Gaumont Treasures. Vol. 2, 1908-1916
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Films produced 1908-1916; collection originally released by Gaumont Vidéo in 2009.
Special features: DVD 2: Jean Durand 1882-1946 - mini-documentary, written by Pierre Philippe, recounts Durand's career; DVD 3: Phonoscenes - Three early synchronized-sound musical shorts; Gaumont in actualities - rare glimpses behind the scenes at Gaumont Studios ; Trichromie Films - Excerpts of Gaumont's revolutionary full-color process.
DVD 1. Emile Cohl (190 min.). Fantasmagorie = Fantasmagoria (1908) -- Le cauchemar du fantoche = The puppet's nightmare (1908) -- Un drame chez les fantoches = Drama at the puppets' house (1908) -- Le cerceau magique = The magic hoop (1908) -- Le petit soldat qui devient dieu = The little soldier who became a god (1908) -- Les frères Boutebois = The Boutdebois brothers (1908) -- Transfigurations (1909) -- soyons donc sportifs = Let's be sporty (1909) -- Japon de fantaisie = Japanese fantasy (1909) -- Les joyeux microbes = The happy microbes (1909) -- Modern école = Modern education (1909) -- L'évental animé = The living fan (1909) -- Claire de lune espagnol = Spanish Clair de Lune (1909) -- Les locataires d'à côté = The next door neighbors (1909) -- Les couronnes = Crowns (1909) -- Monsieur clown chez les lilliputiens = Mister Clown among the Lilliputians (1909) -- Porcelaines tendres = Delicate porcelains (1909) -- Les générations comiques = Comic mutations (1909) -- Les chassures matrimoniales = Matrimonial shoes (1909) -- Les lunettes féeriques = The enchanted spectacles (1909) -- Affaires du coeur = Affairs of the heart (1909) -- Cadres fleuris = Floral frameworks (1910) -- Le binetoscope = The smile-o-scope (1910) -- Rêves enfantines = Childish dreams (1910) -- En route (1910) -- Le songe du garçon de café = The mind of the café waiter (1910) -- Le champion du jeu à la mode = Master of a fashionable game (1910) -- Le petit Chantecler = Petit Chantecler (1910) -- Les douze travaux d'Hercule = The twelve labors of Hercules (1910) -- Le tout petit Faust = Petit Faust (1910) -- Le peintre néo-impressioniste = The neo-Impressionist painter (1910) -- Les quatres petits tailleurs = The four little tailors (1910) -- L'enfance de l'art = Art's infancy (1910) -- Les beaux-arts mystérieux = The mysterious fine arts (1910) -- Le placier est tance = The persistent salesman (1910) -- Histoire des chapeaux = A history of hats (1910) -- Rien n'est impossible à l'homme = Nothing is impossible for man (1910) -- Monsieur de Crac = Mr. Crack (1910) -- Les chiefs d'oevre de bébé = Bébé's masterpieces (1910) -- La muicomanie = Music-mania (1910).
DVD 2. Jean Durand (203 min.). Comedies: Le baptême de Calino = Calino's baptism(1911) -- Calino veut être cow-boy = Calino wants to be a cowboy (1911) -- Zigoto et l'affaire du collier = Zigoto and the affair of the necklace (1911) -- Calino, dompteur par amour = Calino, love tamer (1912) -- Zigoto promène ses amis = Zigoto's outing with friends (1912) -- Oxford contre Martigues = Oxford vs. Martigues (1912) -- Onésime aux enfers = Onésime goes to hell (1912) -- Calino, chef de gare = Calino, station master (1912) -- Onésime horloger = Onésime, clockmaker (1912) -- Onésime contre Onésime = Onésime vs. Onésime (1912) -- Zigoto et la locomotive = Zigoto drives a locomotive (1912) -- Onésime se marie... Calino aussi = Onésime gets married... so does Calino (1913) -- Onésime et l'héritage de Calino = Onésime: Calino's inheritance (1913) -- Onésime aime les bêtes = Onésime loves animals (1913) -- Onésime, dressuer d'hommes et de chevaux = Onésime, trainer of men and horses (1913) -- Onésime et le coeur du tzigane = Onésime and the heart of the gypsy (1913) -- Onésime, tu l'épouseras quand même! = Onésime, you'll get married... or else! (1913) -- Onésime débute au théâtre = Onésime's theatrical debut (1913) -- Onésime et le drame de famille = Onésime's family drama (1914). Dramas: Le railway de la mort = The railway of death (1912) -- Coeur ardent = Burning heart: an Indian tale (1912) -- Sous la grife = Under the claw : a story of the Transvaal (1912).
DVD 3. Jacques Feyder and the early makers of French cinema (205 min.). Têtes de femmes, femmes de têtes = Heads...and the women who use them (1916) ; Un conseil d'ami = Friendly advice (1916) ; Biscot de trompte d'étage = Biscot on the wrong floor (1916) / Jacques Feyder -- L'agent a le bras long = The long arm of the law (1909) / Roméo Bosetti -- Les chalands = The barges (1911) / Georges-André Lacroix -- La marseillaise (1912) / Etienne Arnaud -- Un drame de l'air = A drama of the air (1913) / René le Somptier -- Jeux d'enfants = Child's play (1913) / Henri Fescourt --Des pieds et des mains = Feet and hands (1915) / Gaston Ravel -- Un drame à l'usine = A factory drama (1912) ; Le pavé de Paris = The pavements of Paris (1912) ; Le bonsoir de la fée = The fairy's farewell (date unknown) / anonymous films.
Various performers.
Over ten hours of films survey the short works of three pioneering French filmmakers from the Gaumont studio, including Emile Cohl, Jean Durand, and Jacques Feyder.
DVD, NTSC.
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LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Silent films with musical soundtracks and English intertitles.
PUBLISHED
New York : Kino International, c2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 3 videodiscs (approximately 10 hrs.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Cohl, Emile, 1857-1938,
Durand, Jean, 1882-1946,
Feyder, Jacques.
Bosetti, Roméo, 1897-1948,
Lacroix, Georges-André
Arnaud, Etienne, 1879-
Le Somptier, René, 1884-1950,
Fescourt, Henri, 1880-1966,
Ravel, Gaston, 1878-1958,
Wood, Bret.
Philippe, Pierre.
Laviosa, Patrick.
Lubat, Bernard.
Kino International Corporation.
Gaumont Video (Firm)
Gaumont (Firm)
SUBJECTS
Cohl, Emile, -- 1857-1938.
Durand, Jean, -- 1882-1946.
Feyder, Jacques.
Gaumont (Firm)
Silent films -- France.
Short films -- France.
Motion picture producers and directors -- France -- History.
Motion pictures, French -- History.
Silent films.
Short films.
Fiction films.
Nonfiction films.
Silent films -- France.
Short films -- France.