"I knew Ovady Julber very well in the 1960s and still have many memories of his recounting of the making of the 8mm film LA MER in or around 1932 using 'cutting in the camera' techniques. The music was taken from the 78s of conductor Coppola." - Donald Morris "Ovady Julber's film LA MER, dating from 1936-38, typifies early American experimental filmmaking." - MoMA
Carrie Snyder is a prostitute, who is forced out of the fictional southern town of Crebillon, after forming a friendship with a young boy named Paul, whose dying mother is unable to protest against her son visiting such a woman.
This short follows the early career of actress Jane Barnes. She starts by doing extra work. After several months she is offered a studio contract (the "first step").
Hoping to rid a small western community of its corrupt political machine, Ken Marshall (Ken Maynard) runs for sheriff against the bad guys' candidate and wins the election.
Someone is murdering the cast and crew of a new Hollywood movie, and the leading lady may be next. As a police detective locks down the lot and refuses to let anyone leave, the studio’s publicity head and his secretary attempt to solve the murders themselves.
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Have you watched La Mer yet? What did you think about it?
