Emile Cohl. Jean Durand. Jacques Feyder and the early masters of French cinema.
Notes:
Title from container. Films produced 1908-1916; collection originally released by Gaumont Vidéo in 2009. Various performers. Special features: DVD 2: Jean Durand 1882-1946 - mini-documentary, written by Pierre Philippe, recounts Durand's career; DVD 3: Phonoscenes - Three early synchronized-sound musical shorts; Gaumont in actualities - rare glimpses behind the scenes at Gaumont Studios ; Trichromie Films - Excerpts of Gaumont's revolutionary full-color process.
Contents:
DVD 1. Emile Cohl (190 min.). Fantasmagoria -- The puppet's nightmare -- Drama at the puppet's house -- The magic hoop -- The little soldier who became a god -- The Boutdebois brothers -- Transfigurations -- Let's be sporty -- Japanese fantasy -- The happy microbes -- Modern education -- The living fan -- Spanish Clair de Lune -- The next door neighbors -- Crowns -- Delicate porcelains -- Monsieur clown among the Lilliputians -- Comic mutations -- Matrimonial shoes -- The enchanted spectacles -- Affairs of the heart -- Floral frameworks -- The smile-o-scope -- Childish dreams -- En route -- The mind of the café waiter -- Master of a fashionable game -- Petit chantecler -- The twelve labors of Hercules -- Petit Faust -- The neo-Impressionist painter -- The four little tailors -- Art's infancy -- The mysterious fine arts -- The persistent salesman -- A history of hats -- Nothing is impossible for man -- Mr. Crack -- Bébé's masterpiece -- Music-mania. DVD 2. Jean Durand (203 min.). Comedies: Calino's baptism -- Calino wants to be a cowboy -- Zigoto and the affair of the necklace -- Calino the love tamer -- Zigoto's outing with friends -- Oxford vs. Martigues -- Onésime goes to hell -- Calino, station master -- Onésime, clockmaker -- Onésime vs. Onésime -- Zigoto drives a locomotive -- Onésime gets married... so does Calino -- Onésime: Calino's inheritance -- Onésime loves animals -- Onésime, trainer of men and horses -- Onésime and the heart of the gypsy -- Onésime, you'll get married... or else! -- Onésime's theatrical debut -- Onésime's family drama. Dramas: The railway of death -- Burning heart: an Indian tale -- Under the claw. DVD 3. Jacques Feyder and the early makers of French cinema (205 min.). Heads...and the women who use them ; Friendly advice ; Biscot on the wrong floor / Jacques Feyder -- The long arm of the law / Roméo Bosetti -- The barges / Georges-André Lacroix -- La marseillaise / Etienne Arnaud -- A drama of the air / René le Somptier -- Child's play / Henri Fescourt -- Feet and hands / Gaston Ravel -- A factory drama ; The pavements of Paris ; The fairy's farewell / anonymous films.
Summary:
Over ten hours of films survey the short works of three pioneering French filmmakers from the Gaumont studio, including Emile Cohl, Jean Durand, and Jacques Feyder.
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