Description
More Treasures from American Film Archives 1894–1931
Synopsis
The astonishing vitality and creative range of American motion pictures in their first four decades, seen through 50 films and 6 previews never before released on video, saved by the nation’s premier silent-film archives: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, George Eastman House, the Library of Congress, the Museum of Modern Art and the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Highlights include Ernst Lubitsch’s Lady Windermere’s Fan, Clash of the Wolves starring the original Rin-Tin-Tin, the first version of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Gretchen the Greenhorn with Dorothy Gish, D.W. Griffith’s The Country Doctor, Alice Guy Blaché’s Falling Leaves, Edwin S. Porter’s Life of an American Fireman, Martha Graham’s The Flute of Krishna, the Dickson 1894 Sound Test and much more.
Product Details DVD
Discs 3 DVD
Films 50 films + 6 previews
Length 573 min.
Production Years 1894–1931
Audio Mostly silent films with newly recorded musical scores, English intertitles, Dolby Digital stereo
Format DVD, NTSC
Region 0 (playable worldwide)
Extras Commentary by 17 critics, historians and preservationists; over 500 interactive screens; 200-page illustrated book with film notes and credits; postcards from the films
Brand-new, factory sealed box set. Only 1 piece available.