Harry J. Mullens interview : [beginnings of Dutch cinema]
- T0986:0001 - 0002
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- 1965-07-15
Part of Imbert Orchard fonds
CALL NUMBER: T0986:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-07-15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Harry Mullens describes his father, Willie Mullens, and his Uncle Albert. Harry begins with his father's background, going to boarding school in France, an experience at the World's Fair in Paris in 1900, the story of how his father got his first camera, how his father created the first movie in Holland and the reaction that it got, both positive to negative, how his father and uncle separated, silent movies, how the monarchy in Holland felt about his father's movies, anecdotes about the involvement of the Prince with his father's movies during WWI, and a movie shot in the rain with Queen Wilhemina, more stories about his father's work, his mother's death during his brother's birth in 1923, a 1927 film, preservation of the films in a vault, and awards his father won as a producer. TRACK 2: Mr. Mullens continues by discussing the technology of movies and how sound was part of the movie reel, how his father organized the first Netherlands Theatre Association which included all people in Holland involved in the film industry, more anecdotes about his father's experiences, the influence of his father on his life, black and white films, news reels, an anecdote about what; his father did as a commentator, and more on shows in Amsterdam.
CALL NUMBER: T0986:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-07-15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Mullens offers more anecdotes which show the stature his father achieved as a film maker in Holland around 1948, and an anecdote about a funny family secret. [TRACK 2: blank.]