An MGM JOHN NESBITT'S PASSING PARADE Short Subject
Many of our most cherished recollections center around OUR OLD CAR.
This backward glance at the various automobiles owned by a typical American family and their neighborhood friends during the first forty-six years of the 20th Century is pure nostalgic delight. The gentle humor and traditional values which underlay the narrative reflect a time now gone forever.
Often overlooked or neglected today, the one and two-reel short subjects were useful to the Studios as important training grounds for new or burgeoning talents, both in front & behind the camera. The dynamics for creating a successful short subject was completely different from that of a feature length film, something akin to writing a topnotch short story rather than a novel. Economical to produce in terms of both budget & schedule and capable of portraying a wide range of material, short subjects were the perfect complement to the Studios' feature films.