Released:
2022-06-06

Overview:
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).

Director:

Runtime:
2h 15min

Genre:
Comedy, Documentary, History

• Cast:
• 
  Marie Dressler
  as
  Archive Footage, "Tillie’s Tomato Surprise"
• 
  Ruth Roland
  as
  Archive Footage, "The Stolen Play"
• 
  Alice Joyce
  as
  Archive Footage, "The Mexican Joan of Arc"
• 
  Vivian Prescott
  as
  Archive Footage, "In Wrong"
• 
  Eddie Lyons
  as
  Archive Footage, "Pruning the Movies"