Compilation of 19 short films made between 1900 and 1941, in black and white and in colored versions, restored from original elements. Among others there are slapstick comedies with Snub Pollard, Harold Lloyd and Charley Chase, documentary footage of the original Titanic and its captain, a dancing pig, commercials made by the cartoonist Robert Lotrac, the first great western in film history THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY in a hand colored version and the only known film with legendary Django Reinhardt.
The Films
What a Whopper! - USA 1921 - Directed by: Charles Parrott - Written by: Hal Roach - Cast: Snub Pollard, Marie Mosquini - Produced by: Rolin Films - Premiere: July 31, 1921
Au Pays des Colosses et des Pygmées - France 1925 - Directed by: Aurelio Rossi -
Cartoon Factory - USA 1924 - Directed by: Max & Dave Fleischer - Produced by: Out of the Inkwell Films Inc. - Premiere: February 21, 1924
Le Cochon Danseur - France 1907 - Directed by: unknown - Produced by: Pathé -
Madame Babylas Aime les Animaux - France 1911 - Directed by: Alfred Machin - Produced by: Pathé Comica - Premiere: November 3, 1911
Actualités Burlesques - France 1948 - Directed by: Gilles Margaritis - Produced by: Pierre Braunberger -
Six Commercials - France 1920 - Directed by: Robert Lortac -
The Great Train Robbery - USA 1903 - Directed by: Edwin S. Porter - Written by: Scott Marble - Cinematographed by: Blair Smith - Cast: Gilbert M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson, Walter Cameron, Frank Hanaway, Marie Murray, Donald Gallaher - Produced by: Edison Manufactoring Company - Premiere: December 1, 1903
Danse Serpentine das la Cage aus Fauves - France 1900 - Directed by: unknown -
Kobelkoff - France 1900 - Directed by: unknown -
Hollywood Steps Out - USA 1941 - Directed by: Tex Avers - Written by: Melvin Millar - Produced by: Warner Bros. - Premiere: May 24, 1941
Never Weaken - USA 1921 - Directed by: Fred Newmeyer - Written by: Sam Taylor - Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Roy Brooks, Mark Jones, Charles Stevenson - Produced by: Hal Roach Studios - Premiere: October 22, 1921
Jazz Hot - GB 1939 - Directed by: unknown - Cast: Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli et le Qintette du Hot Club de France
Der Flug um den Erdball (Episode 3) - Germany 1924 - Directed by: Willi Wolff - Written by: Robert Liebmann, Willi Wolff - Cast: Ellen Richter, Anton Pointner, Reinhold Schünzel, Hans Brausewetter, Paul Biensfeld, Claire Lotto - Produced by: Ellen Richter Film - Premiere: March 6, 1925
DVD Features
- What a Whopper USA 1921, 13'
- Au Pays des Colosses et des Pygmées (colored) France 1925, 9'
- Cartoon Factory USA 1924, 8'
- Le Cochon Danseur France 1907, 3'
- Madame Babylas Aime les Animaux France 1911, 4'
- Actualité Burlesque France 1948, 16'
- Six Commercials by Lortac France 1920, 9'
- The Great Train Robbery (colored) USA 1903, 11'
- Danse Serpentine dans la Cage aux Fauves (colored) France 1900, 2'
- Kobelkoff France 1900, 2'
- Hollywood Steps Out (Technicolor) USA 1941, 8'
- Never Weaken USA 1921, 24'
- Jazz Hot GB 1939, 6'
- Philips Broadcast of 1938 (Technicolor) GB 1938, 5'
- Der Flug um den Erdball Episode 3 (tinted) Germany 1924, 22'
- Piano scores by Eric Le Guen, Neil Brand and Gaylord Carter
- Chapter selection
- Texts wich background information
Edited by: Lobster Films
DVD Authoring & DVD Supervision: Serge Bromberg, Eric Lange
