Dick Peabody, best known as the actor who played Little John in the 60's tv series Combat, was the assistant director, cinematographer and one of two camera operators on this short.
This article by Dan Coleman who wrote to Open Culture. "Robert Altman paid his dues in the film industry, shooting 65 "industrial movies" during the 1950s. One such film recently surfaced in a Kansas City flea market, and it's believed to be Altman's first film. Gary Huggins, also a filmmaker, told SF Weekly, “I bought a stack of old instructional films for $10 and never got around to screening them." “Modern Football [the title of the discovered footage] sounded really dull. But when I recently did, I glimpsed Altman, who cameos as a sports reporter, and knew I had something incredible." Find the 26-minute film above, and the cameo at the 2:37 mark. Then consider catching up with Altman six years later when he c0-directed The James Dean Story at the start of his Hollywood career. "
I wish everybody could sum up football rules as concisely and precisely as that man. Boy -OH- Boy do I! I also wish Wheaties could turn me into a super-powered football player. Shame.
Great to see such otherwise lost footage here on RUclips. By the way, isn't Altman also playing the teacher at around 4:30 an onwards? Sure looks like his eyes.
@jake42789 -- That is SO very much a Robert Altman technique. Love it, love it, love it!
Dick Peabody, best known as the actor who played Little John in the 60's tv series Combat, was the assistant director, cinematographer and one of two camera operators on this short.
Does everybody talk at once with the sound far away and muffled?
This article by Dan Coleman who wrote to Open Culture.
"Robert Altman paid his dues in the film industry, shooting 65 "industrial movies" during the 1950s. One such film recently surfaced in a Kansas City flea market, and it's believed to be Altman's first film.
Gary Huggins, also a filmmaker, told SF Weekly, “I bought a stack of old instructional films for $10 and never got around to screening them." “Modern Football [the title of the discovered footage] sounded really dull. But when I recently did, I glimpsed Altman, who cameos as a sports reporter, and knew I had something incredible." Find the 26-minute film above, and the cameo at the 2:37 mark. Then consider catching up with Altman six years later when he c0-directed The James Dean Story at the start of his Hollywood career. "
Nostalgia....
I wish everybody could sum up football rules as concisely and precisely as that man. Boy -OH- Boy do I! I also wish Wheaties could turn me into a super-powered football player. Shame.
Great to see such otherwise lost footage here on RUclips. By the way, isn't Altman also playing the teacher at around 4:30 an onwards? Sure looks like his eyes.
@artisanfilms1 - Yes, that's he!
Did he actually Direct this film????
According to the titles it was A A Schabinger.