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The Retour de Flamme collection got its name from a daunting challenge - to save from the flames early films shot on inflammable nitrate stock, and to make these rare treasures available to the biggest possible audience. Volume 1 features Leaving the Factory, Train Pulling into a Station and Card Game (Lumière, 1895-97), Louis Lumière Talks (1948), Stolen Jools (1931), The Rajah's Box (1906), Titanic (1912), Kid Auto Races in Venice (1914), Meet Me Down at Coney Isle (1932), Chess Fever (Pudovkin, 1925), The Fireman Of The Folies Bergere (1928), Women Who Worry (Dulac, 1930), Tulips Shall Grow (1942), Mighty Like a Moose (McCarey, 1926), The Man Who Ate Bull Meat (1935) and the first episode of The Flight Around The World (1924).

 

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Director Various
Genre Silent Film

 

Country USA / France Language ENGLISH/SILENT   Year 1895-1942

 

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Certificate E   Length 150 mins   Label QL
Cat No QLDVD6885   Format DVD   Colour
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Article - "Retour de Flamme - The Fabulous Days Of The Early Cinema" by Graeme Hobbs
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For 12 years now, archivist-restorers Serge Bromberg and Eric Lange of Lobster Films have organised screenings in original venues throughout France to share their latest discoveries and restorations from the world of early film. The programmes are completely unclassi...  View article in full

 

 

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The year is 1908. The steady torrent of coins increases daily in nickelodeon parlors throughout the world, and every two months the entire population of the globe is exceeded by the number of people patronizing the world’s movie theatres.

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