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Perils of the new land : films of the immigrant experience (1910-1915) /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: FA0010 | Flicker AlleySeries: Blackhawk Films collectionPublication details: Los Angeles, CA : Flicker Alley, [2008]Edition: Standard format (1.33:1)Description: 2 videodiscs (202 min.) : black and white and tinted, sound ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([10] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)Content type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 1893967387
  • 9781893967380
Other title:
  • Films of the immigrant experience (1910-1915)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.4375 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.S5 P45 2008
Contents:
Disc 1. The Italian / Paramount Pictures Corporation with New York Motion Picture Corp. presents ; [directed by] Reginald Barker ; produced by Thomas H. Ince ; story by C. Gardner Sullivan & Thomas H. Ince ; music composed by Rodney Sauer, music performed by The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra (1915, tinted, 75 min.) -- Police force of New York City / [produced by Thomas Edison] ; music by Rodney Sauer (1910, b & w, 9 min.) -- McQuade of the traffic squad / [produced by Thomas Edison] ; scenario and direction by Eugene Nowland (1915, tinted,16 min.) -- Disc 2. Traffic in souls, or, while New York sleeps / Universal Film Manufacturing Company presents ; produced and directed by George Loane Tucker ; story by Walter McNamara and George Loane Tucker ; music settings by Philip Carli ; cinematography by Henry Alder Leach ; editing by Jack Cohn (1913, b & w, 90 min.) -- The call of the city / [produced by Thomas Edison] ; a drama by Mark Swan ; director, Harry Beaumont ; music compiled and performed by Rodney Sauer (1915, b & w, 12 min.).
Production credits:
  • The Italian: music composed by Rodney Sauer, music performed by The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra ; The Police force of New York City: music by Rodney Sauer ; Traffic in souls: music settings by Philip Carli ; The call of the city: music compiled and performed by Rodney Sauer.
Awards:
  • The Italian was named to the National Film Registry in 1991 by the Library of Congress.
  • Traffic in Souls was named to the National Film Registry in 2006 by the Library of Congress.
Cast for The Italian: George Beban, Clara Williams, J. Frank Burke.Cast for Traffic in souls: Ethel Grandin, Matt Moore, Jane Gail.Summary: Four films that address the immigrant experience in the United States in the early twentieth century.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD 1644 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050128286

Container insert includes reproductions of film programs and stills for "The Italian" and "Traffic in souls."

Special features: Optional audio essay soundtrack by Giorgio Bertellin accompanies The Italian ; optional audio essay soundtrack by Shelley Stamp accompanies Traffic in souls ; Two Edison shorts: Police force of New York City / music by Rodney Sauer (ca. 9 min.) -- McQuade of the traffic squad / (Eugene Nowland, scenario and direction) (ca. 16 min.).

Container erroneously notes complete runtime as 194 min.

Disc 1. The Italian / Paramount Pictures Corporation with New York Motion Picture Corp. presents ; [directed by] Reginald Barker ; produced by Thomas H. Ince ; story by C. Gardner Sullivan & Thomas H. Ince ; music composed by Rodney Sauer, music performed by The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra (1915, tinted, 75 min.) -- Police force of New York City / [produced by Thomas Edison] ; music by Rodney Sauer (1910, b & w, 9 min.) -- McQuade of the traffic squad / [produced by Thomas Edison] ; scenario and direction by Eugene Nowland (1915, tinted,16 min.) -- Disc 2. Traffic in souls, or, while New York sleeps / Universal Film Manufacturing Company presents ; produced and directed by George Loane Tucker ; story by Walter McNamara and George Loane Tucker ; music settings by Philip Carli ; cinematography by Henry Alder Leach ; editing by Jack Cohn (1913, b & w, 90 min.) -- The call of the city / [produced by Thomas Edison] ; a drama by Mark Swan ; director, Harry Beaumont ; music compiled and performed by Rodney Sauer (1915, b & w, 12 min.).

DVD, NTSC, region 0 (all region) ; stereo.

Silent.

The Italian was named to the National Film Registry in 1991 by the Library of Congress.

Traffic in Souls was named to the National Film Registry in 2006 by the Library of Congress.

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