Fairy tales : early colour stencil films from Pathé.
"Once upon a time, during the belle époque in Paris, a short-lived film form called scènes de feeries, or fairy films, was becoming popular thanks to the Pathé Frères company. In jewel-like colours the films, made to appeal to young and old alike, recreated the theatrical spectacles of the age with...
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| Language: | English |
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Silent films with newly commissioned scores. |
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[London] :
BFI,
2012.
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| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (21 min.) : sound, tinted and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm) |
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Fairytales : early colour stencil films from Pathé.
Early colour stencil films from Pathé.
Early color stencil films from Pathé. |
| Format: | Video DVD |
Contents:
- Un drame au fond de la mer = Drama at the bottom of the sea / director, Ferdinand Zecca ; soundtrack, Jana Winderen (1901, 1 min.)
- Les sept châteaux du diable = The seven castles of the devil / director, Ferdinand Zecca ; soundtrack, Joachim Nordwall and Henrik Rylander (1901, 11 min.)
- Ballet des Sylphides / director, Ferdinand Zecca ; soundtrack, Marcus Davidson (1902, 1 min.)
- Ali Baba et les quarante voleurs = Ali Baba and the forty thieves / director, Ferdinand Zecca ; soundtrack, Leif Elggren (1902, 9 min.)
- Valse excentrique = Eccentric waltz / soundtrack, Marcus Davidson (1903, 2 min.)
- Japonaiseries / director, Gaston Velle ; soundtrack, Pascal Wyse (1904, 3 min.)
- La danse du diable = Weird fancies / director, Gaston Velle ; soundtrack, Leif Elggren (1904, 3 min.)
- Metamorphoses du papillon = Metamorphosis of a butterfly / director, Gaston Velle ; soundtrack, Chris Watson (1905, 2 min.)
- La poule aux oeufs d'or = The hen that laid the golden eggs / director, Gaston Velle ; soundtrack, Achim Mohné (1905, 14 min.)
- Martyrs chrétiens = Christian Martyrs / soundtrack, Sarah Nicolls (1905, 7 min.)
- Loïe Fuller / soundtrack, Philip Jeck (1905, 2 min.)
- L'Album merveilleux = The wonderful album / director, Gaston Velle ; soundtrack, Oren Ambarchi (1905, 5 min.)
- L'Antre de la sorcière = The bewitched shepherd / director, Segundo de Chomón ; soundtrack, Maia Urstad (1906, 7 min.)
- La peine du talion = Tit for tat / directors, Gaston Velle, Albert Capellani ; soundtrack, Christian Fennesz (1906, 6 min.)
- La fée printemps = The fairy of spring / director, Vincent Lorant-Heilbronn ; soundtrack, Hildur Guonadóttir (1906, 5 min.)
- Les roses magiques = Magic roses / director, Segundo de Chomón ; soundtrack, Sohrab (1906, 4 min.)
- Le scarabée d'or = The golden beetle / director, Segundo de Chomón ; soundtrack, Michael Esposito, Mike Harding (1907, 3 min.)
- Cendrillon ou la pantoufle merveilleuse = Cinderella / director, Albert Capellani ; soundtrack, Philip Jeck (1907, 16 min.)
- Le spectre rogue = The red spectre / director, Segundo de Chomón ; soundtrack, Michael Esposito, Mike Harding (1907, 9 min.)
- Le pied de mouton = The talisman / director, Albert Capellani ; soundtrack, BJ Nilsen (1907, 5 min.)
- La sorcière noire = The black witch / soundtrack, Michael Esposito, Mike Harding (1907, 4 min.)
- La belle au bois dormant = Sleeping beauty / directors, Albert Capellani, Lucien Nonguet ; soundtrack, Sarah Nicolls (1908, 14 min.)
- L'Oiseau bleu = The blue bird / soundtrack, BJ Nilsen (1908, 12 min.)
- La légende du fantôme = The black pearl / director, Segundo de Chomón ; soundtrack, the London Snorkeling Team (1908, 9 min.)
- Le faune = The fairies and the faun / soundtrack, Hildur Guonadóttir (1908, 5 min.)