Film Preservation Associates
Series
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
A somnambulist commits murders at a hypnotist's bidding in this German expressionist horror classic. Also featured on this videodisc is an excerpt of "Genuine: a tale of a vampire", a 1920 release which reunited "Caligari's" creative team.
3) Les vampires
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Led by the seductive and deadly Irma Vep, a cunning band of arch-thieves known as the Grand Vampires pilfers Paris in this thrilling, utterly stylish ten-part serial.
Series
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
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.
5) Chicago
Series
Publisher
Flicker Alley
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The story of jazz-loving flapper Roxie Hart, put on trial for the murder of her lover, who hits the headlines with her courtroom theatrics.
Series
Publisher
Image Entertainment/Film Preservation Associates
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
Français
Description
As the world's first great puppet and stop-motion model animator, Starewicz was best known for his insect stories. Starewicz's grasshoppers, dogs, frogs, dolls, and other creatures portray heroics and follies with an exuberance of humor and invention.
Series
Publisher
Flicker Alley
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The Yankee clipper: Feature-length melodrama recreating the real-life race from Foo Chow to Boston for the China tea trade, filmed at sea for six weeks aboard the 1856 wooden square-rigger Indiana. Restored to the most complete version available since the film's release.
Ship ahoy!: A unique record of the conditions and traditions of the North American lumber trade featuring an unidentified schooner equipped with a fore and aft rig as it transports...
Series
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
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.
Series
Publisher
Flicker Alley
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Arranged in chronological order, this comprehensive thirteen hour collection gathers for the first time nearly all surviving films of Georges Méliès from his first (Card party, 1896) to his last (The voyage of the Bouririchon Family, 1913), bracketing more than 170 others. Beautiful new music has been prepared by ten leading practitioners of silent film accompaniment.
Series
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
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.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Rarely seen but classic cartoons the Van Beuren Studios began producing using a more naturalistic cartoon technique, and with a sweeter tone than some of their early animation. Includes classic characters like Molly Moo-Cow and Felix the Cat.
Publisher
Kino International Corp
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Strong man: After a tour of duty in WWI, a witless young Belgian comes to America and seeks out his dedicated pen pal, but his quest for Mary Brown leads him from mishap to comic disaster. Tramp, tramp, tramp: When a destitute shoemaker's son enters a cross-country foot race with hopes of winning the $25,000 prize, spectacular comedy and destruction follow. Long pants: A sheepish young man springs into adulthood and is immediately smitten by the wrong...
Series
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
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.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Lady Diana Mayo is carried into the desert by an Arab chieftan, who takes one look at her and wants her, right then and there.
The son of a sheik is lured into a thieves' trap by a beautiful girl. When he escapes, he kidnaps the girl, they fall in love, and ride off into the sunset together.
Series
Publisher
Film Preservation Associates
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
The first vampire movie. Count Orlock (Nosferatu, the vampire) leaves his castle in the Carpathians and travels by ship to Bremen, bringing coffins filled with dirt and plague rats, where he is destroyed by sunlight.
16) The lost world
Series
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Professor Challenger, the man of vision who persuades his skeptical colleagues to return with him to a remote South American plateau where he has discovered living dinosaurs. Resisting danger and death, Challenger's party return to London in triumph with a captive Brontosaurus. But the beast escapes, turning the city into a shambles and standing the 20th century on its head.
17) Die Nibelungen
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
None
Description
In part one, Siegfried wins the hand of Kriemhilde by slaying the dragon and defeating Brunhilde. When Brunhilde learns that magic has been used to conquer her, she has Siegfried murdered. In part two, Kriemhilde seeks revenge for Siegfried's death and marries Attila, king of the Huns, in order to further her purpose.
Publisher
Image Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
A collection of Chaplin's films at Essanay Studios. His new job: Charlie applies for a job as an actor at a film studio. A night out: Charlie and Turpin are drunks about town, starting at a cafe and ending in a risque hotel room mix-up with a pretty girl. The Champion: Pint-sized Charlie defeats the bone-crushing champion prizefighter with the able assistance of his bulldog. In the park: Charlie interferes in the lives of two star-crossed lovers....
20) Assunta Spina
Publisher
Film Preservation Associates
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
An operatic tale of love and sacrifice in turn of the century Naples. After being assaulted by her jealous lover Michele, Assunta becomes the mistress of a corrupt Don so she can visit Michele while he is in prison. When Michele is unexpectedly released, he discovers Assunta's "betrayal", setting the stage for the film's tragic finale.