1909 - Oops, They Died! | One Week, One Year, a Film History Podcast
Channel: One Week, One Year
Date: 2021-02-04

Legacies begin and end! D.W. Griffith commences his second whirlwind year in filmmaking and begins developing his style. After a weak 1908 Georges Méliès has a paltry 1909, and he only has a handful of films left before his last. Segundo de Chomón continues producing amazing work, cementing his spot as a worthy successor to Méliès. Thanks for listening all the way though the first decade of the 20th Century! We'll see you in 1910!
 
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--- The Beginning of the End For Georges Méliès ---
[Discussion on the MPCC and Paris Film Congress and their effects on filmmaking]
The Spider and the Butterfly
 
--- The Heir to Méliès’s Goofy Throne ---
A Voyage to Jupiter
[An explanation of Pathécolor]
The Invisible Thief
Slippery Jim
Sweet Dreams Intermingled With Nightmares
A Panicky Picnic
 
--- D.W. Griffith’s “Oops, they died” movies ---
Those Awful Hats
A Corner in Wheat
The Lonely Villa
Two Memories
Edgar Allen Poe (sic)
The Country Doctor
A Trap for Santa
 
--- Potpourri ---
Custody of the Child
The Barometer of Faithfulness
Spring
The Smoke Fairy; or Princess Nicotine
Nero, or The Fall of Rome
The Happy Microbes
The Airship Destroyer

Cris’s Favorite: A Voyage to Jupiter
Glen’s Favorite: The Airship Destroyer
 
See you next year!