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Title:

American avant-garde shorts.

Publisher:

Festival Films,

Copyright Date:

1988?

Description:

1 videocassette (91 min.) : sound, black and white with tinted sequences ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

Experimental films.
Short films.
Silent films.

Other Authors:

Porter, Edwin S. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83185372
Bryant, Charles. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97851113
Watson, James S. (James Sibley), 1894-1982. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92103370
Webber, Melville. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008035928
Vidor, Charles, 1900-1959. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87911915
Festival Films. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97019937

Other Titles:

Dream of a rarebit fiend.
Salome.
House of Usher.
Bridge.
Lot in Sodom.

Notes:

Silent with musical accompaniment. Originally produced as short motion pictures between 1906 and 1933. VHS.

Contents:

Dream of a rarebit fiend / directed by Edwin S. Porter (1906) (6 min.) -- Salome / directed by Charles Bryant ; written by Natacha Rambova (1922) (30 min.) -- The fall of the House of Usher / directed by James Sibley Watson, Melville Webber (1928) (12 min.) -- The bridge / directed by Charles Vidor (1929) (15 min.) -- Lot in Sodom / directed by James Sibley Watson, Melville Webber (1933) (28 min.).

Summary:

A collection of short experimental films, directed and produced by some of the most famous silent film directors in America.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)18918312

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)