A la recherche de Charley Bowers. Looking for Charley Bowers
Notes:
Title from container. Charley Bowers. Bonus feature: A la recherche de Charley Bowers = Looking for Charley Bowers / réalisé par Christophe Coutens, c2003 (approximately 16 min.) a documentary about Bowers' rediscovery by Raymond Borde.
Contents:
1927 (21 min.) -- Nothing doing, 1926 (24 min.) -- He done his best, 1926 (24 min.) -- A wild roomer, 1926 (24 min.) -- Fatal footsteps, 1926 (22 min.) -- Now you tell me, 1926 (22 min.) -- Many a slip, 1927 (12 min.) -- Nothing doing, 1927 (21 min.) -- 1940 (11 min.). sleepless night, 1917 (6 min.) -- A.W.O.L., 1918 (5 min.) -- Say ah-h! 1928 (14 min.) -- It's a bird, 1930 (14 min.) -- Believe it or don't, 1935 (8 min.) -- Pete Roleum and his cousins, 1938 (16 min.) -- Wild oysters, 1940 (11 min.) -- A sleepless night, 1940 (11 min.).
Summary:
Forgotten for decades, Charley Bowers' genius was miraculously rediscovered in the late 1960's. This double-disc set assembles for the first time the best surviving films by Charley Bowers from 1917 to 1940. They consist of animated, live action and combined forms.
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