The Tender game

Produced by the group which also made HARLEM WEDNESDAY and MOONBIRD. Using abstract shapes and colours and animated sketches, it tells amusingly of a girl and boy who meet in a park and, after shy advances and retreats, leave happily together. Music performed by the Oscar Peterson Trio with vocals by Ella Fitzgerald.

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Credits

producer

Edward Harrison

production company

Storyboard

director

John Hubley

Duration

00:05:38:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1958

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

010718

Language

English

Subject categories

Animation

Crafts & Visual Arts → Photography, Abstract

Crafts & Visual Arts → Size and shape

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Size and shape

Experimental

Experimental → Experimental films - United States

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Size and shape

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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United States, 1958

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