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Saved from
the Flames

54 Rare and Restored
Films 1896-1944

(1896-1944)

 

Contents: Card Party (1896), Exiting the Factory (1896), Arrival of a Train (1897), Cyrano de Bergerac (1900), Danse serpentine dans la cage aux lions (1900), Kobelkoff, le torse humain (1900), Excelsior! — Prince of Magicians (1901), The Tallion Punishment (1906), The Dancing Pig (1907), I Fetch the Bread (1907), Kiriki, Japanese Acrobats (1907), La Marseillaise (1907), An Excursion to the Moon (1908), Fantasmagorie (1908), The Monkey Race (1909), The Seine Flood (1910), The Automatic Moving Company (1911), Artheme Swallows His Clarinet (1912), For His Son (1912), The Heart of an Indian (1912), Suspense (1913), Kid’s Auto Race (1914), Over the Top (A Battle with the Elements) (1915), Montmartre’s Kids (1916), A Visit to Los Angeles (1916), The Pest (1922), Cartoon Factory (1924), The Dirigible Los Angeles (1924), Lizzies of the Field (1924), In the Land of Giants and Pygmies (1925), [Stolen Kisses] (circa 1910s-1920s), Charles A. Lindbergh, Hero of the Air (1927), Technicolor Fashion Parade (1927), The Firemen of the Follies-Bergère (1928), Black and Tan (1929), In the Orient (1929), Radi-Ators (1929), Ain’t She Sweet (1932), Meet Me Down at Coney Isle (1932), California Election News #2 (1934), [Louis Armstrong in Copenhagen] (1934), Balloonland (1935), Cette nuit-la (1935), Clo-Cloche (1935), Master Hands (1936), MGM Promo Reel (1936), Play Safe (1936), Philips Broadcast of 1938 (1938), Week-End (1938), Jazz “Hot” (1939), Dear Arabella (1942), The Yankee Doodler (1942), Rosie the Riveter (1943) and Hell Bent for Election (1944).

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2008 DVD edition

Saved from the Flames: 54 Rare and Restored Films 1896-1944 (1896-1944), black & white, color-tinted black & white, color-toned black & white, color-tinted-and-toned black & white, and color, 420 minutes total, not rated,
with Partie de cartes [Card Party] (1896), color-tinted black & white, 1 minute, not rated, Sortie d’usine [Exiting the Factory] (1896), black & white, 1 minute, not rated, Arrivée d’un train [Arrival of a Train] (1897), black & white, 1 minute, not rated, Cyrano de Bergerac (1900), color-tinted black & white, 2 minutes, not rated, Danse serpentine dans la cage aux lions [Danse Serpentine (In a Lion’s Cage)] (1900), color-tinted black & white, 2 minutes, not rated, Kobelkoff, le torse humain (1900), black & white, 1 minute, not rated, Excelsior! — Prince of Magicians (1901), black & white, 2 minutes, not rated, La peine du talion [The Tallion Punishment] (1906), color-tinted black & white, 4 minutes, not rated, Les cochon danseur [The Dancing Pig] (1907), black & white, 2 minutes, not rated, I Fetch the Bread (1907), black & white, 5 minutes, not rated, Kiriki, acrobates japonais [Kiriki, Japanese Acrobats] (1907), color-tinted black & white, 3 minutes, not rated, La Marseillaise (1907), black & white, 3 minutes, not rated, Excursion dans la lune [An Excursion to the Moon] (1908), color-tinted black & white, 7 minutes, not rated, Fantasmagorie (1908), black & white, 2 minutes, not rated, La corsa alla scimmia [The Monkey Race] (1909), black & white, 4 minutes, not rated, Le crue de la Seine [The Seine Flood] (1910), black & white, 4 minutes, not rated, The Automatic Moving Company (1911), black & white, 4 minutes, not rated, Arthème avale sa clarinette [Artheme Swallows His Clarinet] (1912), black & white, 4 minutes, not rated, For His Son (1912), black & white, 15 minutes, not rated, The Heart of an Indian (1912), black & white, 32 minutes, not rated, Suspense (1913), black & white, 10 minutes, not rated, Kid’s Auto Race (1914), black & white, 6 minutes, not rated, Over the Top (A Battle with the Elements) (1915), black & white, 11 minutes, not rated, Les gosses de la butte [Montmartre’s Kids] (1916), color-tinted black & white, 4 minutes, not rated, A Visit to Los Angeles (1916), black & white, 10 minutes, not rated, The Pest (1922), black & white, 22 minutes, not rated, Cartoon Factory (1924), black & white, 8 minutes, not rated, The Dirigible Los Angeles (1924), black & white, 19 minutes, not rated, Lizzies of the Field (1924), black & white, 14 minutes, not rated, Au pays des colosses et des pygmées [In the Land of Giants and Pygmies] (1924), color-tinted black & white, 9 minutes, not rated, [Stolen Kisses] (circa 1910s-1920s), color-tinted black & white and black & white, 3 minutes, not rated, Charles A. Lindbergh, Hero of the Air (1927), black & white, 12 minutes, not rated, Technicolor Fashion Parade (1927), color, 6 minutes, not rated, Le pompier des Folies-Bergère [The Firemen of the Follies-Bergère] (1928), black & white, 8 minutes, not rated, Black and Tan (1929), black & white, 18 minutes, not rated, In the Orient (1929), black & white, 10 minutes, not rated, Radi-Ators (1929), black & white, 9 minutes, not rated, Ain’t She Sweet (1932), black & white, 7 minutes, not rated, Meet Me Down at Coney Isle (1932), black & white, 8 minutes, not rated, California Election News #2 (1934), black & white, 7 minutes, not rated, [Louis Armstrong in Copenhagen] (1934), black & white, 9 minutes, not rated, Balloonland (1935), color, 7 minutes, not rated, Cette nuit-la (1935), black & white, 2 minutes, not rated, Clo-Cloche (1935), black & white, 2 minutes, not rated, Master Hands (1936), black & white, 32 minutes, not rated, MGM Promo Reel (1936), black & white, 9 minutes, not rated, Play Safe (1936), color, 7 minutes, not rated, Philips Broadcast of 1938 (1938), color, 5 minutes, not rated, Le bon example [Week-End] (1938), black & white, 2 minutes, not rated, Jazz “Hot” (1939), color-tinted black & white, 6 minutes, not rated, Dear Arabella (1942), black & white, 3 minutes, not rated, The Yankee Doodler (1942), black & white, 3 minutes, not rated, Rosie the Riveter (1943), black & white, 3 minutes, not rated and Hell Bent for Election (1944), color, 13 minutes, not rated.

Flicker Alley, FA0006, UPC 6-17311-67339-9, ISBN 1-893967-33-6.
Three single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame and windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), 8.5 Mbps average video bit rate, 192 Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 8-bit 2.0 stereo sound, English, French and Italian language intertitles (some films), English language subtitles (some films); chapter stops; standard three-disc DVD keepcase; $49.95.
Release date: 22 January 2008.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 8 / audio: 8 / additional content: 9 / overall: 8.

This DVD collection of 54 films, mostly culled from Lobster Films’ Retour de Flamme French home video series, groups diverse films into presentations entitled “New Beginnings,” “Magical Movies,” “Seeing the World,” “Laughing Like We Used To,” “Drawings and Models,” “Grace Notes,” “Persuade Me,” and “Tell Me a Story.”

This collection is an absolute necessity for anyone fascinated by early film technologies, and is many times worth the price of admission.

Unfortunately, the disc is now out-of-print.

 
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