Saved From the Flames. : 54 Rare and Restored Films 1896-1944 Disc 3

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Short films originally produced from 1920 through 1944.
DVD 3-disc set includes a 15 p. illustrated booklet written by David Shepard and Serge Bromberg.
Disc 3. Persuade me. California election news #2 / produced by MGM ; "a campaign film in one of the dirtiest-ever political campaigns" (USA, 1934, 6:52 min.) ; 3 advertisements for theaters produced in France: Week-end / with Fernandel ; produced by Virginia Week-End Tobacco (France, 1938, 2:17 min.) ; Cette nuit-la / with Jacques Tati ; produced by Levitan and Co. (France, 1935, 1:31 min.) ; Clo-cloche / with Michel Simon ; produced by Caporal (France, 1935, 2:08 min.) ; MGM promo reel / MGM ; with Laurel & Hardy (France, 1936, 8:30 min.) ; Master hands / Chevrolet Motor Co. ; producer, Jam Handy Organization (USA, 1936, 31:48 min.) ; Philips Broadcast of 1938 / Philips Radio A/S ; animator, George Pal (Holland, 1938, 4:57 min.) ; Three "Soundies" made for coin-operated jukebox devices: Yankee Doodler / Soundies Dist. Corp (USA, 1942, 2:54 min.) ; Rosie the riveter / Soundies Dist. Corp. (USA, 1943, 2:38 min.) ; Dear Arabella / Soundies Dist. Corp. (USA, 1942, 2:38 min.) ; Hell bent for election / UPA Pictures ; 1944 campaign film for Roosevelt ; animation, Chuck Jones (USA, 1944, 12:30 min.) -- Tell me a story. For his son / Biograph Co. ; producer/director, D.W. Griffith ; with Charles Hill Mailes, Blanche Sweet (USA, 1912, 14:52 min.) ; Suspense / Rex Films ; producers/directors, Lois Weber & Phillips Smalley ; with Lois Weber, Val Paul (USA, 1913, 10:10 min.) ; The heart of an Indian (aka. The Indian massacre) / Bison Motion Pictures ; director, Thomas Ince ; with Francis Ford, Ann Little (USA, 1912, 32:20 min.) -- One for the road. Stolen kisses [compilation] (ca. 1920s, 3:30 min.).
Persuade me: Eleven films designed to influence, including vintage promotional films featuring Laurel & Hardy (dubbed in French), Michel Simon and Jacques Tati, puppet animation by George Pal, three WW-II era musical shorts, and Master Hands, a paean to the 1936 Chevrolet. Also includes two U.S. election campaign films: California election news #2, produced by MGM to scuttle the campaign of Upton Sinclair for Governor of California, features fake "candid interviews" by actors. Hell bent for election features cartoons by Chuck Jones in a labor-sponsored film for Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1944 presidential campaign.. Tell me a story: Features three shorts produced from 1912-1913 by D.W. Griffith (For His Son), Lois Weber (Suspense), and Thomas Ince (The Heart of an Indian). In For his son a father, anxious for his son's financial well being, develops a special soda pop called Dopokoke which is laced with cocaine. Suspense is a one-reel thriller in which a tramp threatens a mother and child, while the father races home to their rescue. The heart of an Indian: When Indians attack a white settlement, a brave kidnaps a white baby to give to his wife as a replacement for their dead baby. The series concludes with a reel of "Stolen kisses," a compilation of kissing scenes from 1920s cinema.
DVD ; NTSC, region 0 ; stereo, full screen.

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