Shirley Sound
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Dr. Harry Hootnick's daughter Shirley sings songs and opens presents for the camera on her birthday, July 4, either 1951 or 1952. Shot on an Auricon camera, this is a rare example of a home movie with optical sound.
Credits
Harry Hootnick (filmmaker); Shirley Lieb (participant)
Complete catalog record
Date: circa 1951
Cfa collection: Lieb-Hootnick Family Collection
Notes: Begins with a young girl, Shirley, holding a small American flag while standing in front of a colorful backdrop. This section of the film has sound. She talks about her birthday cake and then recites the Pledge of Allegiance and then sings a series of songs: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, The Loveliest Night of the Year, It's a Lovely Day Today.; After this the film is silent footage of Shirley opening presents while another girls sits next to her.
Subjects: Birthdays; Patriotism; Music; Fourth of July
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: Reversal Positives, 408 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/35007
Cfa collection: Lieb-Hootnick Family Collection
Notes: Begins with a young girl, Shirley, holding a small American flag while standing in front of a colorful backdrop. This section of the film has sound. She talks about her birthday cake and then recites the Pledge of Allegiance and then sings a series of songs: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, The Loveliest Night of the Year, It's a Lovely Day Today.; After this the film is silent footage of Shirley opening presents while another girls sits next to her.
Subjects: Birthdays; Patriotism; Music; Fourth of July
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: Reversal Positives, 408 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/35007
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:24