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DVD004009

Discovering Cinema: Learning To Talk

Lange, Eric

Lobster

Description:

DVD - Region free.   viewing copy.   1 videodisc of 1.
color and b/w.   fullscreen.   sound.  

Titles

+ Quand Madelon

Director:

Lion, Roger

Production Co:

G. Lordier

Running Time:

Short.   3 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

tinted b/w

Country:

France

Year:

1917

Language:

French subtitles

Genre:

With Songs, War, Comedy

Notes:

Originally intended to be accompanied by a live singer, this version presented with piano accompaniment and Karaoke-style subtitles.

+ Père la Victoire, La

Director:

Franck, Paul

Production Co:

G. Lordier

Running Time:

Short.   4 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

tinted b/w

Country:

France

Year:

1917

Language:

French subtitles

Genre:

With Songs, War, Comedy

Notes:

Originally intended to be accompanied by a live singer, this version presented with piano accompaniment and Karaoke-style subtitles.

+ Chamber Mystery, The [Excerpt]

Director:

Schomer, Abraham S.

Production Co:

Schomer-Ross Productions

Running Time:

Short.   3 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

b/w

Country:

USA

Year:

1920

Language:

English text

Genre:

Comedy, Silent Cinema

Notes:

Silent with musical accompaniment. Dialogue varies between delivery via intertitles and comic strip-esque speech bubbles. Original duration 8 minutes.

Link to:

AFI catalog

+ Miss Venus [Excerpt]

Director:

Czerny, Ludwig

Production Co:

Noto Films

Running Time:

Short.   4 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

b/w

Country:

Germany

Year:

1921

Genre:

Musical, Silent Cinema

Notes:

Original duration 5 min. Silent footage of a musical performance with a scrolling bar of music on the bottom of the screen, intended for live performance in the cinema to be matched to the images.

+ Ain’t She Sweet

Director:

Fleisher, Dave

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Inc.

Running Time:

Short.   7 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

b/w

Country:

USA

Year:

1933

Language:

English

Genre:

Animation, Performance

Notes:

Lillian Roth sings and dances to the title song with a bouncing ball. In an animated sequence, there is a barn dance for cats.

Link to:

FII catalog |

+ Lucia di Lammermoor

Director:

uncredited

Production Co:

Film Artistique Chantant

Running Time:

Short.   4 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

b/w

Country:

France

Year:

1908

Language:

Italian

Genre:

Opera

Notes:

Produced by Georges Mendel. A sextet from Donizzetti’s opera, sung by Caruso, Sembrich, Scotti, Journet, Severina and Daddi, with uncredited actors miming the lyrics.

+ Donna e Mobile, La

Director:

Duskes, Alfred

Production Co:

Cinophon

Running Time:

Short.   3 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

b/w

Country:

Germany

Year:

1908

Language:

Italian

Genre:

Opera, Silent Cinema

Notes:

Produced by Alfred Duskes. An uncredited actor interprets a recording sung by Enrico Caruso.

+ Carmen: Air du Toréador

Director:

uncredited

Production Co:

Gaumont

Running Time:

Short.   4 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

b/w

Country:

France

Year:

1910

Language:

French

Genre:

Opera

Notes:

A staged musical performance of a scene from Bizet’s CARMEN.

+ Légende du Roi Gambrinus, La

Director:

uncredited

Production Co:

Gaumont

Running Time:

Short.   3 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

tinted b/w

Country:

France

Year:

1911

Language:

French

Genre:

Opera

Notes:

A scene of a musical performance of “La Legend Du Roi Gambrinus.”

+ Marseillaise, La

Director:

uncredited

Production Co:

Gaumont

Running Time:

Short.   3 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

b/w

Country:

France

Year:

1911

Language:

French

Genre:

Musical

+ Nursery Favorites

Director:

uncredited

Production Co:

Edison Kinetophone

Running Time:

Short.   5 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

b/w

Country:

USA

Year:

1913

Language:

English

Genre:

Musical

Notes:

A performance of children’s songs.

+ Jazz Singer, The [Trailer]

Director:

uncredited

Production Co:

Warner Bros.

Running Time:

Trailer.   7 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

b/w

Country:

USA

Year:

1927

Language:

English

Genre:

Musical

Notes:

After the initial success of THE JAZZ SINGER, this short promotional film was made using the Vitaphone system.

+ Snappy Tunes

Director:

de Forest, Lee

Production Co:

Phonofilm

Running Time:

Short.   7 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

b/w

Country:

USA

Year:

1923

Language:

English

Genre:

Musical, Performance

Notes:

Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake sing “Affectionate Dan” and two other songs.

+ Theodore Case Test Film

Director:

Case, Theodore; Sponable, E. I.

Running Time:

Short.   1 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

b/w

Country:

USA

Year:

1924

Language:

English

Genre:

Amateur / Home Movie

Notes:

Case plays “Rockaby Baby” on the harmonica.

+ Gus Visser And His Singing Duck Perform “Ma He’s Making Eyes at Me”

Director:

Case, Theodore; Sponable, E. I.

Running Time:

Short.   2 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

b/w

Country:

USA

Year:

1925

Language:

English

Genre:

Musical, Performance

Notes:

Gus Visser and his singing duck perform “Ma He’s Making Eyes at Me”

+ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Director:

uncredited

Production Co:

Fox Film Corp.

Running Time:

Short.   11 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

b/w

Country:

USA

Year:

1927

Language:

English

Genre:

Newsreel, Interview

Notes:

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle discusses Sherlock Holmes, science and spiritualism.

+ Governor Young Hails Greater Talkie Season

Director:

uncredited

Running Time:

Short.   2 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

color

Country:

USA

Year:

1929

Language:

English

Genre:

Educational

Notes:

Gov. Young of California endorses motion pictures and encourages the public to support moral films.

+ Finding His Voice

Director:

Fleischer, Max; Goldman, F. Lyle

Production Co:

Western Electric

Running Time:

Short.   10 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

b/w

Country:

USA

Year:

1929

Language:

English

Genre:

Animation, Industrial

Notes:

Animated explanation and demonstration of how film sound works.

+ Discovering Cinema: Learning To Talk

Alternate Title:

Première Pas Du Cinema, Les: A La Recherche Du Son

Director:

Lange, Eric

Production Co:

Lobster Films

Running Time:

Short.   52 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

color and b/w

Country:

France

Year:

2003

Language:

French or English

Genre:

Early Cinema, Documentary

Notes:

Menu and narration available in either French or English. A documentary chronicling the development of sound technology and its early uses in the cinema. Supplemental features include: QUAND MADELON (Roger Lion, 1917, 3 min); LE PÈRE LA VICTOIRE (Paul Franck, 1917, 4 min); THE CHAMBER MYSTERY [EXCERPT] (Abraham S. Schomer, 1920, 3 min); MISS VENUS [EXCERPT] (Ludwig Czerny, 1921, 4 min); AIN’T SHE SWEET (Dave Fleischer, 1933, 7 min); LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Georges Mendel, 1908, 4 min); LA DONNA E MOBILE (Alfred Duskes, 1908, 3 min); CARMEN: AIR DU TORÉADOR (1910, 4 min); LA LÉGENDE DU ROI GAMBRINUS (1911, 3 min); LA MARSEILLAISE (1911, 3 min); NURSERY FAVORITES (1913, 5 min); THE JAZZ SINGER [TRAILER] (1927, 7 min); SNAPPY TUNES (Lee de Forest, 1923, 7 min); THEODORE CASE TEST FILM (Theodore Case, 1924, 32 sec); GUS VISSER AND HIS SINGING DUCK PERFORM “MA HE’S MAKING EYES AT ME” (Case, 1925, 2 min); ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE (1927, 11 min); GOVERNOR YOUNG HAILS GREATER TALKIE SEASON (1928, 2 min); FINDING HIS VOICE (Fleischer, 1929, 10 min). Includes contents booklet.