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CROSSROADS/ DAYBREAK
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Two classics of silent Chinese cinema are presented on this double feature       DVD. Crossroads (Xiling Shen, China, 1937, 110 mins.), named by Asia    Weekly as one of the "100 Greatest Chinese Films of the Century," combines    screwball comedy sensibilities with social and economic perceptions as a group of recent university graduates try to survive as best they can in the midst of The Great Depression. The great Chinese director Yu Sun's Daybreak (Yu   Sun, China, 1933, 116 mins.) tells the heart wrenching story of a young woma  n  from a fishing village who heads to Shanghai looking for her cousin and        suffering incredibly inhumane treatment there. Will her love for a sailor and  the coming revolution change her fortunes? Silent with English subtitles.      Xiling Shen/Yu Sun---China---1933/1937---220 mins.
EARLY CINEMA PRIMITIVES & PION
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This two-volume set features key short works created around the turn of the century. The program is culled from the collection of the National Film and Television Archive in England. Includes Lumiere: Sortie d'usine (1895),  Repas de Bebe (1895), Demolition d'un mur (1896), Le jardinier  et le petit espiegle (1896), Arrive des Congressistes a Neuville-sur-Saone (1895), Arrivee d'un train en gare a La Ciotat (1895), Partie d'ecarte (1895), Barque sortant du port (1895), Leaving Jerusalem by Railway (1896), Bataille de Boules de Neige   (1896), Pompiers a Lyon (1896), Niagara (1897), Spanish Bullfight (1900). Melies: Voyage a travers l'impossible (1904). Acres: Rough Sea at Dover (1895). R.W. Paul: Come Along Do!   (1898), The Derby (1896), The Countryman and the Cinematograph  (1901), A Chess Dispute (1903), Extraordinary Cab Accident (1903), Buy Your Own Cherries (1904), The (?) Motorist (1906). George Albert Smith: The Miller and the Sweep (1898), The   Kiss in the Tunnel (1899), Let Me Dream Again (1900), Grandma's Reading Glass (1900), As Seen Through a Telescope (1900), Sick Kitten (1903). Bamforth and Co Ltd.: The Kiss in the Tunnel (1899), Ladies   Skirts Nailed to a Fence (1900), The Biter Bit
HISTORIC EARLY SPANISH FILMS
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Four very early and very rare films from the dawn of Spanish cinema. Few films   from this era survive and what does has been nearly impossible to find on        video, making this an extremely valuable collection. El Ciego de Aldea        (Blind Man of the Village) (Jose Maria Codina, Spain, 1906) is the story of a blind man and a little girl who help bring some criminals to justice.        Originally released by Films Cuesta, the surviving portion on this volume      shows some decomposition, but it is an essential artifact for students of the    period. Amor Que Mata (Love That Kills) (Fructuos Gelabert, 1909) was    the first of two versions by the Film Barcelona studio of a tragic tale of     love undone by jealousy and shame. Its director is one of the founding figures of the Spanish cinema and made narrative films as early as 1897. The version     included here comes from an export print with English subtitles. Don Pedro  el Cruel (Ricardo Banos/Albert Marro, 1911) is a surviving segment of a     longer film--an historical drama about warring nobility. It is presented as a  filmed play, complete with actors bowing to the camera and a curtain opening     to reveal the set. Lastly, Union Que Dios Bendice (The Union That God       Blesses) (Jose Pons Girbau, 1913) is a nearly feature-length film that was  considered a lost until its discovery and partial restoration in 1992. It is a melodrama of love and faith presented as a filmed theatrical performance.
MOVIES BEGIN SET
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Includes the complete five-volume series (over 130 shorts!): Volume I: The    Great Train Robbery and Other Primary Works, Volume II: The European       Pioneers, Volume III: Experimentation and Discovery, Volume IV:      The Magic of Melies, and Volume V: Comedy, Spectacle and New
NATTLIGA TONER & NACH DEM TODE
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Two very rare silent films on one volume. Nattliga Toner (Georg af         Klercker, Sweden, 1918, 61 mins.) is a drama of jealous motives and irony. A     wealthy baron, who desperately wants to be a poet, steals the work of a far      more talented but impoverished writer and finds great success. Nach Dem     Tode (Jewgeni Bauer, Germany, 1915, 46 mins.) concerns a man haunted by a   beautiful spirit, calling to him from beyond the grave. Swedish and German     title cards. NO ENGLISH TRANSLATION.                                             Georg af Klercker/Jewgeni Bauer---Sweden/Germany---1918/1915---107 mins.
ORIGINS OF CINEMA/V6
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This volume surveys early independent U.S. films (1899-1908); seven films by     the great magician of the cinema, Georges Melies; comedies produced in England   by Clarendon, Gaumont and Hepworth (1903-1905); and Britain's first              documentaries (1903- 1905).
PHANTOM CARRIAGE, THE (CRITERION)
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Victor Sjostrom's silent ghost story, The Phantom Carriage (Korkarlen), is based on the legend that the coachman of Death must be replaced by the last man to die each year. The film is as famous for its realistic depictions of life in the slums as it is for its fantasy sequences that make evocative use of double exposures.
SILENT SHAKESPEARE
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Even before the era of sound and feature-length productions, the work of William Shakespeare was a popular subject for filmmakers, who tackled the Bard's work in abbreviated form. Some of the earliest examples of Shakespeare on film are included on this essential collection of historic silent shorts. King John (1899), starring and directed by theatrical legend Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, is one of the oldest surviving British film dramas. Italy's first movie queen, Francesca Bertini, stars in Re Lear (Gerolamo Lo Savio, 1910) and Il Mercante di Venezia (Gerolamo Lo Savio, 1910). Also  included are American silent treatments of A Midsummer Night's Dream (Charles Kent/J. Stuart Blackton, 1909) and Twelfth Night (Charles Kent, 1910), and British versions of The Tempest (1908) and Richard II  I  (Frank R. Benson, 1911). All seven films were digitally restored to video from the original 35mm nitrate material by the British Film Institute. 88 mins.
TEN YEARS EUROPEAN CHASE COMED
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A collection of very early and very rare comedy shorts. Production credits and   information for many of these films are limited, but they are all examples of    the kind of broad, slapstick humor that helped establish the new art form's      popularity. Included are three films featuring Andre Deed, a music hall singer who became a hugely popular screen comedian. Deed stars in Boireau Roi de   la Boxe (1912, France), Gribouille Paie Ses Dettes (1909, Italy), and Boireau Empoisonneur (1913, France). The great Max Linder, whose comic     style anticipated that of Chaplin, is featured in Max et la Doctoresse   (France, 1912). Also included: De Dubbele Ladder (1910), Ik Fiets Met Mijn Vrouw (1908), La Course Au Singe (1909, Italy), Teddy a       Horreur de la Fumee (1912, France), Fricot a bu le Remede du Chen  al   (1910, Italy), Je Vais Chercher du Pain (1906, France), Patachon et   sa Belle Mere (1909, France), Caza Fait des Echanges (1913, France),  Tribulations d'une Grosse Caisse (1909, France), and Artheme Fait des Affaires (1916, France). 94 mins.
THROW OF DICE, A
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Though India produced thousands of films during the silent era, only a handful   survived. This epic melodrama directed by the German Franz Osten is one of the   fortunate ones. Financed by UFA studios, British International Films, and        actor/producer Himansu Rai, A Throw of Dice boasts a cast of 10,000 and  a production design so lavish it would make DeMille blush. The story, inspired by an ancient Sanskrit poem, involves the rivalry of two kings from adjoining  lands. They both share a love of gambling, tiger hunting, and have eyes for      the same maiden. When she agrees to marry one king, the other challenges his   newlywed foe to a bet he cannot refuse--one that requires a very beautiful     bartering chip. Starring Himansu Rai, Charu Roy, and Seta Devi. Silent with    Franz Osten---India/Great Britain/Germany---1929---74 mins.
WANDERING JEW (1933)
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Rudolph and Joseph Schildkraut star in this silent Austrian film adaptation of the legend concerning the Wandering Jew. English intertitles.

1920, 65 mins.