Discovering cinema

First film is a historical survey of the development of sound in motion pictures second film is a historical survey of the development of color in motion pictures. Both include with early films included to illustrate the main points of technological and artistic development.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Lobster Films (Firm)
Other Authors: Lange, Eric, Bromberg, Serge
Format: Video
Language:English
French
Published: [S.l.] : Flicker Alley c2007.
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Table of Contents:
  • [Disc 1]. Learning to talk / Lobster & Histoire present a film by Eric Lange and Serge Bromberg (52 min.)
  • DVD extras: Son direct = Live sound: Quand madelon (1917, 3:19 min.)
  • La Père la Victorie (1917, 3:55 min.)
  • Chamber mystery [extract] (1920, 8:15 min.)
  • Miss Venus [extract] (1921, 4:58 min.)
  • Ain't she sweet (1933, 7:13 min.)
  • Son sur disque = Sound on disc: Lucia Di Lammermoor (1908, 4:01 min.)
  • La donna e mobile (1908, 2:29 min.)
  • Carmen 'Air du Toreador' (1910, 4:17 min.)
  • Legende du Roi Gambrinus (1911, 2:37 min.)
  • Marseillaise (1911, 2:48 min.)
  • Nursery favorites (1913, 5:29 min.)
  • Chanteur de jazz = The jazz singer [trailer] (1927, 6:53 min.)
  • Son optique = Optical sound: Snappy tunes (1923, 6:51 min.)
  • Theodore Case test film (1924, 0:32 min.)
  • Gus Visser and his singing duck (Ma he's making eyes at me) (1925, 1:36 min.)
  • Arthur Conan Doyle (1927, 10:37 min.)
  • Governor Young hails greater talkie season (1928, 2:29 min.)
  • Finding his voice (1929, 10:12 min.).
  • [Disc 2]. Movies dream in color / Lobster & Histoire present a film by Eric Lange and Serge Bromberg. (52 min.)
  • DVD extras: Coloriage = Coloring: Forgerons = Blacksmith scene (1895, 0:32 min.)
  • Mort de Marat = Death at (1897, 0:38 min.)
  • Danse serpentine (1898, 0:51 min.)
  • Exécution de Jeannne d'Arc = Execution of Joan of Arc (1898, 0:41 min.)
  • Danseurs espagnols = Spanish dancers (1898, 2:01 min.)
  • Métamorphoses du Papillon = Metamorphosis of the butterfly (1904, 1:21 min.)
  • Fée aux Fleurs = The flower fairy (1905, 1:07 min.)
  • Sorcier arabe = The arab sorcerer (1906, 2:45 min.)
  • Paris fashions (1926, 4:45 min.)
  • Synthesè additive = Additive synthesis: Inauguration du Campanile de San Marco = Inauguration of the San Marco Campanile (1912, 11 min.)
  • Essai trichrome du Dr. Doyen = Dr. Doyen color test (1912, 0:40 min.)
  • Essai couluer de Sonia Delaunay = Sonia Delaunay color test (1928, 0:24 min.)
  • Jeunes femmes prenant le Thé = Tea time (1937, 3:11 min.)
  • Synthese soustractive = Subtractive synthe*sis: Wonderland of California (1930, 6:50 min.)
  • King of Jazz (1930, 3:34 min.)
  • La Cucaracha (1934, 19:37 min.)
  • Becky Sharp [trailer] (1935, 2:46 min.)
  • New York (1938, 5:03 min.).