Preservation note: Original VHS videotape reformatted to DVD for the University of Iowa Libraries by VIDEO CENTER Media in 2019. IaU Originally released in VHS format by BFI Film Institute in 2000.
Contents:
Equation : x+x=0 / animation by Brian Salt ; notation by Robert Fairthorne (1936, 3 min.). Crossing the great sagrada / directed by Adrian Brunel ; cast, Adrian Brunel (1924, 13 min.) -- Bluebottles / directed by Ivor Montagu ; script, Frank Wells ; story by H.G. Wells ; cast, Elsa Lanchester, Charles Laughton (1928, 29 min.) C.O.D. : a mellow drama / directed by Desmond Dickenson, Lloyd T. Richards, Gerald Gibbs, Harcourt Templeman (1929, 11 min.) -- Everyday / a Film Society workshop production ; directed by Hans Richter in cooperation with Hans Arp, Nelly Van Doesburg, Sergei Elsenstein, Otto Freundlich (1929, 17 min.) -- Equation : x+x=0 / animation by Brian Salt ; notation by Robert Fairthorne (1936, 3 min.).
Summary:
" ... focuses on the burgeoning British avant-garde scene of the 1920s - an era of great formal experimentation influenced by the 'art' cinema of USSR and Germany. This compilation of rare, short films, some of which have not been seen for decades, features early work by Len Lye, Hans Richter and the entertaining Bluebottles - an H.G Wells scripted comedy starring husband and wife team Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester (best known for The Bride of Frankenstein). The varied films on this compilation represent the many distinct avant-garde styles of the period."
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