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More treasures from American film archives, 1894-1931. Program notes : 50 films
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- Creator
- film notes by Scott Simmon ; music notes by Martin Marks
- Other Title
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- Program notes
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- San Francisco, CA : National Film Preservation Foundation : [Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment], [2004]
- ©2004
- Physical Details
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- 186 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780974709918, 0974709913
- OCLC
- ocm61670891
- Contains full credits, essays by the curators, over 60 illustrations related to the 50 films available on DVD.
- Includes indexes.
- Program 1. Dickson experimental sound film -- Annie Oakley, Buffalo dance, Bucking broncho -- The suburbanite -- The country doctor -- The wonderful Wizard of Oz -- Admiral Cigarette, Flash Cleaner, Buy an electric refrigerator, The stenographer's friend -- The invaders -- The hazards of Helen -- Gretchen the greenhorn -- The breath of a nation -- De-light: making an electric light bulb -- Skyscraper symphony -- Greetings by George Bernard Shaw
- Program 2. What happened on Twenty-Third Street, At the foot of the Flatiron, New York City "ghetto" fish market -- From Leadville to Aspen -- The "Teddy" bears -- Children who labor -- The flute of Krishna -- Surviving reel of Lotus blossom -- Gus Visser and his singing duck -- Clash of the wolves -- International newsreel -- Now you're talking -- There it is -- A Bronx morning
- Program 3. Rip Van Winkle -- Mr. Edison at work in his chemical laboratory -- Life of an American fireman -- Westinghouse works -- Falling leaves -- Hollywood promotional films -- De Forest Phonofilms -- Inklings -- Lady Windermere's fan -- Cockeyed -- Prologue from The Passaic textile strike -- Tramp, tramp, tramp -- Zora Neale Hurston's fieldwork footage -- Trailers for six lost films