The Champion
Subtitle: a story of America's first film town
By: The Fort Lee Film Commission presents a Sirk production
Contributors: Huff, Theodore, film director; Borgatta, Mark A, film director; Pollard, Harry, 1879-1934, film director; Arnaud, Etienne, 1879- film director; Sennett, Mack, 1880-1960, film director; Koszarski, Richard; Fort Lee Film Commission; Sirk Productions; Champion Studios; Universal Victor; Universal Champion; Keystone Film Company; Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
Edition: Deluxe 2-disc edition.
Series: The Milestone cinematheque; Milestone cinematheque
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9781933920818
Subjects: Motion pictures; Motion picture industry; History
Description: The deluxe two-disc DVD set includes a new 2K restoration of Ghost Town (1935) an astonishing and haunting amateur documentary about post-cinema Fort Lee. Disc One also features five films made at Champion Studios, recovered thanks to the efforts of the Library of Congress and the Fort Lee Film Commission. Disc Two includes exciting NJ film rediscoveries, a slapstick comedy from director Mack Sennett, a "melodramatic comedy" starring Madge Kenney, and the earliest surviving film version of Robin Hood.
Notes: Title from container.

The champion : a story of America's first film town was based on the book: Fort Lee : the film town / Richard Koszarski.

The Champion : a story of America's first film town: camera, Donna Brennan, Michael Grand, Marc J. Perez, Dylan Russell ; editor, B.B. Enriquez ; music, Ryan Shore.

Ghost town; The Indian Land grab; A daughter of Dixie; Not like other girls; Flo's discipline; Marked cards: music composed and performed by Ben Model.

The danger game: music composed and performed by Donald Sosin.

Robin Hood; A grocery clerk's romance: music by Rodney Sauer and performed by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.

The Champion : a story of America's first film town: featuring Tom Meyers, Armand Pohan, Richard Koszarski, Albert H. Wunsch III, Nancy O'Mallon ; narrator, Matt Zoller Seitz.

DVD; NTSC; all regions; Dolby digital 2.0.

English or Silent dialogue.
Table of contents: title: disc 1.; title: The champion : a story of America's first film town  -- Fort Lee Film Commission presents a Sirk production ; written and directed by Marc J. Perez ; produced by Tom Meyers, John L. Sikes -- (2015) (35 min.); title: The Indian land grab -- (1910) (11 min.) / -- Champion Studios; title: A daughter of Dixie -- (1911) (10 min.) / -- Champion Studios; title: Not like other girls -- (1912) (9 min.) / -- Universal Victor; title: Flo's discipline -- (1912) (11 min.) / -- Victor Film Co.; title: Marked cards -- (1913) (10 min.) / -- Universal Champion; title: Ghost town: the story of Fort Lee-- (1935) (17 min.) /-- Theodore Huff, Mark A. Borgatta.; title: disc 2.; title: The danger game -- (1918) (61 min.) / -- Harry Pollard ; produced by Goldwyn Pictures Corporation; title: Robin Hood -- (1912) (31 min.) / -- Étienne Arnaud; title: A grocery clerk's romance-- (1912) (8 min.) /-- Keystone Film Company ; Mack Sennett.