SUNSHINE MAKERS
United States / 1935 / 7’30 / Colour Cartoon from the Rainbow Parade Series
Production: Van Beuren, direction: Burt Gillett
This is a flamboyant demonstration that the fight between good and evil is not a novelty by our American friends.

 

HARD LUCK
United States / 1921 / 22’ / B&W / Slapstick Comedy by and with Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton was known to consider the last gag of this short as his ever best one… but the end of the print was thought to be lost! This film has been restored by Lobster in its entirety from 4 different sources, on the occasion of the release of all Keaton shorts in a DVD set by Arte Video.

 

THE ACROBATIC FLY
England / 1908 / 2’ / B&W / Production Urban, direction Percy SMITH
The acrobatics of a real fly, filmed in close-up.

 

EXCURSION DANS LA LUNE
France / 1908 / 7’ / Stencil-coloured Fantasy / Direction : Segundo de Chomon
2002 is the centenary of the most famous Trip to the Moon shot by Melies in black and white. On that occasion a pirate version made by his Spanish plagiarist in 1908 will be presented.

 

CARD GAME
France / 1896 / 1’ / Brush-coloured B&W / Documentary view
A card game filmed in the same year as the Lumière Brothers’ famous one.

 

THE BOND
United States / 1918 / 7’30 / Black and White / Production : First National, direction : Charles Chaplin
With Charles Chaplin and Edna Purviance
Propaganda sketch made to support the Liberty Loan launched by president Wilson to back the war effort.

 

LE BON BOA / CLOCLOCHE / LE BON EXEMPLE
France / 1935 / 6’ / 3 advertisements of the French Tobacco Company
With Armand Bernard, Michel Simon and Fernandel

 

TRIP TO THE MOON
France / 1902 / 11’ / Direction : Georges Méliès / With exceptional agreement of the Melies Association
Nobody could have ever imagined that the most famous Melies film existed with colours… Yet Lobster found one colour print 2 years ago, in very poor condition, and took up the bet of restoring it. A temporary version of this historic restoration was presented on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the show.