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The magic of Méliès : a treasury of early cinema, 1894-1913 /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: K236D | Kino on VideoSeries: Movies begin ; v. 4.Publication details: New York, NY : Kino on Video, 2002.Description: 1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, black and white, tinted ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Other title:
  • Treasury of early cinema, 1894-1914
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.4309
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.75 .M684 2002 v. 4
Contents:
Untamable whiskers (1904) -- Cook in trouble (1904) -- Tchin-chao, the Chinese conjurer (1904) -- Wonderful living fan (1904) -- Mermaid (1904) -- Living playing cards (1905) -- Black imp (1905) -- Enchanted sedan chair (1905) -- Scheming gambler's paradise (1905) -- Hilarious posters (1906) -- Mysterious retort (1906) -- Eclipse (1907) -- Good glue sticks (1907) -- Long distance wireless photography (1908) -- Impossible voyage (1904) -- Georges Méliès: cinema magician (1978).
Production credits:
  • Music composed and performed by Alexander Rannie ; program notes by Charles Musser.
Summary: The genesis of the motion picture medium is recreated in this collection of films from cinema's formative period. More than crucial historical artifacts, these films reveal the foundation from which the styles and stories of the contemporary cinema would later arise.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD-03446 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050310483
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD 1697 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050128855

"Fifteen fantastic works by the cinema's first special effects wizard, including The mermaid, Impossible voyage and the documentary Georges Méliès: Cinema magician by Patrick Montgomery and Luciano Martinengo"--Container.

"Original Méliès films by arrangement with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, narration for "Impossible voyage" by Georges Méliès, adapted and read by Fabrice Zagury"--Container.

Untamable whiskers (1904) -- Cook in trouble (1904) -- Tchin-chao, the Chinese conjurer (1904) -- Wonderful living fan (1904) -- Mermaid (1904) -- Living playing cards (1905) -- Black imp (1905) -- Enchanted sedan chair (1905) -- Scheming gambler's paradise (1905) -- Hilarious posters (1906) -- Mysterious retort (1906) -- Eclipse (1907) -- Good glue sticks (1907) -- Long distance wireless photography (1908) -- Impossible voyage (1904) -- Georges Méliès: cinema magician (1978).

DVD. NTSC.

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