Retour de Flamme (Vol 2) - The Fabulous Days of The Early Cinema

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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 2 features Those Awful Hats (DW Griffith, 1909), The Mystery Of The Leaping Fish (starring Douglas Fairbanks, 1916), 3 Comic Shorts (Chasing The Monkey, For Her Mother's Day and Kiriki, Japanese Acrobats, 1906-9), La Marseillaise (1907), Week-End (starring Fernandel, 1935), Clo-Cloche (starring Michel Simon, 1935), Play Safe (Fleischer, 1935), Stolen Kisses (1920), Paris Fashion (1926), Black And Tan (with Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra, 1929), 3 Animated Shorts (by cartoonist O'Galop, 1918), Dr. Pyckle And Mr. Pryde (starring Stan Laurel, 1925), Porky's Preview (1941) and the second episode of The Flight Around The World (1924).

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Article - "Retour de Flamme - The Fabulous Days Of The Early Cinema" by Graeme Hobbs
Sunday 12th November 2006

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

Article - "Film Preservation: The Nitrate Era " by R. Dixon Smith
Monday 7th April 2008

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.

But within several...  View article in full

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