Friday, July 07, 2006

Early Cinema: Primitives and Pioneers (Volume 1)

This compilation contains the following films:
LUMIÈRE: Sortie d'usine (1895), Repas de Bébé (1895), Démolition d'un Mur (1896), Le Jardinier et le petit espiègle (1895), Arrivée des Congressistes a Neuville-sur-Saône (1895), Arrivée d'un train en gare à La Ciotat (1895), Partie d'écarté (1895), Barque sortant du port (1895), Leaving Jerusalem by railway (1896), Bataille de Boules de Neige (1896), Pompiers à Lyon (c. 1896), Niagara (1897), Spanish Bullfight (1900); MÉLIÈS: Voyage à travers l'impossible (1904). ACRES: Rough Sea at Dover (1895); R.W.PAUL: Come along, Do! (1898), The Derby (1896), The Countryman and the Cinematograph (1901), A Chess Dispute (1903), Extraordinary Cab Accident (1903), Buy your Own Cherries (1904), The (?) Motorist (1906); GEORGE ALBERT SMITH: The Miller and the Sweep (1898), The Kiss in the Tunnel (1899), Let me Dream Again (1900), Grandma's Reading Glass (1900), As Seen through a Telescope (1900), Sick Kitten (1903), Mary Jane's Mishap (1903); SHEFFIELD PHOTO COMPANY: Daring Daylight Burglary (1903), Desperate Poaching Affray (1903); BAMFORTH AND CO LTD: The Kiss in the Tunnel (1899), Ladies' Skirts Nailed to a Fence (c. 1900), The Biter Bit (1900), Rough Sea (c. 1900); WILLIAMSON'S KINEMATOGRAPH: Attack on a China Mission (1900), The Big Swallow (1901?), Stop Thief! (1901), Fire! (1900), An Interesting Story (1905).
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They are all of historical interest, of course, but I was particularly impressed by "A Chess Dispute", for its inventiveness.

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