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 DVD Retour de Flamme 2 DVD 9 Pal, zone 2, 4/3 screen Compilation of 16 short films made between 1906 and 1941 Black and White and Colour. Restoration from original elements Original Music on the silent films. Mono and Stereo Sound Total Runtime: 135 minutes Languages: French / French for Deaf People / English In this second title, discover 16 new short films never published on video, for an unforgettable visit through the first 50 years of cinema ! If you want to buy a DVD, please connect yourself to Heeza  or to Quantum Leap 1 – Those Awful Hats
Black and White Comic film, USA 1909, 2'55 Production: Biograph, direction David W. Griffith An unusual film by the father of modern cinema. Bonus: A portrait of D. W. Griffith 2 – The Mystery of the Leaping Fish Black and White Slapstick film, USA 1916, 26'27 Production: Triangle / Fine Arts, direction: John Emerson, script: Tod Browning Starring Douglas Fairbanks and Bessie Love Douglas Fairbanks as a drug-addicted Sherlock Holmes, based on a script by Tod Browning. A cult movie! Bonus: Drug addiction on screen / Portrait of Tod Browning and Douglas Fairbanks 3 – Chase Of The Monkey Black and White Comic film, Italy 1909, 4’ Production: Itala Films Bonus: The Early comics in Europe / The Italian production at the turn of the Century 4 – For Her Mother’s Day Black and White Drama, France 1906, 2’26 Production: Pathé Bonus: Charles Pathé and his empire 5 – Kiriki, Japanese Acrobats Black and White Trick film hand-tinted, France 1907, 2’37 Production: Pathé, direction: Segundo de Chomon Bonus: Segundo de Chomon / The special effects in the Trick films 6 – La Marseillaise Black and White Song, France 1907, 2’39 Production: Georges Mendel; interpreted by Mr Noté from the Opéra The National French anthem performed on stage. Bonus: The first steps of sound in film 7 – Week-End Black and White Commercial, France 1938, 2'16 Starring French actor / singer Fernandel Bonus: Fernandel’s debut on screen and on stage 8 – Clo-Cloche Black and White Commercial, France 1935, 2'09 Starring French actor Michel Simon Bonus: The different characters interpreted by Michel Simon 9 – Play Safe Technicolor Cartoon, USA 1936, 7’19 Production: Fleischer Studios, direction: Dave Fleischer Betty Boop’s little brother animated by Popeye’s and Superman’s Daddy! Bonus : The Fleischer Studios / Technicolor in cartoon / The three-dimensional technique used in the film 10 – Stolen Kisses Black and White and tinted, 1920, 2'17 Censored kisses scenes edited one after the other Bonus: Censorship on screen in the 1920’s 11 – Paris Fashion Black and White Documentary stencil-tinted, France 1926, 5’40 Production: Unie Filmrevue Bonus: Fashion in the Newsreels 12 – Black and Tan Black and White Drama, USA 1929, 18’11 Production: RKO, direction: Dudley Murphy Starring Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club orchestra Bonus: The beginning of Black American cinema 13 - Three films by cartoonist O’Galop Resisting Tuberculosis, Great Oaks from Small Acorns Grow, The Alcohol Cycle Black and White Cartoons, France 1918, 6’ Bonus: The French Public Health Campaign of 1918 14 – Dr Pyckle and Mr Pride Black and White Slapstick film, USA 1925, 19’42 Production: Joe Rock / Standard Cinema, direction: Percy Pembroke Starring Stan Laurel Hilarious parody of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Bonus: Parody in Slapstick / The disadvantages of nitrate film stock 15 – Porky’s Preview Black and White Cartoon, USA 1941, 6’18 Production: Warner, direction: Tex Avery Bonus: Tex Avery’s debut within the ‘Termite Terrace’ 16 – The Flight Around The World - Episode 2 Black and White tinted Serial, Germany 1924, 24’ Production: Ellen Richter, direction: Willi Wolff With Ellen Richter, Anton Pointner, Reinhold Schünzel, Hans Brausewetter Second episode of the serial.
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