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Dutchy – Magician

(1958)

With Milk More Men.

Advertising film for Dutch milk.

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Content

The Dutch farmer Dutchy conjures with letters. They fly away one by one and fly to the wall. Then the text appears: Met Melk Meer Mans (With Milk More Man). 

Trivia

In the 1950s, the Dutch Dairy Bureau  (NZB) invested heavily in puppet film productions to promote Dutch dairy products worldwide. This film was clearly aimed at the domestic market, as evidenced by the written text. Unlike almost all Dutch films of that time, which were made in beautiful Technicolor, this one is black and white and remarkably short.

This website features two other films from similar campaigns and of similar length, called Dutchy-Sky writer and Dutchy 'Boat'. These films were probably produced in the late 1950s.

Although few details are known, it seems that these films were deliberately produced quickly and cheaply. Credits are missing. This often indicates that lesser-known names from the studio were commissioned to carry out the work.

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Credits

  • Title:  Magician
  • Year of production:  appr. 1958
  • Duration: 30 sec.
  • Produced by: Joop Geesink's Dollywood
  • Client: Dutch Dairy Agency (NZB)
  • Composer: Unknown
  • Art Director: Unknown
  • Animation: Unknown
  • Camera:  Unknown
  • Puppets: Harry Tolsma
  • Puppets clothing: Lya Sten
  • Props: Unknown,
  • Format: 35 mm, black and white

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