FM-G049-1907

Gaumont Treasures 1897-1913 Disc 1

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Few individual artists have exerted as profound an influence upon the evolution of cinema as Alice Guy (later known as Guy-Blaché). With this collection of more than 60 films, culled from the world's leading archives and carefully mastered, Guy may no longer be seen as a "woman filmmaker." These films, produced by Guy for Gaumont before she moved to the US, reveal her to be an unqualified pioneer whose work stands alongside that of the Lumière Brothers, Georges Méliès, and Edwin S. Porter, in cinema's rapid growth from an optical illusion to a storytelling medium to an art form. Among the highlights are a 19th-century serpentine dance, early "trick" films, experiments with hand-coloring and synchronized sound, comedies, social commentaries, and (as the collection's centerpiece) a 33-minute religious epic: "The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ" (1906). Includes the following: - 1897 - The Fisherman at the Stream Bathing in a Stream Serpentine Dance by Mme. Bob Walter -1898 - The Turn-of-the-Century Blind Man At the Hypnotist's The Burglars Disappearing Act Surprise Attack on a House at Daybreak -1899 - At the Club Wonderful Absinthe - 1900 - Avenue de l'Opera Automated Hat-Maker and Sausage-Grinder At the Photographer's Dance of the Seasons: Winter, Snow Dance The Landlady Turn-of-the-Century Surgery Pierrette's Escapedes (hand-tinted color) At the Floral Ball (hand-tinted color) The Cabbage-Patch Fairy - 1902 - Serpentine Dance by Lina Esbrad Midwife to the Upper Class An Untimely Intrusion Miss Dundee and Her Performing Dogs - 1903 - How Monsieur Takes His Bath Faust and Mephistopheles - 1905 - The O'Mers in "The Bricklayers" The Statue The Magician's Alms Clown, Dog and Balloon Spain The Tango The Malagueña and the Bullfighter Cook & Rilly's Trained Rooster Cake Walk, Performed by Nouveau Cirque Alice Guy Films a "Phonoscène" Saharet Performs the Bolero (hand-tinted color) Polin Perfoms "The Anatomy of a Draftee" (synchronized-sound) Dranem Performs "The True Jiu-Jitsu" (synchronized-sound) Dranem Performs "Five O'Clock Tea" (synchronized-sound) Félix Mayol Performs "Indiscreet Questions" (hand-tinted color and synchronized sound) Félix Mayol Performs "The Trottins' Polka" (synchronized-sound) Félix Mayol Performs "White Lilacs" (synchronized-sound) - 1906 - The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ An Obstacle Course Madame's Cravings A Sticky Woman The Hierarchies of Love The Cruel Mother A Story Well Spun The Drunken Mattress The Parish Priest's Christmas The Truth Behind the Ape-Man The Consequences of Feminism Ocean Studies The Game-Keeper's Son - 1907 - The Race for the Sausage The Glue The Fur Hat The Cleaning Man A Four-Year-Old Hero The Rolling Bed The Irresistible Piano On the Barricade The Dirigible "Homeland"