| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Gaumont Treasures, Vol. 2: 1908 - 1916 April 19th Kino Retail $79.95, Our: $59.99 |   |
Kino has announced an April 19th release date for Gaumont Treasures, Vol. 2: 1908 - 1916.
The follow-up to Gaumont Treasures: 1897 - 1913 released in 2009, this 3-disc set will have a run time of over 600 minutes and will include bonus features (below).
It will retail for $79.95, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $59.99.
SYNOPSIS:
During its second decade of existence, the Gaumont Film Company continued to prove itself an indomitable force in cultivating and advancing the fledgling art of cinema. This second series of releases of Gaumont Treasures surveys the work of some of its most influential filmmakers. Over 600 minutes!
DISC 1 (Emile Cohl - the screen's first great animator):
- Fantasmagoria (1908)
- The Puppet's Nightmare (1908)
- The Living Fan (1909)
- Comic Mutations (1909)
- The Tweleve Labors of Hercules (1910)
- Petit Faust (1910)
- Bebe's Masterpiece (1910)
- and More!
- Calino Wants to Be a Cowboy (1911)
- Onesime Goes To Hell (1912)
- Onesime, Clockmaker (1912)
- Onesime Loves Animals (1913)
- Zigoto Drives a Locomotive (1912)
- The Railway of Death (1912)
- Burning Heart: An Indian Tale (1912)
- Under the Claw (1912)
- and More!
- Heads... And the Women Who Use Them (1916, Feyder)
- The Barges (1911, George-Andre Lacroix)
- La Marseillaise (1912, Etienne Arnaud)
- Child's Play (1913, Henri Fescourt)
- Feet and Hands (1915, Gaston Ravel)
- and More!
- Jean Durand 1882-1946 - This short documentary, written by Pierre Philippe, recounts the career of filmmaker Jean Durand through photographs and clips (Disc 2)
- Phonoscenes - Three early synchronized-sound music shorts (Disc 3)
- Gaumont in Actualities - A collection of clips offering rare glimpses behind the scenes at the Gaumont Studios (Disc 3)
- Trichromie Films - Excerpts of Gaumont’s revolutionary full-color film process (1913-1919) (Disc 3)
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