The magic of Méliès : a treasury of early cinema, 1894-1913 / Kino International ; produced by Film Preservation Associates and The British Film Institute ; produced for video by David Shepard and Heather Stewart ; program notes by Charles Musser.
Publisher:
Kino on Video,
Copyright Date:
2002
Description:
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, black and white, tinted ; 4 3/4 in.
"Fifteen fantastic works by the cinema's first special effects wizard, including The mermaid, Impossible voyage and the documentary Georges Méliès: Cinema magician by Patrick Montgomery and Luciano Martinengo"--Container. "Original Méliès films by arrangement with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, narration for "Impossible voyage" by Georges Méliès, adapted and read by Fabrice Zagury"--Container. Bonus short: Another job for the undertaker / Thomas A. Edison, 1901.
Contents:
c1905 -- scheming gamblers paradise, 1904 -- The cook in trouble, 1904 -- Tchin-Chao, the Chinese conjurer, c1904 -- The wonderful living fan, c1904 -- The mermaid, c1904 --The enchanted sedan chair, c1905 -- The black imp, c1905 -- The scheming gamblers paradise, c1905 -- 1978. Georges Méliès, cinema magician, c1906 -- The mysterious retort, c1906 -- The eclipse : the courtship of the sun and moon, c1907 -- Good glue sticks, c1907 -- Long distance wireless photography, c1908 -- Le voyage à travers l'impossible, 1904 -- Georges Méliès, cinema magician, 1978.
Summary:
The genesis of the motion picture medium is recreated in this collection of films from cinema's formative period. More than crucial historical artifacts, these films reveal the foundation from which the styles and stories of the contemporary cinema would later arise.
Series:
The Movies begin ; v. 4
OCLC:
(OCoLC)50778671
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.