Jerry Pulls The Strings

Genre: Educational

Creator: Amer Can Co

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: JERRY PULLS THE STRINGS (1938, sound, 45 min, b&w, 35mm)SPONSOR: American Can Co. PRODUCTION CO.: Caravel Films Inc. RESOURCES: Copyright not registered; “JerryPulls the Strings,” Bus Scrn 1, no. 3 (1938): 22; EFC (1939), 199. Advertisement for vacuum-packed canned coffee that was produced primarily for screeningat the 1939–40 New York World’s Fair. In the narrative a young puppeteer proves to hisprospective father-in-law, a coffee packer, that puppeteering is a viable occupation by usingInternational Maple50marionettes to tell the story of coffee. The young man uses 80 string puppets and deep,dimensional sets to explain how coffee is grown, harvested, roasted, and packed in vacuumcans to retain flavor. NOTE: Also distributed in 16mm. Written and supervised by NationalTie-Ins Inc. For more about Caravel Films, see “Opening of Production Center MarksCaravel’s 37th Year,” Bus Scrn 18, no. 6 (1957): 20., Advertisement for vacuum-packed canned coffee that was produced primarily for screening;at the 1939–40 New York World’s Fair. In the narrative a young puppeteer proves to his;prospective father-in-law, a coffee packer, that puppeteering is a viable occupation by using;International Maple;marionettes to tell the story of coffee. The young man uses 80 string puppets and deep;dimensional sets to explain how coffee is grown, harvested, roasted, and packed in vacuum;cans to retain flavor. NOTE: Also distributed in 16mm. Written and supervised by National;Tie-Ins Inc. (from Business Screen review).

Complete Record: JERRY PULLS THE STRINGS (1938, sound, 45 min, b&w, 35mm)SPONSOR: American Can Co. PRODUCTION CO.: Caravel Films Inc. RESOURCES: Copyright not registered; “JerryPulls the Strings,” Bus Scrn 1, no. 3 (1938): 22; EFC (1939), 199. Advertisement for vacuum-packed canned coffee that was produced primarily for screeningat the 1939–40 New York World’s Fair. In the narrative a young puppeteer proves to hisprospective father-in-law, a coffee packer, that puppeteering is a viable occupation by usingInternational Maple50marionettes to tell the story of coffee. The young man uses 80 string puppets and deep,dimensional sets to explain how coffee is grown, harvested, roasted, and packed in vacuumcans to retain flavor. NOTE: Also distributed in 16mm. Written and supervised by NationalTie-Ins Inc. For more about Caravel Films, see “Opening of Production Center MarksCaravel’s 37th Year,” Bus Scrn 18, no. 6 (1957): 20., Advertisement for vacuum-packed canned coffee that was produced primarily for screening; at the 1939–40 New York World’s Fair. In the narrative a young puppeteer proves to his; prospective father-in-law, a coffee packer, that puppeteering is a viable occupation by using; International Maple; marionettes to tell the story of coffee. The young man uses 80 string puppets and deep; dimensional sets to explain how coffee is grown, harvested, roasted, and packed in vacuum; cans to retain flavor. NOTE: Also distributed in 16mm. Written and supervised by National; Tie-Ins Inc. (from Business Screen review)., Advertisement for vacuum-packed canned coffee that was produced primarily for screening;at the 1939–40 New York World’s Fair. In the narrative a young puppeteer proves to his;prospective father-in-law, a coffee packer, that puppeteering is a viable occupation by using;International Maple;marionettes to tell the story of coffee. The young man uses 80 string puppets and deep;dimensional sets to explain how coffee is grown, harvested, roasted, and packed in vacuum;cans to retain flavor. NOTE: Also distributed in 16mm. Written and supervised by National;Tie-Ins Inc. (from Business Screen review).NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.