Videodisc release of silent films originally produced between 1886-1913 with newly realized musical accompaniment. Essay by Dean W. Duncan printed on container.
Contents:
Troubles of a grasswidower Edison kinetoscope films (1894-1896) -- Lumiè€re films (1895-1897) -- (1908) -- trip to the moon (1902) -- Actualities (1897-1910) -- The great train robbery (1903) -- The whole dam family and the dam dog (1905) -- The golden beetle (1907) -- The policemen's little run (1907) -- Troubles of a grasswidower (1908) -- Bangville police (1913). Winsor McCay and his animated pictures (1911) -- The girl and her trust (1912) -- Bangville police (1913).
Summary:
A compilation of the very earliest films from the first projections of moving images to the advent of the feature film, an area of film history often underseen, underappreciated and understudied.
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