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Comedy, spectacle and new horizons / Kino International ; produced by Film Preservation Associates and The British Film Institute ; produced for video by David Shepard.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Shepard, David, producer.
Pathé, Charles, 1863-1957, director.
Ambrosio, Arturo, director.
Gaumont, Léon, 1864-1946, director.
Durand, Jean, director.
McCay, Winsor, director.
Guy, Alice, 1873-1968, director.
Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948, director.
Lehrman, Henry, 1886-1946, director.
Ambrosio Films, producer.
Societe Leon Gaumont & Compagnie, producer.
Vitagraph Company of America, producer.
Solax Company, producer.
Biograph Company, producer.
Keystone Film Company, producer.
Film Preservation Associates, producer.
British Film Institute, producer.
Kino International Corporation, producer.
Kino International Corporation, distributor.
Series:
Movies begin ; v. 5.
Movies begin ; v. 5
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Silent films--History.
Silent films.
Animated films.
Motion pictures--History.
Motion pictures.
History.
Motion picture industry--History.
Motion picture industry.
Comedy films--History and criticism.
Comedy films.
Cinematographers.
Motion picture producers and directors.
Genre:
Silent films.
Short films.
Animated films.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (85 min.) : silent, black and white & tinted, ; 4 3/4 in.
Other Title:
Onésime, clock-maker.
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Kino on Video, [2002]
System Details:
DVD.
digital
optical
mono
video file
DVD video
Summary:
The genesis of the motion picture medium is recreated in this 5-part collection of the cinema's formative works which reveal the foundation from which the styles and plots of contemporary cinema would later evolve. This fifth program examines some of the integral works that begin to reflect the modern day cinema. Interspersed with authentic hand-tinted lantern slides used during early theatrical exhibitions.
Contents:
Policemen's little run (Ferdinand Zecca ; Pathé Frères, 1907); Troubles of a grass widower (Max Linder, 1908)
Nero, or the fall of Rome (A. Ambrosio, 1909)
Onésime, horloger (Jean Durand ; Pathé ; L. Gaumont, 1912).
Winsor McCay and his animated pictures (Vitagraph Co. of America, 1911).
Making an American citizen (Alice Guy Blaché ; Solax Company, 1912).
Girl and her trust (D.W. Griffith ; Biograph Company, 1912)
Bangville police (H. Lehrman ; Keystone Film Co., 1913)
Credits:
Music compiled and directed by Robert Israel; musical setting for Bangville Police by Gaylord Carter; photoplay rolls and instrument for Onésime horloger from the collection of Joseph Renaudo; program notes by Charles Musser.
Notes:
Silent films with musical accompaniment added.
Videodisc release of a compilation of silent short films produced between 1907 and 1913, and first released on videocassette in 1994.
Contains:
Policemen's little run.
Troubles of a grass widower.
Nero, or the fall of Rome.
Winsor McCay and his animated pictures.
Onésime, Horloger.
Making an American citizen.
Girl and her trust.
Bangville police.
OCLC:
49397070
Publisher Number:
K236E Kino on Video

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