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3) Silent film
Series
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Pub. Date
c1996
Physical Desc
viii, 319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (414 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The genesis of the motion picture medium is recreated in this collection of the cinema's formative works. More than crucial historical artifacts, these films reveal the foundation from which the styles and stories of the contemporary cinema would later arise.
Publisher
Flicker Alley
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Features 26 films produced by Georges Méliès between 1896 and 1911, plus two films in the Méliès style by Segundo de Chomon for Pathé, which for many years were misidentified as Méliès films. Some films are color tinted or have elaborate hand or stencil colors.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (875 min.) : sound, black and white and black and white with color tinting ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"This four-disc set showcases more than fourteen hours of rarely-seen silent films about feminist protest, slapstick rebellion, and suggestive gender play. These women organize labor strikes, bake (and weaponize) inedible desserts, explode out of chimneys, electrocute the police force, and assume a range of identities that gleefully dismantle traditional gender norms and sexual constraints. The films span a variety of genres including slapstick comedy,...
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