General Information

Language

English.

Published

United States : Anthology Film Archives, 2005.

Physical Description

DVD-ROM (155 min.)

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00003369

Contents/Summary

Summary

One of a seven-DVD series exploring American avant-garde cinema from 1894-1941. Presented by Anthology Film Archives in association with the British Film Institute, Cineric, Film Preservation Associates, Deutsches Filmmuseum, George Eastman House, The Library of Congress and The Museum of Modern Art. Early directors D.W. Griffith and Lois Weber develop the radical language of cinema narrative through audience-friendly melodramas made for nickelodeon theaters. Experimental fantasies are depicted in such independent productions as Moonland (c. 1926), Lullaby (1929), and The Bridge (1929-30). Depression era films by socially-conscious filmmakers reshape drama as demonstrated in Josef Berne's brooding Black Dawn (1933) and Strand and Hurwitz's biting Native Land (1937-41): each pictures a raw reality. Parody and satire find their mark in Theodore Huff's Little Geezer (1932) and Barlow, Hay and Le Roy's Even as You and I (1937). David Bradley's Sredni Vashtar by Saki (1940-43) boasts an inadvertent post-modern attitude. Films: The House with Closed Shutters (1910)—D.W. Griffith & G.W. "Billy" Bitzer Suspense (1913)—Lois Weber & Philips Smalley Moonland (c. 1926)—Neil McQuire & William A. O’Connor Lullaby (1929)—Boris Deutsch The Bridge (1929-30)—Charles Vidor Little Geezer (1932)—Theodore Huff Black Dawn (1933)—Josef Berne & Seymour Stern Native Land (1937-41)—Frontier Films: Leo Hurwitz & Paul Strand (excerpt) Black Legion (1936-7)—Nykino: Ralph Steiner & Willard Van Dyke Even As You and I (1937)—Roger Barlow, Harry Hay & Le Roy Robbins Object Lesson (1941)—Christoher Young "Sredni Vashtar" by Saki (1940-43)—David Bradley

Subjects

Genre

Fiction films

Bibliographic Information

Note

Duration: 02:35:00

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Call Number	Status	Shelving Location	Public Note
DVD-ROM	OSA Film Library	FL Record 1751	Available	-	-
Digital film	OSA Film Library	FL Record 1751 (HU_OSA_00003369.mp4)	Available		Access Copy, MP4 format