for an important scene. One
thing Short could not help Her-
old with was a hill in Louisiana
steep enough for the film. For
that - and a few other scenes -
Herold shot on location in New
Jersey, making this one of the
rare films shot in both places.
Death of an Umbrella Sales-
man will be shown at two New
Jersey film festivals on Saturday,
March 24. It will be screened at
the Garden State Film Festival at
noon in the Berkeley Oceanfront
Hotel and at 6:00pm during the
Trenton Film Festival at Mill Hill
Playhouse during the festival’s
Saturday Evening Shorts.
After several short films, Herold
is accustomed to the film festi-
val world. When he submitted
his first short, H.R. Pukenshette
to film festivals, he sent it to as
many festivals as he could. He
soon learned that his rather
warped film was perfect for un-
derground film festivals. Death
of an Umbrella Salesman is a
very different type of film. It isn’t
nearly as warped. It’s a comedy/
Watch bloopers from Death of an Umbrella Salesman
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