The IMDb claims that "crew believed to be complete" with this tale of two youngsters wandering by themselves about Grand Canyon National Park in search of sacred blue turquoise, while a narrator recites an Ancient Navajo Legend. Well, hardly, since the two actors are not identified, nor is anyone on the camera crew.
It's a short feature, only an hour in length, and it might have been produced by the Children's Film Foundation over in Britain, if that had existed. While I found the voice of the narrator to be droning and boring, that might be an artefact of my general dislike of narrators in movies. On the other hand, the Technicolor camerawork by the uncredited director of photography is top notch, and the materials from which TCM drew the copy I saw were in great shape, with some beautiful colors -- the weird desert landscapes with their umbers were quite lovely, as were the owls which appeared frequently. Every time they did, the narrator informed the audience that Owl is not necessarily Owl.
As series of great camera sequence,s it's topnotch. As a story, it's dull.
It's a short feature, only an hour in length, and it might have been produced by the Children's Film Foundation over in Britain, if that had existed. While I found the voice of the narrator to be droning and boring, that might be an artefact of my general dislike of narrators in movies. On the other hand, the Technicolor camerawork by the uncredited director of photography is top notch, and the materials from which TCM drew the copy I saw were in great shape, with some beautiful colors -- the weird desert landscapes with their umbers were quite lovely, as were the owls which appeared frequently. Every time they did, the narrator informed the audience that Owl is not necessarily Owl.
As series of great camera sequence,s it's topnotch. As a story, it's dull.
