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1) The artist
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : si., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An actor famous for his roles in silent films forms a relationship with a dancer/actress who is headed for fame in the new era of sound films.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Winding through the nascent days of cinema in Paris and Fort Lee, New Jersey, the battlefields of Belgium during World War I, and the faded Knickerbocker Hotel in 1960s Hollywood, The Electric Hotel follows the intertwined fates of the cinematographer Claude Ballard and his muse, Sabine Montrose"--
Series
Criterion collection volume 33
Publisher
Janus Films
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (79 min.) : si., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Documentary on the life of one Eskimo tribe, and their struggle for survival in the vast and inhospitable Arctic.
Publisher
HPLHS Motion Pictures
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (47 min.) : si., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Multiple
Description
Written in 1926, just before the advent of "talking" pictures, The Call of Cthulhu, a tale of madness and monstrous creatures, is one of the most famous and influential tales of H.P. Lovecraft, the father of gothic horror. This film is done in the style of a classic 1920s silent movie using the "Mythoscope" process -- a mix of modern and vintage techniques. The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society has worked to create the most authentic and faithful...
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., b&w & tinted ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The genesis of the motion picture medium is recreated in this collection of the cinema's formative works which reveal the foundation from which the styles and plots of contemporary cinema would later evolve. This forth program highlights fifteen fantastic works by the cinema's first special effects wizard, Georges Melies.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (169 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Little Tramp searches for gold and love in the Klondike. Includes both the 1925 original version, and the 1942 re-issue, featuring a new score and narration from Charlie Chaplin.
7) The Golem
Series
Publisher
Alpha Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 16th-century Prague, a Jewish rabbi creates a giant creature from clay, called the Golem, and using sorcery, brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
Publisher
Diamond Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodiscs (3.75 hrs.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The farmer's wife (silent film): This first film version of Eden Phillpotts' play "The Farmer's WIfe" involves a recently widowed farmer's search for a new bride. Every candidate proves insufficent until he realizes that his perfect mate has been under his own nose all along, his faithful housekeeper.
The manxman (Hitchcock's last silent film): a lawyer and a fisherman who fall in love with the same woman. She marries one, but she loves the other....
Publisher
Diamond Entertianment Corp
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (4.5 hrs.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Juno and the paycock: During the Irish revolution, a family receives notice that they will inherit a large sum of money. They begin to lead a rich life, forgetting what are the important values to live by. When they find out that they will not get the inheritance, the family is destroyed and penniless. They must sell their home and start to live like vagabonds.
The skin game: Story about a conflict between two wealthy families. One is the established...
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An eccentric scientist returns from the Amazon with news of a distant plateau where creatures from the dawn of time still prowl the jungle. To prove his story, he gathers a team of explorers with a secret plan of revenge.
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (69 min.) : sd. & si., b&w and col. tinted ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([7] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Language
Russian
Description
Sergei Eisenstein was commissioned by the Soviet government to make a movie commemorating the failed uprising of 1905, a mere 20 years after the actual incident. Eisenstein duly hails as heroes the people whose actions were regarded as traitorous in 1905. It began when sailors on the Potemkin protested that the meat they were being fed was maggot infested. In response, the commander ordered that ten random sailors to be executed by firing squad,...
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