Joan’s 7th Birthday Ransohoff 1931

This 1931 silent home movie, Ransohoff Collection: Joan's 7th Birthday, filmed in black-and-white 16mm by San Francisco’s Ransohoff family, celebrates Joan’s seventh birthday on November 25. Opening with an “E&H Productions Unlimited” title card—featuring a dog’s head à la MGM—lavish party scenes unfold: children in hats, girls at a table with tepee centerpieces blowing balloons, and parents “Momo and Pop” sharing a moment. Titles like “A Bedtime Story of course” and “Sleep tight” guide the narrative, ending with Joan admiring gifts as a wagging dog’s tail closes “The End.” A pre-war peek at Depression-era joy.