Saved from the flames : 54 rare and restored films 1896-1944 / Lobster and Blackhawk Films Collection present.

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"A unique and wonderful collection of 54 rare and restored short films from the inflammable years of cinema. Movies were once made on nitrate film stock, which has a chemical composition similar to gunpowder and is highly vulnerable to fire and decay. This remarkable seven-hour anthology, organized...

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Corporate Authors:	Lobster Films (Firm) Flicker Alley (Firm)
Other Authors:	Méliès, Georges, 1861-1938 Chomón, Segundo de, 1871-1929 Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975 Sennett, Mack, 1880-1960 Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977 Laurel, Stan Fleischer, Max, 1883-1972 Iwerks, Ub, 1901-1971 Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 Reinhardt, Django, 1910-1953 Tati, Jacques Hardy, Oliver, 1892-1957 Pal, George Jones, Chuck, 1912-2002 Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948 Ince, Thomas H.
Language:	English French
Language and/or Writing System:	Mostly silent with musical accompaniment, or in English or French, with English subtitles in yellow.
Published:	[Los Angeles, Calif.] : Flicker Alley, [2008], ©2008.
Edition:	Standard format (1.33:first).
Subjects:	Motion pictures > United States > History. Motion pictures > France > History. Promotional films. Animated films. Trick films. Comedy films. Political films. Industrial films. Silent films. Musical films. Documentary films. Short films. Fiction films. Nonfiction films.
Genre:	Promotional films. Animated films. Trick films. Comedy films. Political films. Industrial films. Silent films. Musical films. Documentary films. Short films. Fiction films. Nonfiction films.
Physical Description:	3 videodiscs (420 min.) : sound and silent, black and white, tinted and color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (15 unnumbered pages ; 19 cm)
Variant Title:	Saved from the flames. 54 rare and restored films 1896-1944. Fifty-four rare and restored films 1896-1944.
Format:	Video DVD

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