Blackhawk Films collection. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no99035510 Défense d'afficher. Post no bills. Manoir du Diable. Haunted castle. Hallucination de l'alchimiste. Hallucinated alchemist. Sur les toits. On the roof. Bombardement d'une maison. Last cartridges. Combat naval en Grèce. Sea fighting in Greece. Omnibus des toqués ou Blancs et noirs. Œuf du sorcier. Prolific magical egg. Off to Bloomingdale Asylum. Éruption volcanique à la Martinique. Eruption of Mount Pele. Aventures de Robinson Crusoé. Robinson Crusoe. Flamme merveilleuse. Mystical flame. Un peu de feu s.v.p. Every man his own cigar lighter. Apparitions fugitives. Fugitive apparitions. Juif errant. Wandering Jew. Détresse et charité. Christmas angel. Baquet de Mesmer. Mesmerian experiment. Île de Calypso. Mysterious island. Dirigeable fantastique. Inventor Crazybrains and his wonderful airship. Robert Macaire et Bertand. Robert Macaire and Bertrand. Deux cent milles sous les mers. Under the sea. Mariage de Victoire. How Bridget's lover escaped. Satan en prison. Satan in prison. François 1er et triboulet. King and the jester. Hydrothérapie fantastique. Doctor's secret. Papillon fantastique. Spider and the butterfly. Vitrali diabolique. Diabolical church window. Roses magiques. Magic roses. Excursion dans la lune. Excursion to the moon. Georges Méliès : first wizard of cinema.
Notes:
Title from disc label. Originally produced as motion pictures, 1896-1911. Foreign films (France). Supplemental to (these films discovered after publication of) 5-disc set: Georges Méliès : first wizard of cinema (Los Angeles, Calif. : Flicker Alley, c2008). "Blackhawk FIlms collection; Lobster"--Disc label.
Contents:
Excursion dans la lune = Excursion to the moon Post no bills (1908) / Le Manoir du Diable = The haunted castle (1896) -- L'hallucination de l'alchimiste = An hallucinated alchemist (1897) -- Sur le toits = On the roof (1897) -- Bombardement d'un maison = The last cartridges (1897) -- Combat naval en Grèce = Sea fighting in Greece (1897) -- L'omnibus des toqués ou Blancs et Noirs = Off to Bloomingdale Asylum (1901) -- L'oeuf du sorcier = The prolific magical egg (1902) -- Éruption volcanique à la Martinique = Eruption of Mount Pele (1902) -- Les aventures de Robinson Crusoé = Robinson Crusoe (fragment) (1902) -- La flamme merveilleuse = The Mystical flame (1903) -- Un peu de feu s.v.p. = Every man his own cigar lighter (fragment) (1904) -- Les apparitions fugitives = Fugitive apparitions (1904) -- Le juif errant = The wandering Jew (1904) -- Détresse et charité = The Christmas angel (1904) -- Le baquet de Mesmer = A Mesmerian experiment (1904) -- L'ile de Calypso = The mysterious island (1905) -- Le dirigeable fantastique = The inventor crazybrains and his wonderful airship (1907) -- Robert Macaire et Bertrand = Robert Macaire and Bertrand (1907) -- Deux cent milles sous les mers = Under the seas (1907) -- Le mariage de Victoire = How Bridget's lover escaped (1907) -- Satan en prison = Satan in prison (1907) -- François Ier et Triboulet = The king and the jester (1908) -- Hydrothérapie fantastique = The doctor's secret (1909) -- Le papillon fantastique = The spider and the butterfly (fragment) (1909) -- Le vitrail diabolique = The diabolical church window (1911) / Segundo de Chomon, Pathes Freres. Les roses magiques = Magic roses (1906) / Segundo de Chomon, Pathes Freres -- Excursion dans la lune = Excursion to the moon (1908) / Segundo de Chomon, Pathes Freres.
Summary:
Features 26 films produced by Georges Méliès between 1896 and 1911, plus two films in the Méliès style by Segundo de Chomon for Pathé, which for many years were misidentified as Méliès films. Some films are color tinted or have elaborate hand or stencil colors.
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