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American primitive : Edwin S. Porter revisited.
LIBRA PN1998.3.P67 A6 1990z
Available from offsite location
LIBRA PN1998.3.P67 A6 1990z
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Genre:
- Silent films.
- Short films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (40 min.) : silent & sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- Edwin S. Porter revisited
- Place of Publication:
- [Hollywood, CA?] : Matinee Classics, [between 1990 and 1999?]
- System Details:
- VHS.
- analog
- magnetic
- mono
- VHS
- Summary:
- Very early films, each about 5-15 minutes in length made between 1902 and 1907. Includes very first [!] feature motion picture and first Western film.
- Contents:
- Dream of a Rarebit Fiend
- Great Train Robbery
- Life of an American Cowboy
- Life of an American Fireman
- Eagle's Nest.
- Participant:
- Eagle's nest stars H.B. Walthall.
- Credits:
- Five motion pictures produced by Thomas A. Edison, Inc., The Edison Co., Thomas Edison Studios, TAE Productions, and Sherwood Pictures; all are directed [and photographed?] by Edwin S. Porter.
- Notes:
- Title from container labels only; recording itself has no credits other than those of the original motion pictures.
- Silent films with various musical accompaniments; several films have spoken introductions.
- Contains:
- Dream of a rarebit fiend
- Great train robbery
- Life of an American cowboy
- Life of an American fireman
- Eagle's nest
- OCLC:
- 51809677
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