Norman the Doorman

Duration: 14 min.

Year Published: 1971

Creator: Weston

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Tells the story of a mouse who is a doorman at an art museum where he wins a prize and many friends with the tiny mobiles that he fashions from mousetraps. From the story by Don Freeman., Story of a mouse who lives inside a museum. Adapted from the book by Don Freeman.

Complete Record: , In this iconographic treatment of Freeman's satire on the art world, Norman the mouse stands guard at the mouse hole entrance to the Museum of Art. His ambition, however, is to be an artist. When one of his sculptures wins an award in the museum's art show, Norman becomes an instant celebrity. , Based on the book of the same title by Don Freeman. Tells the story of a mouse who is a doorman at an art museum where he wins a prize and many friends with the tiny mobiles he fashions from mouse traps., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.