Looking at Lisbon

Name: Looking at Lisbon
Genre: Documentary, Short, History
Released: 1953-12-26
Duration: 8 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: James A. FitzPatrick

1953
8m

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6.3/10

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Documentary History Short

This Traveltalks entry explores the local architecture, history, and culture of seafaring Portugal in its capital, the port city of Lisbon, and the suburbs of Cascais, Estoril, and Vila Fran... Read allThis Traveltalks entry explores the local architecture, history, and culture of seafaring Portugal in its capital, the port city of Lisbon, and the suburbs of Cascais, Estoril, and Vila Franca.This Traveltalks entry explores the local architecture, history, and culture of seafaring Portugal in its capital, the port city of Lisbon, and the suburbs of Cascais, Estoril, and Vila Franca.

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- James A. FitzPatrick

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6.3/10

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- James A. FitzPatrick

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5/10

The Seven Hills Of Lisbon

James A. Fitzpatrick sends the Technicolor cameras to the capital of Portugal, with Hone Glendinning to run the cameras in this late example of his Traveltalks series for MGM. Fitzpatrick's commentary is more overtly directed at tourists than usual, commenting about the reasonable rates for staying at the hotels of Estoril, although he doesn't neglect the weird stuff, like running wild wolves and bulls through the center of the town. There's also some discussion -- and pictures, of course -- about the Portugese style of bullfighting.

The copy of this movie that plays on Turner Classic Movies looks like it has been overexposed slightly, and the image quality indicates it has been drawn from a 16mm TV prints.