That Boy Joe
- Synopsis
- Documentary about juvenile deliquency (smoking and drinking) in small town America. Towards the end of the film, after showing the delinquent (Joe) a chart of the human brain (and stating the damage alcohol can do to it) the Judge presiding over his case launches into Polonius advice to Laertes (1, iii) beginning at l547 ‘be thou familiar but by no means vulgar’ to ‘thou canst not then be false to any man’ but leaves out several lines in the recitation. Joe faces him across a desk looking utterly bewildered.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of release
- 1944
- Duration
- 18 mins
Credits
- Director
- Al Watzel
- Cinematographer
- Howard Sieman
- Writer
- Wesley Carby
- Cast
Carroll Asburn Judge Dunn Diane Sapoci Betty Hastings Howard Lesh Mr Hastings Jim Riordan Policeman Roland Butterfield Joe Hastings William Dale Bob Baxter
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Social sciences
- Keywords
- juvenile offenders; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- The film may be watched on the Internet Archive http://www.archive.org/details/ThatBoyJ1944 (accessed 5/2007). The film was held by Film Images until the company closed down in 2007 and the material was transferred to the British Film Institute.
- General
- The film is part of the Prelinger Archive collection.
Online Availability
Production Company
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "That Boy Joe". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av68278 (Accessed 19 Sep 2024)