Our Day
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| director = Wallace Kelly
| producer = Wallace Kelly
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| cinematography = Wallace Kelly
| editing = Wallace Kelly
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| released = {{Film date|1938}}
| runtime = 16 minutes
| country = United States
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Our Day is a silent documentary short directed by Wallace Kelly in 1938, about a day in the life of the Kelly family in Lebanon, Kentucky. It starred his mother, wife, brother, pet cat and dog, and Wallace himself. It countered the contemporary stereotypes of impoverished Southerners eking out a living during the Depression by documenting a modern home with adults with sophisticated interests.{{cite web | last = | first = | title = Films Selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress - 2007 | publisher = National Film Registry | date = | url = https://www.loc.gov/film/nfr2007.html }}
Our Day was selected for the National Film Registry by the Librarian of Congress in 2007 as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".{{Cite web|title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|website=Library of Congress|access-date=2020-05-07}}
Wallace Kelly
Wallace Kelly (1910–1988) was a photographer, amateur filmmaker, and author in the United States.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6756846/wallace-kelly/|title=Wallace Kelly|newspaper=The Courier-Journal|date=29 March 1940|page=33}} His wife Mabel, née Graham, Kelly and other family members appear in his films about daily life and travels.{{Cite web|url=https://www.centerforhomemovies.org/wallace-kelly-collection/|title = Wallace Kelly Collection}} He wrote Days Are As Grass.
Kelly was born in Lebanon, Kentucky where his ancestors settled in the 18th century. He served as a medic in World War II and attended Center College and the Cincinnati Art Academy.
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External links
- Our Day essay [https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-film-preservation-board/documents/our_day2.pdf] by Margaret Compton on the National Film Registry website
- {{Internet Archive|Our_Day}}
- {{IMDb title|1161442}}
- Our Day essay by Daniel Eagan in America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry, A&C Black, 2010 {{ISBN|0826429777}}, pages 279-280 [https://books.google.com/books?id=deq3xI8OmCkC]
Category:1938 short documentary films
Category:American short documentary films
Category:American silent short films
Category:Black-and-white documentary films
Category:United States National Film Registry films
Category:Documentary films about families
Category:Films shot in Kentucky
Category:Films set in Kentucky
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Documentary films about Kentucky
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