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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.
Author
Language
English
Description
"1927: Mary Rourke-a Hollywood studio fixer-is called urgently to the palatial home of Norma Carlton, one of the most recognizable stars in American silent film. Norma has been working on the secret film everyone is openly talking about...a terrifying horror picture called The Devil's Playground that is rumored to have unleashed a curse on everyone involved in the production. Mary finds Norma's cold, dead body, and she wonders for just a moment if...
3) Metropolis
Publisher
Kino International Corporation
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Restored authorized edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (124 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of a 21st century city run by a "super trustee" and his collaborators who live in a paradise-like garden. Workers are totally enslaved by machines and condemned to live underground. In the midst of this misery, a young woman, Maria, arises and attempts to inspire the workers to throw off their oppressors.
Publisher
Transit Film
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
Restored authorized ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
None
Description
Rather than depict Dracula as a shape-shifting monster or debonair gentleman, Murnau's Graf Orlok is a nightmarish, spidery creature with a bulbous head and taloned claws. This is perhaps the most genuinely disturbing incarnation of vampirism.
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Restored authorized edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (74 min.) : silent, color tinted with black and white segments ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the film The cabinet of Dr. Caligari, a somnambulist commits murders under a hypnotist's influence. Also featured is a lengthy excerpt of Genuine. Both films are examples of the German Expressionist movement.
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