, and Isra?l, Denmark and

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Original of Sign

This footage by Mort and Millie Goldsholl documents their trip to Japan ca. 1964. It includes images of Tokyo taken at night, possibly in the neighborhood called Shibuya. Many other titles from the Goldsholl Collection were taken during that same trip to Japan, including Hiroshima, Japan: Miyajima, and Japan: Tokyo Outs, which includes similar images

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Japan: Disneyland

This footage by Mort and Millie Goldsholl documents their trip to Japan ca. 1964. It includes a few images of an amusement park, probably Nara Dreamland near Nara. Nara Dreamland had opened a few years prior in 1961, was modelled after Disneyland in California, closed in 2006, and is now demolished. It is not to

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Japan: Miyanoshita Naraya Inn Outs

This footage by Mort and Millie Goldsholl documents their trip to Japan ca. 1964. It includes images of a koi pond, probably at Naraya Inn in Miyanoshita in the town of Hakone. Many other titles from the Goldsholl Collection were taken during that same trip to Japan, including Hiroshima, Japan: Train Ride to Hiroshima and

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