Comedy, spectacle and new horizons
By: Kino International ; produced by Film Preservation Associates and The British Film Institute ; produced for video by David Shepard
Contributors: Pathe?, Charles, 1863-1957; Ambrosio, Arturo; Gaumont, Leon, 1864-1963; Durand, Jean; McCay, Winsor; Guy, Alice, 1873-1968; Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948; Lehrman, Henry, 1886-1946; Ambrosio Films; Societe Leon Gaumont & Compagnie; Vitagraph Company of America; Solax Company; Biograph Company; Keystone Film Company; Film Preservation Associates; British Film Institute; Kino International Corporation
Series: Movies begin, a treasury of early cinema, 1894-1914 -- 5
Publisher: Kino on Video
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 85
Subjects: Silent films; History; Motion pictures; Motion picture industry; Comedy films; History and criticism; Cinematographers; Motion picture producers and directors
Other titles: Movies begin, a treasury of early cinema, 1894-1914,; treasury of early cinema 1894-1914,; Policemen's little run.; Troubles of a grass widower.; Nero, or the fall of Rome.; Winsor McCay and his animated pictures.; Onesime, clock-maker.; Making an American citizen.; Girl and her trust.; Bangville police.
Description: The genesis of the motion picture medium is recreated in this 5-part collection of the cinema's formative works which reveal the foundation from which the styles and plots of contemporary cinema would later evolve. This fifth program examines some of the integral works that begin to reflect the modern day cinema. Interspersed with authentic hand-tinted lantern slides used during early theatrical exhibitions.
Notes: Originally produced in 1994.

Music composed and directed by Robert Israel ; enclosed annotations by Charles Musser.

DVD, NTSC.
Table of contents: title: P. Freres: Policemen's litte run (1907); Troubles of a grass windower (1908); title: A. Ambrosio: Nero, or the fall of Rome (1909); title: L. Gaumont: Onesime, clock-maker (1912).; title: Vitagraph Co. of America: Winsor McCay and his animated pictures (1911).; title: Solax Company: A.G. Blache. Making an American citizen (1912).; title: Biograph Company: D.W. Griffith: Girl and her trust (1912); title: Keystone Film Co.: H. Lehrman: Bangville police (1913).