| Edition |
[Standard format], American ed. / produced by Bret Wood. |
| Description |
3 videodiscs (approximately 10 hr.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Credits |
Music by Bernard Lubat (DVD 1) and Patrick Laviosa (DVD 2 and 3). |
| Note |
Films produced 1908-1916; collection originally released by Gaumont Vidéo in 2009. |
| Performer |
Various performers. |
| Summary |
Over ten hours of films survey the short works of three pioneering French filmmakers from the Gaumont studio, including Emile Cohl, Jean Durand, and Jacques Feyder. |
| Contents |
DVD 1. Emile Cohl (190 min.). Fantasmagoria -- The puppet's nightmare -- Drama at the puppet's house -- The magic hoop -- The little soldier who became a god -- The Boutdebois brothers -- Transfigurations -- Let's be sporty -- Japanese fantasy -- The happy microbes -- Modern education -- The living fan -- Spanish Clair de Lune -- The next door neighbors -- Crowns -- Delicate porcelains -- Monsieur clown among the Lilliputians -- Comic mutations -- Matrimonial shoes -- The enchanted spectacles -- Affairs of the heart -- Floral frameworks -- The smile-o-scope -- Childish dreams -- En route -- The mind of the café waiter -- Master of a fashionable game -- Petit chantecler -- The twelve labors of Hercules -- Petit Faust -- The neo-Impressionist painter -- The four little tailors -- Art's infancy -- The mysterious fine arts -- The persistent salesman -- A history of hats -- Nothing is impossible for man -- Mr. Crack -- Bébé's masterpiece -- Music-mania. |
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DVD 2. Jean Durand (203 min.). Comedies: Calino's baptism -- Calino wants to be a cowboy -- Zigoto and the affair of the necklace -- Calino the love tamer -- Zigoto's outing with friends -- Oxford vs. Martigues -- Onésime goes to hell -- Calino, station master -- Onésime, clockmaker -- Onésime vs. Onésime -- Zigoto drives a locomotive -- Onésime gets married... so does Calino -- Onésime: Calino's inheritance -- Onésime loves animals -- Onésime, trainer of men and horses -- Onésime and the heart of the gypsy -- Onésime, you'll get married... or else! -- Onésime's theatrical debut -- Onésime's family drama. Dramas: The railway of death -- Burning heart: an Indian tale -- Under the claw. |
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DVD 3. Jacques Feyder and the early makers of French cinema (205 min.). Heads...and the women who use them ; Friendly advice ; Biscot on the wrong floor / Jacques Feyder -- The long arm of the law / Roméo Bosetti -- The barges / Georges-André Lacroix -- La marseillaise / Etienne Arnaud -- A drama of the air / René le Somptier -- Child's play / Henri Fescourt -- Feet and hands / Gaston Ravel -- A factory drama ; The pavement of Paris ; The fairy's farewell / anonymous films. |
| Language |
Silent films with musical soundtracks and English intertitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Cohl, Emile, 1857-1938.
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Durand, Jean, 1882-1946.
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Feyder, Jacques.
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Silent films -- France.
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Short films -- France.
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Motion picture producers and directors -- France -- History.
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Motion pictures, French -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Silent films.
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Short films.
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Fiction films.
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Nonfiction films.
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| Added Author |
Cohl, Emile, 1857-1938. Director.
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Durand, Jean, 1882-1946. Director.
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Feyder, Jacques. Director.
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Wood, Bret. Producer.
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Philippe, Pierre.
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Laviosa, Patrick. Composer.
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Lubat, Bernard. Composer.
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Kino International Corporation.
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Gaumont Video (Firm)
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Gaumont (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Emile Cohl.
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Jean Durand.
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Jacques Feyder and the early masters of French cinema.
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| Standard No. |
738329069827 |
| Music No. |
K698 Kino International (set) |
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K698A Kino International (disc 1) |
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K698B Kino International (disc 2) |
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K698C Kino International (disc 3) |
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