Texas: Knife-thrower Louella Gallagher throws knives at her daughters Connie Ann, 5, and Colleena Sue, 2-1/2, missing them skillfully as the knives enter a board. Newsreel story.

Texas: Knife-thrower Louella Gallagher throws knives at her daughters Connie Ann, 5, and Colleena Sue, 2-1/2, missing them skillfully as the knives enter a board

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Reviewer: Anonymous - favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 12, 2019

Subject: Reminds of Paula Rego 1950's Texas style - nun overlooking children in background - disturbing - ripe with symbolism - April 12, 2019Reminds of Paula Rego

Reviewer: Vincent Long - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 3, 2012

Subject: Public Domain Means Free Use Great Movie, Neil Young and or Shakey Pictures do not own the rights to to visual content is this video.

They filed a complaint with YouTube over my use of this public domain movie and are trying to get my redo pulled down. Please let them know that CC license Public Domain means free use. I ain't singin' for Pepsi. I ain't singin' for Coke. - September 3, 2012Public Domain Means Free Use

Reviewer: NoiseCollector - favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 9, 2012

Subject: Another title that made my night... Like some other reviewers allude to, at first it seems all scary and dangerous but when I was kid only special needs people wore helmets and they got picked on and either learned to fight or make love like charlie sheen. We rode our bikes against traffic alone at night... OMG, I cannot believe I am still alive. Today we subject ourselves to sedentary occupations, reducing our life span and filling our minds with useless drivel.



Strange how the pharma companies, lawyers, and doctors have added a hundred new diagnosis's, a thousand new medications and a million more laws to keep us distracted as we move from a liberty based society to an equality (regardless of effort or ability) based society.



I wish that my worst memory was my mom throwing knives at me. I still have the bullet my ex step dad shot at me.... what a douche bag... Anyway, cool little snippet of an odd slice of evil, fat, racist white americana before there were apps and mybooktube. Thanks for adding it and thanks for letting me share. Now give me a keychain. - August 9, 2012Another title that made my night...

Reviewer: huzzah - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 7, 2012

Subject: OtherWhen Ah, back when men were men and so were women and children. - August 7, 2012OtherWhen

Reviewer: chinaskee - favorite favorite favorite - August 6, 2012

Subject: Looked perfectly safe to me The mom looks like she's only 4 to 5 feet away from the kids. Pretty hard to miss from such a close distance. - August 6, 2012Looked perfectly safe to me

Reviewer: pkkms - favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 6, 2012

Subject: Not Today Thankfully, we don't have this type of dangerous behavior nowadays....today we just have a mother with a mini-van full of kids rocketing down the expressway while texting her best friend forever. - August 6, 2012Not Today

Reviewer: Marysz - favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 7, 2012

Subject: What was this mother thinking? The Archives rightly classifies this film under the dual categories of Motherhood and Surrealism, and motherhood has never seemed so surreal as we watch a grim-faced Texas mother hurl knives at her two desperately smiling daughters. This scary film was made in the 50s, but it seems more reminiscent of the kind of stunts that poverty-stricken Americans resorted to during the Depression. A crowd watches and circus music plays as she throws the knives. There doesn't seem to be a father around. Maybe she was a single mom and she supported her kids by taking them to rodeos and county fairs and doing this knife stunt. We can sympathize with her lot, but it certainly doesn't make this film any easier to watch. Connie Ann and Colleen and Sue must be in their fifties now. It would be interesting to hear their side of this story. - January 7, 2012What was this mother thinking?

Reviewer: Spuzz - favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 31, 2005

Subject: Lucky Daughters! Mom brings her kids to work and uses them as human targets! Luckily she misses. Newsreel reporter doesnt express any irony in this story at all, which makes this equally troubling. Whats even more eerie is the cute poses the kid has when Mom is throwing knives at her head. Yikes! - December 31, 2005Lucky Daughters!

Reviewer: Christine Hennig - favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 9, 2003

Subject: Whatever You Do, Don't Distract Her! Can you spell Âchild endangermentÂ? I thought you could. In this newsreel featurette, a mom whoÂs a circus performer throws knives at her two daughters, ages 5 and 21/2. Now I know sheÂs a skilled performer and the point is that she misses, but donÂt scare me like that!

Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: ****. Weirdness: ****. Historical Interest: ****. Overall Rating: ****. - December 9, 2003Whatever You Do, Don't Distract Her!