This is a reschedule.

http://www.earlsmithstrand.org/upcoming ... =3&yr=2010

(Just scroll down on the calendar)

Steve

Bob Birchard answered: ....... All of the titles were replaced in the 1930 version. The two original titles I've seen were in Irvin Willat's collection. Willat supervised the editing and finishing of the film. Willat's titles had illustrated backgrounds. I do not recall any of the titles in the sur...

silentfilm wrote:It's all in this thread right here... http://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.p ... c&start=32

What else is there to say but Thanks!

Steve

A Question:

Does anyone know the story behind the print(s)/releases of Thomas Ince's Civilization? I have sources that say it was a whopping 10 reeler but the Kino video that I have is only 85 minutes.

Thanks in advance,

Steve

elalamo wrote:
As far as I know, only four of the films they made there survive.

Frank,

I have your book on Gaston Melies but it's packed away at the moment.
Which ones survive? Thanks for refreshing an old man's memory.

Steve

Thanks, David!! I've read the synopsis and, yes, there are no Verne characters or storyline. But Paul Hammond , in his book Marvelous Melies, does make a strong case that Melies "borrowed" some of the visual concepts of the sea monsters in his film from the original illustrations done by Edouard Rio...

"(The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship, Under the Seas)"

I'm assuming that "Under the Seas" is Melies' 200,000 Leagues Under the Sea" / "20000 lieues sous les mers". Anyone know for sure?

Steve

Here's mine, as I sit with my son waiting for them to drop Dick Clark from Times Square... BEST SILENT ON TV I'm only 2/3 of the way through Miss Mend but I really enjoy it— particularly part 2. If part 1 put you off with its sometimes unsteady mix of Lang-style villainy and goofiness from the hero...

N_Phay wrote:...featuring Lenore Ulric which may well be awful, but which sounds sort of intriguing.

Interesting choice of words. "The Intrigue" (1916) starring Ms. U is extant at LOC.

Steve

I don't know anything about your specific title. But, I've been wondering recently also about what exactly being included on the National Registry really signifies. Just a couple of weeks ago, I noticed that the Pearl White serial Exploits of Elaine is on the list. Now, apparently all of the chapter...

This is mainly from my recollection of reading "The First Hollywood: Florida and the Golden Age of Silent Filmmaking" by about a year ago. But I seem to recall that he wrote a bit about traveling film-makers who would wonder about, entice locals into his films and use that as a promotion to exhibit ...

Thanks for this post, Bruce. Up until now, the only source for this film I've found is a borderline grey-mkt vhs tape years ago (low quality and taped on slow speed). Ever since, I've been dying for a good copy with English translations. (I might be one of the only people to watch the film and read ...

"The Earl Smith Strand Theatre's first full length silent film since reopening! Featuring Ron Carter on the organ At the Opera of Paris, a mysterious phantom threatens a famous lyric singer, Carlotta and thus forces her to give up her role (Marguerite in Faust) for unknown Christine Daae. Christine ...

my copy of the Karl book just arrived! misspickford9, Does the book tell anything about Dane's participation in The Mysterious Island from the late 1920s? Filming started and stopped many times on that movie and the plot was reshuffled constantly but at one point Karl was supposed to have been one ...

Dana wrote:I've been spending a lot of time recently pouring over censorship records from various state agencies.

What censorship records are available and how do you got about accessing them? The only ones that I am aware of are from New York and Kansas.

Thanks,

Steve

o.k. the subject line says it all. Does anybody have any information for this cinematic pooch other than that he appeared in The 13th Hour and Peacock Alley?

Thanks,

Steve

Ned Thanhouser once had online an Excel File Database of all Thanhouser films available. I downloaded it way back when (the date on my file is Dec 2002). There are 6 entries for Jekyll and Hyde. This is the only one listing a 35mm: Title Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Date 1/16/1912 Location LOC Ref QDB 8/...

[quote="Scoundrel"]The Transformation Scene with Len Spencer was included as an extra on KINO's most recent release of the John Barrymore JEKYLL and HYDE
quote]

I haven't listened for a while but I think that they may be two different Len Spencer recordings of the same deal.

Steve

Also from the silent era but hardly silent is the audio recording (pre-1910) of the transformation scene by Len Spencer staight from the play by Fish and Forepaugh. It's probably still online somewhere. In a bit of a stretch, Paul Lindau adapted Stevenson's play as Der Anderer (The Other). This was ...

Can't wait 'til it finally makes it to DVD (or better yet, plays again at the Fabulous Fox in the A.T.L.). Thanks for the update. Wonder what the over/under is in months for that?

Steve

Very, very cool. Thanks, so much. This kind of thing is right up my alley.

Steve

We moved to Atlanta (well, Marietta to be exact) about 6 years ago. A year or 2 after that we were in a Video Store that had a flyer for area silent film showings. I called up a number and somehow got connected with Bill Eggert? (sorry, I might not be remembering his exact name but I think that he w...

Due to the train crash, Herr Orlac ( Herr Conrad Veidt ) our hero will suffer horrible wounds to body and soul. The physical scars heal up but the psychological wounds are more difficult to overcome, especially when Herr Orlac discovers that his new hands belonged to an assassin. Herr Graf Ferdinan...

Never saw this one but I did get an alternate version on video way back from some one that I *think* was done by the Lubin Company. Terrible, terrible nitrate decomposition. Almost half of every frame was ruined. Made me want to cry. Ah, but such is the fate of the commoner!!

Steve

The rest of the film is unfortunately lost. The only reason that the footage on the Milestone video is in existence is that it was culled from the full feature and released with a series of musical shorts by a company whose name I forget.

Steve

What's the difference between this and the other poll. Not that I'm complaining...I always wanted to vote twice!!

Steve

Sunrise was a disappointment.. maybe because of the tremendous expectations. OK but ...

Steve

Thanhouser's Looking Forward might fit the bill:

http://www.silentsf.com/essay/lookingforward.html

For time travel via Einsteinian science, try 1922's The Sky Splitter.

Steve

Well, one of the best books on Melies is Artificially Arranged Scenes by John Frazer. Up until now, I've only been able to read it from the library. But I just picked up (at a really fair price) a copy from ebay. (I'm a Melies nut).

Steve

I do like Fairbanks, Chaney, and Houdini (I know he's a ham, but he is magnificent). I just took a moment to update myself on this folder. Tommie, your post stuck out. Mainly because I'm not sure I ever ran across anyone that shares my opinion of Houdini as an actor. I just get such a *kick* out of...