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- 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 ...
- 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?
- 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'...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...