Flying Padre (Short 1951)

Flying Padre (Short 1951). 9m | Approved

“With regard to some of the criticisms offered in IMDb comments, Stanley was 23 years old when he made this 8:09 minute long newsreel segment in 1951. One might also keep in mind that the newsreel companies of the day, such as Henry Luceu0026#39;s u0026#39;March of Timeu0026#39;, determined and controlled both the content and form of what they produced and distributed.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAccording to u0026quot;Kubricku0026quot; by Michel Ciment: When March of Time went into liquidation, RKO bought the u0026quot;Day of the Fightu0026quot; (which Kubrick and Alex Singer shot in 1950) for a hundred dollars more than its production cost, but sweetened the deal by offering Kubrick an advance of $1,500 dollars for a second documentary, u0026quot;The Flying Padreu0026quot;. (http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/amk/doc/milestones.html) u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Day of the Fightu0026quot; had itu0026#39;s world premiere as a short subject (it was part of an RKO series entitled u0026quot;This Is Americau0026quot;) on April 26 1951, which is generally regarded as the date of Kubricku0026#39;s official entry into the film industry – despite any earlier theatrical circulation of u0026quot;The Flying Padreu0026quot;.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;The Flying Padreu0026#39; is now available on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqTlxRYt7B0)”