Wooden Lullaby (1956)
Black and white UCLA student film, preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A dramatic short about the wooden horse that is witness to the chaotic late night of a mother, awaking her son. Student film from Tom DeSimone, known for directing gay pornographic films such as Confessions of a Male Groupie or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Electric Banana (1917) and cult films such as Chatterbox (1977), Hell Night (1981), and The Concrete Jungle (1982), Reform School Girls (1986).
Director: Tom DeSimone
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Maria Gobetti as |
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Denny Ross as |
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Joel Davis as The Child |
| Camera | Joe Hanwright | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Detlief Wiede | Lighting Director |
| Directing | Tom DeSimone | Director |