A crippled boy rescues an eagle with a broken wing. He nurses the bird back to health and teaches it to fly again.
The copy I saw of this Oscar-nominated short had faded over the years, its Technicolor tints replaced by far more fragile chemical colors. Nonetheless, the elements that do survive, from Dickie Moore's narration to the fine camerawork and images of eagle, mountains and rattlesnake, have held up pretty well. Moore was at the end of his movie career, having spent a couple of decades since an infant in 1927. His co-producer, William Lasky, worked almost entirely as an assistant director; this was his only directorial credit. The message is short and sweet.
The copy I saw of this Oscar-nominated short had faded over the years, its Technicolor tints replaced by far more fragile chemical colors. Nonetheless, the elements that do survive, from Dickie Moore's narration to the fine camerawork and images of eagle, mountains and rattlesnake, have held up pretty well. Moore was at the end of his movie career, having spent a couple of decades since an infant in 1927. His co-producer, William Lasky, worked almost entirely as an assistant director; this was his only directorial credit. The message is short and sweet.
