Project 120 Years of Film (1890-2010)
In an age of remakes and longlived tired franchises I want to explore the dawn of film and follow the evolution.
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- DirectorShôzô MakinoStarsMatsunosuke OnoeIchinomasa KataokaKitsuraku ArashiEarliest surviving feature film depicting legend of the 47 ronin (see Mizoguchi, Inagaki, Ichikawa, and others)
- DirectorGunnar HelsengreenStarsPhilip BechAage BjørnbakRagnhild ChristensenKarl of Riise must say goodbye to his beloved Rigmor when he's summoned by King Valdemar. He must take a message of reinforcements to the oppressed warriors in Estonia. Shortly after his arrival, Karl is captured by the pagan enemies, and King Valdemar quickly sets off with his best men to free his countryman.
- DirectorBert BaileyStarsOlive WiltonBert BaileyEdmund DugganThe plot concerns the rivalry between two neighboring sheep stations, Enderby and Waratah. This version includes the subplot about the bushranger Ben Hall.
- DirectorCarlos SantosStarsCarlos SantosEduardo BrazãoAmelia VieiraThe loves, the death and the coronation of Ines de Castro, the miserable and miserable that after death was a queen.
- DirectorGérard BourgeoisStarsJean Mounet-SullyHamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
- DirectorMario CaseriniStarsDante CappelliMaria CaseriniHamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
- DirectorRicardo de BañosAlberto MarroStarsDolores PucholCecilio Rodríguez de la VegaThe very first Spanish full feature-length film is based on musical composed by Enric Morera on a libretto by Francesc Pujols i Morgades, based on a work by Víctor Balaguer premiered on October 7, 1922 at the Tívoli Theater in Barcelona. The action takes place around the Catalan gang in the seventeenth century; it is a story of impossible love between "nyerros" and "cadells" that culminates with the execution of the titled protagonist.
- DirectorTheodore WhartonStarsLeopold WhartonThe incidents pictured in this film are founded on fact and relate to William Scott, a young soldier from the State of Vermont. Scott is on guard after a heavy day's march, and being found asleep is placed under arrest. He is tried by court-martial and sentenced to death. Meantime we see President Lincoln in his study at the White House in deep thought, and seeing a vision of the Civil War and the sorrow caused by it. The vision disappears and he reads a letter from Mrs. Scott pleading for the pardon of her son. Deeply affected he lays the letter down and sees another vision, that of the gray-haired mother and a nameless grave. We next see being marched off to the spot where he is to be shot. All is in readiness for the fatal word of command to be given, when through a cloud of dust a coach dashes up attended by outriders. The President steps out and pardons the prisoner, who falls on his knees and blesses him. The next scene is that of a battle with the Union soldiers retreating. The color-bearer falls, but William Scott rushes up, grabs the flag and rallies the Union troops, but amid the dreadful carnage he himself is shot. That night the doctors and ambulances are searching among the dead for the wounded who are still alive. They reach Scott. He is dying. A vision of the President appears before him, giving him a wreath of fame. Scott staggers to his feet, and as the vision fades away, drops dead. As a fitting climax, we see a tableau of President Lincoln taking from a Union and a Confederate color-bearer their respective flags, rolling them together and when they are unrolled displaying the Stars and Stripes.
- DirectorVictor AdamsonStarsVictor Adamson
- DirectorVladimir Krivtsov
- DirectorAndré CalmettesStarsAndré CalmettesGermaine DermozThe Duchess de Langeais was one of the reigning belles of Paris, the pet of society, the envy of the women and the admiration of all the men. Her many conquests led her to believe herself to be irresistible, and when the famous General de Meyran failed to appreciate her charms, her vanity was piqued, and she determined to not only humble him in her own eyes, but in the eyes of all her friends. She had met him at an assembly at a friend's home, where he seemed to be suffering from ennui. Nothing amused this blasé soldier, the music was poor, the chattering of the ladies was uninteresting, and altogether he seemed to be having a very poor time. So distinguished did he appear that the Duchess desired that he be presented to her. This was done, but the General, instead of seeming pleased, immediately makes his adieus and takes his departure. The character of the General in its calmness and dignity is a distinct contrast to the nature of the frivolous Duchess, and his coldness determines the coquettish young lady to bring him to her feet. In order to do this, she grants him a special favor by inviting him to a tête-à-tête in her own home. The General accepts the invitation and beneath the warm hospitality his indifference melts and he yields to the charm of his hostess. Finally falling at her feet, he is about to profess his love and admiration for her, when the door is opened and the personal friends of the Duchess, whom she has induced to wait for this critical moment in the ante-room, enter, laughing slyly at the General's discomfiture. Deeply wounded and angered, the General takes his departure. After he is gone, the Duchess de Langeais realizes that she, too, has finally fallen deeply in love, but too late. She hastens to the General's office and seeks admittance. This is at first refused, but when she threatens to do herself some injury if he doesn't receive her, the austere soldier consents. When she is admitted, she throws herself at his feet and asks his forgiveness. This he sternly refuses, and immediately thereafter the Duchess disappears from Parisian society. Five years later, General de Meyran receives a commission from Ferdinand VII of Spain, and while establishing order in Formentera he visits the convent of the Order of the Carmelite Nuns. While passing through the chapel, he recognizes in the garb of a nun his former love, the Duchess de Langeais. The recognition is mutual and the Duchess flees to her cell. That night the General, with two friends, resolves to take her by force from the convent, and having forced an entrance they wander along the quiet passage until they find the door marked with the name which the Duchess has adopted at the time of her taking the veil. They enter, alas, too late; the excitement of seeing her love in such a place, after five years of separation, has proved too much for the Duchess, and she has died, and here in the lonely cell they find her body laid upon a rude bier, with a dim light of candles flickering on her pallid face. The Mother Superior now enters and sternly orders them to retire. This they do, after the General has imprinted his first and last kiss on the cold lips of his dead love.
- Rip Van Winkle, a lazy American man, wanders off one day with his dog Wolf into the Kaatskill mountains where he runs into an odd group of men drinking and playing bowls. He drinks some of their mysterious brew and passes out. When he wakes up under a tree he is astonished to find that 20 years have passed and things are a lot different. This is a charming story about how America changed due to the cival war, only in a different and more subtle way than ever told before.
- StarsHélène Du MontelThe classic story about the jealous and evil queen who tries to kill the beautiful maiden by giving her a poisoned apple. Snow White falls into a deep sleep and can only be awakened by a kiss from a prince.
- What is the true power of prayer? This doc examines the impact of speaking to God, from medical and scientific sources, to testimonials from those who've been touched by faith.
- DirectorMax ReinhardtStarsBertha WiesenthalVictor ArnoldRudolf BlümnerEarlier version of Reinhardt Orientalist pantomime, later remade by Lubitsch: a pathetic hunchback performer and a flirtatious dancing girl get involved at the court of a despotic Arabian desert sheikh, complete with sinister eunuchs.
- DirectorGunnar HelsengreenStarsPhilip BechAage BjørnbakAlfred CohnConsul Bjørn is urgently called to a company meeting in the city. He rushes off leaving his wife Ingeborg alone in their villa. The thief that has lurking outside the house enters through a window. The first thing he sees on is a large portrait of the consul. He eyes the face, discovers a resemblance and decides to become the consul.
- StarsAl F. Thomas
- DirectorCamille de MorlhonStarsJeanne CheirelJulien ClémentGeorges SaillardWhen one of two travelers staying at an inn steals at night from a merchant also staying there, he wakes up the next day to find the merchant now dead and his companion has left him.
- DirectorTom SantschiStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleNick CogleyGeorge HernandezCharley Wise with a Waldorf appetite on a beany salary finds himself growing unpopular with his landlord as well as other creditors. In fact the sighing breezes seem to whisper "Charley it's your move." So together with Pete, his valet, they decide upon a visit to the country to spend a few days with the rich old uncle. Upon their arrival they find Uncle Jim and Sarah are just planning a trip to Europe and the timely arrival of Charley renders it unnecessary to close up the home as he is placed in full charge with faithful Pete as his assistant and Jim and Sarah are off for the other side. Charles repairs to the race track and donates the remaining fragments of his bank roll, to the other man's better judgment. Pete hits upon a plan to open the palatial home of the uncle as a sanitarium and thus collect a few of the shining shekels that health seekers are always anxious to let loose of. Accordingly an ad is inserted in the daily papers, a sign put over the door, and the rooms are all numbered in regular order, per city hotel fashion. The patients begin to flock in like children to a nickel show. All sorts, ages, sizes, suffering from every known and unknown malady from Reno-it is to raving maniac. Pete was collecting in advance and the place in a few short hours looked more like a castle garden of Blackville Island than a country home. The money was rolling in so fast that Chas. and Pete almost went into hysteria. Just then a telegram arrives from 'Frisco from Uncle Jim saying that Aunt Sarah had lost her necklace and was returning home that night to find it. To clear the house for her coming was no small job and they encounter all kinds of trouble, compelled to return their money, which has a telling effect on Charles' ambitions. No sooner than this part of the program was completed a second message arrives saying the necklace had been found and they were off for Europe. Charles had no time to rejoice over the finding of the pearls; he was too busy thinking about the money he had found necessary to return to his sanitarium patients.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLillian GishRobert HarronMae MarshThe story of a poor young woman separated by prejudice from her husband and baby is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
- DirectorGiovanni PastroneStarsItalia Almirante-ManziniLidia QuarantaBartolomeo PaganoCabiria is a Roman child when her home is destroyed by a volcano. Sold in Carthage to be sacrificed in a temple, she is saved by Fulvio, a Roman spy. But danger lurks, and hatred between Rome and Carthage can only lead to war.