Accession number:
1929.0015Directors:
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Editors:
Production Years:
1929Release Year:
- 1929
Languages:
- English
Film Properties:
- 35mm
- Silent
- Black and White
Length (feet):
3928 (35mm), 1625 (16mm)Length (minutes):
60Subjects:
Holding Institutions:
Library and Archives Canada: 35mm, 16mm, VHS.
"Race for Ties is the first film made by the Port Arthur Amateur Cinema Society, and it also has the distinction of being the first amateur feature-length film made in Canada. Based on the real life experience of Dorothea Mitchell shortly after she became the first single woman granted a homestead in Ontario, the story is about a small sawmill owner, Joe Atwood, and his race against a large timber company, headed my U. Cheetem, for a railway contract."
Comments:
M. Dorothea Mitchell is credited as production manager, producer, assistant director, scriptwriter, editor, and casting supervisor.
Dunbar is credited for titles.