Retrospectiva Alberto Cavalcanti
PETT AND POTT (1934)
ENGLAND
Pett and Pott is a false moral short story devised to promote the use of the telephone. Pett invests in a telephone system while Pott, who is decadent, uses his money to keep a maid at home. The lack of a telephone generates constant misunderstanding and useless discussion. To have a telephone set means organization and progress. Cavalcanti, however, manages to ridicularize the initial Manicheism showing both families as equally odious, but charming.
director
ALBERTO CAVALCANTI
screenplay
ALBERTO CAVALCANTI
cinematographer
JOHN TAYLOR
edittion
ALBERTO CAVALCANTI
cast
OS BONS CIDADÃOS: J. M. REEVES (MR. PETT), MARJORIE FONE (MRS PETT), JUNE GODFREY (POLLY PETT), BRUCE WINSTON (O JUIZ). OS MAUS CIDADÃOS: ERIK HUDSON (MR. POTT), BARBARA NIXON (MRS POTT), JACK SCOTT (O LADRÃO), VALESKA GERT (A EMPREGADA), HUMPHREY JENNINGS (O MERCEEIRO), BASIL WRIGHT (O PASTOR), STUART LEGG (O ALMIRANTE), ALBERTO CAVALCANTI (J. LEVITICUS).
producer
JOHN GRIERSON
production company
G.P.O FILM UNIT
33 minutos
Black and white
ALBERTO CAVALCANTI
screenplay
ALBERTO CAVALCANTI
cinematographer
JOHN TAYLOR
edittion
ALBERTO CAVALCANTI
cast
OS BONS CIDADÃOS: J. M. REEVES (MR. PETT), MARJORIE FONE (MRS PETT), JUNE GODFREY (POLLY PETT), BRUCE WINSTON (O JUIZ). OS MAUS CIDADÃOS: ERIK HUDSON (MR. POTT), BARBARA NIXON (MRS POTT), JACK SCOTT (O LADRÃO), VALESKA GERT (A EMPREGADA), HUMPHREY JENNINGS (O MERCEEIRO), BASIL WRIGHT (O PASTOR), STUART LEGG (O ALMIRANTE), ALBERTO CAVALCANTI (J. LEVITICUS).
producer
JOHN GRIERSON
production company
G.P.O FILM UNIT
33 minutos
Black and white
