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by Dief88
Sat Feb 25, 2017 10:14 am
Forum: Talking About Silents
Topic: "Rastus Among the Zulus," aka "Rastus in Zululand" (1910)
Replies: 19
Views: 3180

Re: "Rastus Among the Zulus," aka "Rastus in Zululand" (1910

"I'd rather get eaten" seems to have been a common trope in these kinds of racist cannibal films. Another example in animation is Tex Avery's "Big Heel-Watha" (1944), although that one is about Native Americans rather than Africans. Also, I've uploaded the Griffith film that I mentioned above, "The ...
by Dief88
Fri Feb 24, 2017 10:11 am
Forum: Collecting and Preservation
Topic: Revisiting the search for dad's hard-to-find titles
Replies: 2
Views: 1736

Re: Revisiting the search for dad's hard-to-find titles

I've looked through some of my video files and it turns out I have a digital copy of "The Strange Case of Dr. Meade." Do you know if this film is in the public domain, or is it still under copyright?
by Dief88
Fri Feb 24, 2017 10:04 am
Forum: Talking About Silents
Topic: "Rastus Among the Zulus," aka "Rastus in Zululand" (1910)
Replies: 19
Views: 3180

Re: "Rastus Among the Zulus," aka "Rastus in Zululand" (1910

Also, the other three silent films included are: 1) "The Zulu's Heart" (D.W. Griffith, 1908) 2) "The Kaffir's Gratitude" (1916) 3) "The Sins of Rosanne" [Reels 3 & 4] (Tom Forman, 1920) I actually have a few questions about these. Has the Griffith film been otherwise released on home video? I haven'...
by Dief88
Fri Feb 24, 2017 9:55 am
Forum: Talking About Silents
Topic: "Rastus Among the Zulus," aka "Rastus in Zululand" (1910)
Replies: 19
Views: 3180

Re: "Rastus Among the Zulus," aka "Rastus in Zululand" (1910

Thanks for the tip on embedding YouTube videos...I wondered why it wasn't working! As far as the date, I was going off of the back of the "Visions of Africa" DVD case. I was also referring to this IMDb entry, which seems to refer to this film: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139557/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" ta...
by Dief88
Thu Feb 23, 2017 11:59 pm
Forum: Talking About Silents
Topic: "Rastus Among the Zulus," aka "Rastus in Zululand" (1910)
Replies: 19
Views: 3180

"Rastus Among the Zulus," aka "Rastus in Zululand" (1910)

Hello all, new board member here. I thought some might be interested in watching the film "Rastus Among the Zulus," aka "Rastus in Zululand," a 1910 silent film I just uploaded to YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF480rLzwZ0 The film first came to my attention a few months ago when I noticed ...
by Dief88
Thu Feb 23, 2017 11:11 pm
Forum: Collecting and Preservation
Topic: Revisiting the search for dad's hard-to-find titles
Replies: 2
Views: 1736

Re: Revisiting the search for dad's hard-to-find titles

Hi Parry, Thought you'd be interested to know that I've found a DVD copy of The Boy from Stalingrad on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Boy-Stalingrad-Bobby-Samarzich/dp/B00IJE1CU6/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1487912988&sr=1-1&keywords=boy+from+stalingrad" target="_blank Is that the one you're ...