La Roue

April 26, 2011
La Roue or “The Wheel of Fate”
Call Number: VHS01669
by: Abel Gance; Séverin Mars; Ivy Close; Gabriel de Gravone;
Format: VHS
Language: Silent film, French intertitles
Publisher: Foreign Film Classics Presents The Silent Screen Movie Classics
Notes: Originally broadcast in 1922 (130 min). Originally running nine hours, this epic tragedy is notable for the way it foreshadows Gance’s later ‘Napoleon’ in its use of innovative cinematic devices, particularly rapid cutting.
Summary: Sisif, a railwayman, and his son Elie fall in love with the beautiful Norma, whom Sisif rescued from a train crash and raised as his daughter, with tragic results.
OCLC #: [?]
Added: April 26, 2011
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Napoléon

May 11, 2009
Napoleon
Call Number: VHS00801
by Abel Gance; Albert Dieudonné; Vladimir Roudenko; Edmond van Daele; Kevin Brownlow; Robert A Harris; Carmine Coppola; Images Film Archive.; Zoetrope Studios.; Universal Pictures (Firm); MCA Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: French (reconstructed in English?)
Publisher: [Universal City, CA.] : MCA Home Video, [1989]
Notes: Originally released in 1927 (235 mins.); edition contained on two videocassettes;
Summary: A historical epic on the life of Napoleon from boyhood to military triumph, including treatment of the French Revolution.
OCLC #: 36775472
Added: May 11, 2009
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Lucrèce Borgia

December 17, 2008
Lucrezia Borgia
Call Number: VHS00529
VHS00529 Copy 2
by Abel Gance; Henri A Ullman; Léopold Marchand; Henri Ventresse; Edwige Feulliere; Gabriel Gabrio; Maurice Esconde; Michel Balfort; Antonin Artaud; Aime Chariond; Max Linder; Albert Dieudonné; Image Entertainment (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: French with English subtitles; Silent with English titles;
Publisher: Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, ©2000.
Notes: Originally released in 1935 (92 mins.); edition also includes two short films:  Au Secours!: Orginally released in 123 (23 mins.); La Folie Du Docteur Tube: originally released in 1916 (11 mins.);
Summary: Lucrezia Borgia: The history of the Borgia family in the 15th century; Au Secours!: About a man’s adventure in a haunted house; La Folie: About a mad scientist who discovers sneezing powder can alter someone’s physique.
OCLC #: 45538696
Added: December 17, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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J’Accuse

November 17, 2008
I Accuse
Call Number: VHS00356
by Abel Gance; Steve Passeur; Victor Francen; Jean-Max.; Renee Devillers; Marie Lou.; Forrester-Parant Production.; Connoisseur Video Collection (Firm); Film Reserve Ltd.;
Format: VHS
Language: French with English subtitles 
Publisher: Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : Connoisseur Video Collection ; [S.l.] : Film Reserve Ltd., [1991]
Notes: Originally released in 1937 (125 mins.);
Summary: A strange man, obsessed by the horrors of war, calls upon the millions of dead soldiers from World War I to rise from their graves and march upon the cities of the world.
OCLC #: 24758754
Added: November 17, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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