Canary Island Bananas (1935)

Filmed on his father's plantation, Leacock’s sophisticated use of pans and tilts described the process of planting, harvesting, and shipping Canary Island bananas made with a little help from Polly Church and Noel Florence. This film was shown to family friend Robert Flaherty, who would hire him after the war, largely based on the remembrance of this early film

Released Oct. 10, 1935 12 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Short

Keywords: mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.year-1935, imdb.1930s, imdb.20th-century, aspectratio.1-37-1

Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English