Introduction to World Cinema, Spring 2011

INTRODUCTION TO WORLD CINEMA, SPRING 2011 SCREENING GUIDE: WHERE TO FIND THE FILMS IF YOU CANNOT MAKE THE WEEKLY SCREENINGS

WEEK FILM NAME LIBRARY RESERVE/ NETFLIX OTHER # OF COPIES 1 The Movies Begin, vol. 1 (DVD): Yes/1 No Check you tube for Lumière and Edison films: several of LUMIÈRE SHORTS: New York: Brooklyn Bridge (1895-6); Arab Cortege,  these are available on you Geneva (1895-6) tube  EDISON SHORTS: The Kiss (1896); Serpentine Dances (1895); Sandow (1894)

 GEORGES MÉLIÈS: A Trip to the Moon (1902)

 PORTER: The Great Train Robbery (1903) The Movies Begin, vol. 2 (DVD): Yes/1 No Check you tube for Lumière and Edison films: several of LUMIÈRE SHORTS: Leaving the factory (1895); The Baby’s Meal (1895);  these are available on you The Demotion of a Wall (1895); The Sprinkler Sprinkled (1895); Arrival of tube a Train (1895); Leaving Jerusalem by Railway (1896); Niagara Falls (1897); Spanish Bullfight (1900)

 G.A. SMITH: The Kiss in the Tunnel (1899); Let me Dream Again (1900); Granma’s Reading Glass (1900); As Seen Through a Telescope (1900); Mary Jane’s Mishap (1903)

 WILLIAMSON: Stop Thief! (1901); Fire! (1901)

 MOTTERSHAW: Daring Daylight Burglary (1903) The Movies Begin, vol. 3 (DVD): Yes/1 No Some of these are available on you tube  HEPWORTH: How it feels to be run over (1900)

 PATHÉ: Peeping Tom (1901); History of a Crime (1901)

 PORTER: The Gay Shoe Clerk (1903) Edison: The Invention of Movies, disk one (DVD): Yes/1 Yes, snail mail only Some of these are available on you tube  EDISON: Blacksmithing scene (1893); Sandow (1894); Serpentine Dances (1895); The Kiss (1896); Watermelon eating contest (1896)

 PORTER: The Great Train Robbery (1903); The Gay Shoe Clerk (1903); The Life of an American Fireman (1903); Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1903) Landmarks of Early Film: Yes/1 Yes, snail mail only Some of these are available on you tube  GEORGES MÉLIÈS: A Trip to the Moon (1902)

 PORTER: The Great Train Robbery (1903) 2 The Movies Begin, vol. 3 (DVD): Yes/1 No You tube  Rescued by Rover (Hepworth, 1905, 6 mins.) Landmarks of Early Film (DVD): Yes/1 Yes, snail mail Some of these are available on 2 you tube  Troubles of a Grass Widower (Max Linder, 1908, 10 mins.)  Nero, Or the Fall of Rome (1909, 14 mins.)  The Girl and her Trust (D.W. Griffith, 1912, 17 mins.)  Bangville Police (1913, 8 mins.) The Movies Begin, vol. 5 (DVD): Yes/1 No Some of these are available on you tube  Troubles of a Grass Widower (Max Linder, 1908, 10 mins.)  Nero, Or the Fall of Rome (1909, 14 mins.)  The Girl and her Trust (D.W. Griffith, 1912, 17 mins.)  Making of an American Citizen (Alice Guy-Blanché, 1912, 16 mins.)  Bangville Police (1913, 8 mins.) The Directors: Rare Films of D.W. Griffith (DVD): Yes/1 No Not in catalogue (instructor copy A Drunkard’s Reformation (D.W. Griffith, 1909, 13 mins.)  on reserve)

The Lonely Villa No No You tube: (D.W. Griffith, 1909, 8 mins.) http://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=jEI18n_GcuQ 3 Birth of a Nation Yes/2 Yes, instant 4 The Crowd Yes/ 1 No 5 La Roue/The Wheel Yes/1 Yes, snail mail only The Smiling Madame Beudet No No www.archive.net The Fall of the House of Usher (on three different DVDs): Unseen Cinema: Yes/2 (listed under the title; also Yes (on the “Avant www.archive.net Early American Avant Garde Film (disk 2); Avant-Garde 2: Experimental on the Treasures DVD) Garde 2 “ DVD and Cinema 1928-1954 (vol. 2); Treasures from American Film Archives (disk 1) “Unseen Cinema “ DVD), both available only through snail mail Ménilmontant (on Avant-Garde: Experimental Cinema of the 1920s and 30s, Yes (on The Experimental avant Yes (on Avant-Garde: vol. 1) garde series, vol. 18) Experimental Cinema of the 1920s and 30s, vol. 1), snail mail only 6 Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Yes/ 1 Yes, instant Mr. Mabuse, the Gambler No Yes, instant 7 Metropolis Restored Yes/3 (only one is the restored Yes, instant version) 8 Spring Break 9 October Yes/1 Yes, instant Man with a Movie Camera Yes/1 Yes, instant 10 Sullivan’s Travels Yes/1 Yes, snail mail only 11 La Grande Illusion Yes/1 Yes, instant 12 Bicycle Thieves Yes/1 Yes, instant 13 Rome, Open City Yes/1 Yes, instant 14 Late Spring Yes/1 Yes, instant 15 Aventurera Yes/1 Yes, snail mail only