Comedy, spectacle and new horizons : 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 (85 min.) : sound, black and white, tinted ; 1/2 in.
"Presenting cinematic milestones by Winsor McCay, Max Linder, and Alice Guy Blaché"--Container. "Musical setting for 'Bangville Police' by Gaylord Carter. Photoplay roles and instrument for 'Onésime, Horloger' from the collection of Joseph Renaudo."
Contents:
1913. Bang police / Keystone Film Company ; director, Henry Lehrman, 1907 -- The troubles of a grass widower / Pathé frères ; Max Linder, 1908 -- Nero, or, The fall of Rome / Ambrosio, 1909 -- Onésime, horloger = Onésime, clock-maker / Gaumont ; Jean Durand, 1912 -- Winsor McCay the famous cartoonist of the N.Y. Herald andhis moving comics / Vitagraph Co. of America -- Making an American citizen / Solax ; Alice Guy Blanché, 1912 -- The girl and her trust / Biograph Company ; director, D.W. Griffith, 1912 -- The Bang police / Keystone Film Company ; director, Henry Lehrman, 1913.
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. 5
OCLC:
(OCoLC)50778674
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.