''Our Day'' is a
silent documentary short
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directed by
Wallace Kelly in 1938, about a day in the life of the Kelly family in
Lebanon, Kentucky
Lebanon is a list of Kentucky cities, home rule-class city and the county seat of Marion County, Kentucky, Marion County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 5,539 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. Lebanon is located in ...
. 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
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by documenting a modern home with adults with sophisticated interests.
''Our Day'' was selected for the
National Film Registry
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by the
Librarian of Congress in 2007 as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
References
External links
*''Our Day'' essa
by Margaret Compton on the
National Film Registry
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website
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* ''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 , pages 279-28
1938 documentary films
1938 films
American short documentary films
American silent short films
Black-and-white documentary films
1930s short documentary films
United States National Film Registry films
Documentary films about families
Films shot in Kentucky
Films set in Kentucky
Lebanon, Kentucky
American black-and-white films
Documentary films about Kentucky
1930s American films
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