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A compilation of thirteen rare silent films digitized by the Library of Congress, selected for the 2022 Domitor conference theme “Copy/Rights and Early Cinema.” Drawn from nitrate and safety film, the program spans comedies, trick films, and dramas exploring censorship, invention, adaptation, and social rights. Titles include: Pruning the Movies (Nestor, 1914); Imperial Japanese Dance (Edison, 1894); Early Edison Camera Tests (Edison, c.1890s); Censorship and its Absurdities (Edison, 1915); In Wrong (Crystal, 1914, dir. Phillips Smalley); Tillie’s Tomato Surprise (Lubin, 1915, dir. Howell Hansell); Indian Land Grab (Champion, 1910); The Stolen Play (Falcon Features, 1917, dir. Harry Harvey); And the Villain Still Pursued Her (Vitagraph, 1906, dir. J. Stuart Blackton); The Doll’s Revenge (Hepworth, 1907, dir. Lewin Fitzhamon); The Disintegrated Convict (Vitagraph, 1907); The Mexican Joan of Arc (Kalem, 1911, dir. Kenean Buel); and Fads and Fashions of 1900 (U.S., 1940s).
“From the Library of Congress”
Top Cast
Marie Dressler
Archive Footage, "Tillie’s Tomato Surprise"
Ruth Roland
Archive Footage, "The Stolen Play"
Alice Joyce
Archive Footage, "The Mexican Joan of Arc"
Vivian Prescott
Archive Footage, "In Wrong"
Eddie Lyons
Archive Footage, "Pruning the Movies"
Paul Panzer
Archive Footage, "And the Villain Still Pursued Her"
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Release Date
2022-06-06
Runtime
2h 15m
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