- Description:
- DVD - Region 2. viewing copy. 1 videodisc of 1.
fullscreen. sound.
- Notes:
- Supplemental features include: booklet with short essays, film descriptions, and filmography.
Titles
+ Kobenhavn i Sne
- Alternate Title:
- Copenhagen in Winter
- Director:
- uncredited
- Production Co:
- Nordisk
- Running Time:
- Short. 5 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- Denmark
- Year:
- 1909
- Language:
- German intertitles with English subtitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Documentary, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Non-fiction footage of winter life in Copenhagen.
+ Voyage à toute Vapeur, Un
- Alternate Title:
- Trip on an Ocean Steamer
- Director:
- uncredited
- Production Co:
- Eclair
- Running Time:
- Short. 3 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1909
- Language:
- Dutch intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Documentary, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Documentary account of a voyage on an ocean liner.
+ Culture et Industrie du Tabac en Malaisia
- Alternate Title:
- Tobacco Cultivation and Industry in Malaysia
- Director:
- uncredited
- Production Co:
- Pathé Frères
- Running Time:
- Short. 6 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- tinted b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1909
- Language:
- German intertitles with English subtitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Documentary, Industrial, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Travelogue and tour of Malaysian tobacco farms.
+ North Sea Fisheries and Rescue
- Director:
- Rosenthal, Joseph
- Production Co:
- Rosie Film Company
- Running Time:
- Short. 10 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- tinted b/w
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Year:
- 1909
- Language:
- English intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Documentary, Industrial, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Non-fiction look at the fishing industry in the North sea.
+ Industria della Carta a Isola del Liri
- Alternate Title:
- The Paper Industry at Isola del Liri
- Director:
- uncredited
- Production Co:
- Cines
- Running Time:
- Short. 8 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- tinted b/w
- Country:
- Italy
- Year:
- 1909
- Language:
- German intertitles with English and Italian subtitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Documentary, Industrial, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Non-fiction tour of an Italian paper factory.
+ Mariage en Auvergne
- Alternate Title:
- Wedding in the Auvergne
- Director:
- uncredited
- Production Co:
- Pathé Frères
- Running Time:
- Short. 4 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1909
- Language:
- No intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Documentary, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Non-fiction short featuring a wedding in southern France.
+ Danse du Flambeau
- Alternate Title:
- Fire Dance
- Director:
- De Froberville, Jules
- Production Co:
- Les Films du Lion
- Running Time:
- Short. 2 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1909
- Language:
- No intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Dance, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Dance sequence, possibly inspired by the ballet ‘Cléopâtre.’
+ Blériot traverse la Manche en 31 minutes
- Alternate Title:
- Blériot Crosses the Channel in 31 Minutes
- Director:
- uncredited
- Production Co:
- Pathé Frères
- Running Time:
- Short. 6 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1909
- Language:
- English intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Newsreel, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Newsreel coverage of Louis Blériot’s historic flight over the English channel.
+ Primo Giro d’Italia, Il
- Alternate Title:
- The First Giro d’Italia
- Production Co:
- S.A.F.F.I.-Comerio
- Running Time:
- Short. 6 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- Italy
- Year:
- 1909
- Language:
- Italian intertitles with English and Italian subtitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Newsreel, Sport, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Newsreel coverage of the first Giro d’Italia bike race.
+ Animated Cotton
- Director:
- Booth, W.R.
- Production Co:
- Charles Urban Trading Company
- Running Time:
- Short. 5 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- tinted b/w
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Year:
- 1909
- Language:
- English and Italian subtitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Trick film with a knitting theme.
+ Cretinetti Paga i Debiti
- Alternate Title:
- How Foolshead Pays His Debts
- Production Co:
- Itala
- Running Time:
- Short. 8 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- Italy
- Year:
- 1909
- Language:
- English intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Comedy, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Comic short featuring André Deed as Cretinetti.
+ Amoreux de la femme à barbe
- Alternate Title:
- In Love with the Bearded Woman
- Production Co:
- Pathé Frères
- Running Time:
- Short. 6 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1909
- Language:
- Dutch intertitles English and Italian subtitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Comedy, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Max (Max Linder) falls in love with the bearded lady at a circus.
+ Femme doit suivre son mari, La
- Alternate Title:
- The Woman Should Follow Her Husband
- Production Co:
- Gaumont
- Running Time:
- Short. 6 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- tinted b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1909
- Language:
- French intertitles with English and Italian subtitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Comedy, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Comic short featuring Rosalie (Sarah Duhamel).
+ Fable de Psyché, La
- Alternate Title:
- The Fable of Psyche
- Production Co:
- Pathé Frères
- Running Time:
- Short. 6 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- tinted b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1909
- Language:
- English and Italian subtitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Fantasy, Dance, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Féerie featuring ballerina Stacia Napierkowska.
+ Roman d’une Bottine et d’un Escarpin
- Alternate Title:
- Romance of a Boot and a Dancing Slipper
- Director:
- Monca, Georges
- Production Co:
- Pathé Frères
- Running Time:
- Short. 8 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1909
- Language:
- English intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Drama, Comedy, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A love story begins in a shoe store.
+ Iulius Caesar
- Director:
- Pastrone, Giovanni
- Production Co:
- Itala-Film
- Running Time:
- Short. 13 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- Italy
- Year:
- 1909
- Language:
- French intertitles with English and Italian subtitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Drama, Film Adaptation, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Early adaptation of the Shakespeare play.
+ Moulin Maudit, Le
- Alternate Title:
- The Mill
- Director:
- Machin, Alfred
- Production Co:
- Pathé Frères
- Running Time:
- Short. 7 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- tinted b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1909
- Language:
- French intertitles with English and Italian subtitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Drama, Melodrama, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Jealousy and murder at a bucolic country mill.
+ Chien jaloux, Le
- Alternate Title:
- The Jealous Dog
- Production Co:
- Gaumont
- Running Time:
- Short. 9 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1909
- Language:
- French intertitles English and Italian subtitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Drama, Comedy, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A scheming dog comes to the rescue at a disaster of his own making.
+ Two Naughty Boys
- Director:
- Aylott, David
- Production Co:
- Clarendon Films
- Running Time:
- Short. 6 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Year:
- 1909
- Language:
- English intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Comedy, Children’s Works, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Two young boys wreak havoc and escape unpunished
+ Tribulations d’un Charcutier, Les
- Alternate Title:
- Trials of a Butcher
- Production Co:
- Lux
- Running Time:
- Short. 4 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1909
- Language:
- French intertitles with English and Italian subtitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Comedy, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Staged and non-staged action combine in this short about a Paris butcher.
+ Graf von Luxemburg, Der: Mädel Klein Mädel Fein
- Alternate Title:
- The Count of Luxembourg: Duet of Juliette and Brissard
- Running Time:
- Short. 3 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- Austria, Germany
- Year:
- 1909
- Language:
- German intertitles with English and Italian subtitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Musical, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Filmed version of a duet from the operetta “The Count of Luxembourg,” synchronized with an early recording.
+ Voyage sur Jupiter
- Alternate Title:
- Une Excursion sur Jupiter; A Trip to Jupiter
- Director:
- De Chomón, Segundo
- Production Co:
- Pathé Frères
- Running Time:
- Short. 9 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- tinted b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1909
- Language:
- No intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Fantasy short set in the observatory of a medieval astronomer.
