DVD 9 Pal, zone 2, 4/3 screen
Compilation of 16 short films made between 1896 and 1948
Black, White and Colour
Restoration from original elements. Original Music on the silent films
Mono and Stereo Sound. Total Runtime: 150 minutes
Bilingual English / French (films and menus)

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In this first title, discover 16 very rare short films never published on video. Thanks to them you will enjoy a great visit through 50 years of cinema!

 

LEAVING THE FACTORY
B&W Documentary View, France ca.1896, runtime 1’
Music: Neil Brand
TRAIN PULLING INTO A STATION
B&W Documentary View, France ca.1897, runtime 1’30
Production: Gaumont, music: Neil Brand
CARD GAME
Hand-Tinted Documentary View, France ca.1896, runtime 1’
Music: Neil Brand
LOUIS LUMIERE TALKS
B&W Interview, France 1948, runtime 3’40
Direction: Georges Sadoul
STOLEN JOOLS
B&W Comedy, USA 1931, runtime 18’30
Production: Paramount, direction: William McGann
Starring Laurel and Hardy, Buster Keaton, Joan Crawford, Gary Cooper, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Fay Wray and Maurice Chevalier
THE RAJAH’S BOX
Stencil-Colored Fantasy, France 1906, runtime 8’
Production: Pathé, direction: Gaston Velle
Music: Neil Brand
TITANIC
B&W Documentary, USA 1912, runtime 10’, music: Neil Brand
The only existing images of the famous Titanic, some hours before she left for her last voyage!
KIDS AUTO RACES IN VENICE
B&W Slapstick, USA 1914, runtime 6’
Production: Keystone, direction: Henry Lehrman
Starring Charles Chaplin, music: Neil Brand
The very first appearance of Chaplin’s Little Tramp character.
MEET ME DOWN AT CONEY ISLE
B&W Documentary, USA 1932, runtime 8’
Production: Fox Magic Carpet of Movietone
CHESS FEVER
B&W Slapstick, Russia 1925, runtime 20’
Direction: Vsevolod Pudovkin, music: Neil Brand
THE FIREMAN OF THE FOLIES-BERGÈRE
B&W Comedy, France 1928, runtime 7’30
Starring Josephine Baker, music: Neil Brand
A film enigma, presumably used to promote Josephine Baker’s wild revue “Vents de Folies” at the legendary Paris music hall, Folies-Bergère, in 1927-1928.
CELLES QUI S’EN FONT (WORRIED)
B&W Drama, France 1930, runtime 5’
Production: Isis Film, direction: Germaine Dulac
With Lilian Constantini, Georges Vallée
Illustration of two songs of French realist singer Fréhel.
TULIPS SHALL GROW
Technicolor Animation, USA 1942, runtime 7’
Production: Paramount, direction: George Pal
Wooden puppets animated one frame at a time by a cartoon master, who was awarded an Oscar in 1944 for this work.
MIGHTY LIKE A MOOSE
B&W Tinted Slapstick, USA 1926, runtime 22’
Production: Hal Roach, direction: Leo Mc Carey
Starring Charley Chase, Vivian Oakland, Buddy the Dog
Music: Robert Israël
A great meeting between director Leo Mc Carey (Laurel and Hardy, the Marx Brothers) and the forgotten yet brilliant slapstick actor Charley Chase!
A MAN WHO ATE BULL MEAT
B&W Comic Film, France 1935, runtime 7’
Production: Victor Films, direction: Eugène Deslaw
Comments: Bétove
BONUS: THE FLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD / Episode 1
B&W Tinted Serial, Germany 1924, runtime 23’
Production: Ellen Richter, direction: Willi Wolff
With Ellen Richter, A. Pointner, R. Schünzel, H. Brausewetter
Music: Eric Le Guen
The first episode of a great adventure cine-novel where the hero is a heroine!