Posts Tagged ‘Silent Films’
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
The Early Years of Mary Pickford, Vol. 1
Call Number: VHS00286
by Mary Pickford; Independent Film Exchange.;
Format: VHS
Language: Silent film with music and English title cards
Publisher: [United States? : s.n., 199-?]
Notes: Originally released between 1909 – 1911;
Summary: A complete showing of Sweet memories, with excerpts from the remaining films
Chapters: Sweet memories — All on account of the milk — Arcadian maid — Never again — The unchanging sea — Artful Kate — In old Madrid.
OCLC #: 268677426
Tags:Black and White, Short, Silent Films, Thomas H. Ince
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Black Artists of the Silver Screen: Body and Soul
Call Number: VHS00248
by Paul Robeson; Oscar Micheaux; Hollywood’s Attic (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: Silent film with English subtitles
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Hollywood’s Attic, ©1996.
Notes: Originally released in 1925 (80 mins.);
Summary: Paul Robeson in his first screen role plays two parts, an evil preacher and his good brother, who wage a personal war for the body and soul of the heroine.
OCLC #: 39124902
Added: November 3, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Black and White, Oscar Micheaux, Silent Films
Posted in Drama | Comments Closed
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
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The Birth of a Nation
Call Number: VHS00213 Copy 1
VHS00213 Copy 2
VHS00213 Copy 3
by D W Griffith; Thomas Dixon;
Language: English
Publisher: Copy 1: Los Angeles, CA : Republic Pictures Home Video, [1991]
Copy 2: Indianapolis, Ind. : Kartes Video Communications, [198-?]
Copy 3: New York, NY: Kino Video, 1993, ©1915.
Notes: Originally released in 1915 (154 mins.); Copy 2 edition notes: 94 mins.,This collector’s edition of The Birth of a Nation was made from a 1933 print produced under the personal supervision of D.W. Griffith. It includes the orginal musical score for the movie which was adapted by Griffith to the 24 frames-per-second running speed needed for sound; Copy 3 edition notes: includes a 30-minute epilogue with rare stills and outtake footage;
Summary: A civil war spectacular that portrays life in the South during and after the Civil War. The story depicts the war itself, the conflict between the defeated Southerners and emancipated renegade blacks, the despoiling of the South during the carpetbagger period, and the revival of the Southern white man’s honor through the efforts of the Ku Klux Klan.
OCLC #: 24232563
Added: October 28, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Tags:Black and White, D.W. Griffith, History, Lillian Gish, Silent Films
Posted in Drama, War | Comments Closed
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
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The Eagle
Call Number: VHS00168
by Clarence Brown; Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin; Hans Kraly; George Barnes; Hal C Kern; Carl Davis; David Gill; Kevin Brownlow; Raymond Rohauer; Rudolph Valentino; Vilma Banky; Louise Dresser; James A Marcus; United Artists Corporation.; Thames Television, ltd.; Channel Four (Great Britain); Film Classics.;
Language: English
Publisher: Hollywood, CA : Film Classics, [198-?]
Notes: Originally released in 1925 (81 mins.); Silent film with new music score and English intertitles; Credit screens are from the 1985 reconstruction and are more complete than the original; Based on a story by Alexander Pushkin;
Summary: Rudolf Valentino is a Russian Robin Hood avenging wrongs as the Black Eagle.
OCLC #: 33222639
Added: October 21, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Tags:Black and White, Clarence Brown, Silent Films
Posted in Comedy, Drama | Comments Closed
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
The Island
Call Number: VHS00166
by Kaneto Shindō;
Language: None
Publisher: Sandy Hook, Conn. : Video Images, ©1991,
Notes: Originally released in 1960 (96 mins.); Without dialogue; the story is told only through visuals, ambient sound and music; Original title: Hodaka no shima; Produced in Japan; Edition contains program card;
Summary: The quiet tenor of life for the only family inhabiting a tiny island is eventually broken by illness and death.
OCLC #: 82841053
Added: October 21, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Black and White, Kaneto Shindô, Silent Films
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth
Call Number: VHS00164
by Sarah Bernhardt; Lou Tellegen; Max Maxudian;
Language: English
Publisher: Sandy Hook, Conn. : Video Images, 1986.
Notes: Originally released in 1912 (44 mins.?); Original Hammond organ played by Rosa Rio; English intertitles; Includes program note card; Originally released in French; Original title: Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth;
Summary: Queen Elizabeth is a drama about Queen Elizabeth I of England and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.
OCLC #: 19086974
Also: Edition also contains Salome (
VHS00164);
Added: October 21, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Black and White, Foreign Film, Henri Desfontaines, Louis Mercanton, Short, Silent Films
Posted in Biography, Drama | Comments Closed
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Salome
Call Number: VHS00164
by Alla Nazimova; Mitchell Lewis; Rose Dione; Earl Schenck; Louis Dumar;
Language: English
Publisher: Sandy Hook, Conn. : Video Images, 1986.
Notes: Originally released in 1923 (72 mins.?); Original Hammond organ played by Rosa Rio; English intertitles; Includes program note card; Based on the play by Oscar Wilde;
Summary: Salome is a pantomime after the play by Oscar Wilde.
OCLC #: 19086974
Also: Edition also contains Queen Elizabeth (
VHS00164);
Added: October 21, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Black and White, Charles Bryant, Silent Films
Posted in Drama | Comments Closed
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Nibelungen: Siegfrieds Tod
Call Number: VHS00160 Copy 1
VHS00160 Copy 2
by Paul Richter; Margarete Schön; Theodor Loos; Hanna Ralph; Georg John; Hans Adalbert Schlettow; Fritz Lang; Erich Pommer; Thea von Harbou; Katharine Hilliker; H H Caldwell; Arthur Lennig; Gaylord Carter; Decla-Bioscop.; UFA.; UFA Films.; Blackhawk Films.; Republic Pictures Home Video (Firm);Greene; Goodtimes Home Video.;
Language: English
Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : Republic Pictures Home Video, ©1991.
Notes: Originally released in 1924 (95 mins.); An originally silent motion picture with German intertitles reissued with music and English intertitles; Originally called Nibelungen: Siegfrieds Tod or Nibelungen: Siegfried, Die; Companion to: The Nibelungen: Kriemhild’s revenge; Silent film with organ accompianment, performed by Gaylord Carter;
Summary: Siegfried recounts the story of Siegfried, the heroic knight whose exploits range from slaying a monstrous 70-foot dragon to wooing the lovely Kriemhilde. His quest for her hand is thwarted when he learns he must first find wife for her brother – a reequisite that leads to Siegfried’s downfall.
OCLC #: 26880436
Added: October 21, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Black and White, Foreign Film, Fritz Lang, Silent Films
Posted in Drama, Fantasy | Comments Closed
Thursday, October 16th, 2008
Home Sweet Home
Call Number: VHS00084
by D W Griffith; Lillian Gish; Dorothy Gish; John Howard Payne;
Language: English
Publisher: [Sandy Hook, Conn.] : Video Yesteryear, ©1985.
Notes: Originally released in 1914 (76 mins.); Edition includes one program note-card featuring a photo of Lillian Gish; Silent film with musical accompianment of Rosa Rio at the Hammond Organ;
Summary: The biographical sketch of a dissipated young man (reputedly John Howard Payne) is followed by three vignettes, each illustrating how Payne’s title song inspired people to strengthen their weakening morals.
OCLC #: 19932898
Added: October 16, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Black and White, D.W. Griffith, Dorothy Gish, Lillian Gish, Silent Films
Posted in Biography, Drama | Comments Closed
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
Judith of Bethulia
Call Number: VHS00073 Copy 1
VHS00073 Copy 2
VHS00073 Copy 3
by Thomas Bailey Aldrich; John Howard Payne; D W Griffith; Lillian Gish; Dorothy Gish;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Copy 1: Unknown; Copy 2: Phoenix, AZ : Grapevine Video, , [198-?]; Copy 3: Los Angeles, Calif. : Republic Pictures Home Video, 1992
Notes: Originally released in 1914 (55 mins); first edition of unknown origin; second edition made by Grapevine Videos; Silent film with organ score performed by Gaylord Carter;
Summary: Based on the narrative poem by Thomas Bailey Aldrich in which a wealthy and pious Jewish widow disguises herself as a courtesan, goes to the camp of the Assyrian general who is besieging her city, and cuts off his head.
OCLC #: 26320141; Copy 3: 26320141
Added: October 14, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Black and White, D.W. Griffith, Dorothy Gish, Lillian Gish, Silent Films
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