BEHIND THE SCENES AT HUTZLER’S. (1938, silent, 14min, b&w, 35mm)
Sponsor: Hutzler’s. production Co.: Stark Films. resources: Copyright not registered. Holdings: Maryland.
Informal staff portrait sponsored by the Baltimore department store to celebrate its 50th anniversary. This picture takes pleasure in the company’s esprit de corps and shows the employ- ees dining in the cafeteria, posing for the camera, playing quoits, and enjoying themselves at an in-house party and talent show. In the spirit of fun, Behind the Scenes at Hutzler’s also takes a good-natured swipe at top managers trying to lose weight. The concluding intertitle reads, “the end of a perfect day (every day–at hutzler’s).”