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Saved from the Flames (1924)
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| Starring: | Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Fernandel, Jacques Tati, Charles Chaplin, Billy Bevan, Glen Cavender, Vera Reynolds, Sidney Smith, Jack Lloyd, Barbara Pierce, Andy Clyde, Lillian Roth, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Josephine Baker, Charles A. Lindbergh |
| Director: | Dave Fleischer, Del Lord, D.W. Griffith, Henry Lehrman, Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, Georges Melies |
| Genre: | Comedy, Animation, Documentary, Musicals, Silent, Comedy Shorts, Shorts |
| Year: | 1924 |
| Studio: | Flicker Alley |
| Length: | 420 minutes |
| Released: | January 22, 2008 |
| Rating: | NR |
| Format: | DVD |
| Misc: | NTSC |
| Language: | English(Original Language) |
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SYNOPSIS:
DISC 1:
NEW BEGINNINGS: Seven films including the early cinematic experiments of Lumière, Georges Mendel and others, featuring Cyrano De Bergerac from 1900, believed to be the first color and sound film.
- Exiting the Factory (France, 1896, 1:13 min)
- Arrival of a Train (France, 1897, :48 min)
- Card Party (France, 1896, 1:26 min)
- Kobelkoff (France, 1900, 1:24 min)
- Danse Serpentine (France, 1900, 2:08)
- Cyrano de Bergerac (Hand Colored, Sound on Cylinder, Phon-Cinema-Theatre, 1900, 1:55)
- La Marseillaise (Sound on Disc, France, 1907, 2:41 min)
MAGICAL MOVIES: Five early fantasy and trick films, including a previously-unseen trick film by Georges Méliès, hand-colored films from Segundo de Chomon and Gaston Velle, and astonishing stop-motion animation from 1911.
- Excelsior! - Prince of Magicians (France, 1901, 2:06 min)
- The Talion Punishment (France, 1906, 4:13 min)
- Kiriki, Japanese Acrobats (France, 1907, 2:38 min)
- An Excursion to the Moon (France, 1908, 6:47 min)
- The Automatic Moving Company (France, 1911, 4:23 min)
SEEING THE WORLD: Among the ten films in this section: A transatlantic crossing in a Zeppelin dirigible, a stencil-colored trek through the Belgian Congo in 1925, Parisian street kids in Montmartre during the first World War, a 1916 visit to Los Angeles, 1927 sound film of Charles Lindbergh embarking on his New York-Paris flight, an early 1930s portrait of New York’s Coney Island, and a film promoting Josephine Baker’s revue at the Folies-Bergère.
- The Seine Flood (France, 1910, 4:16 min)
- Over the Top (USA, 1915, 11:22 min)
- A Visit to Los Angeles (USA, 1916, 10:25 min)
- Montmartre's Kids (France, 1916, 3:51 min)
- The Dirigible Los Angeles (USA, 1924, 19:24 min)
- in the Land of Giants and Pygmies (Stencil Colored, 1925, 8:33 min)
- Technicolor Fashion Parade (USA, 1927, 5:53 min)
- Charles A. Lindbergh, Hero of the Air (USA, 1927, 11:50)
- The Fireman of the Follies-Bergere (with Josephine Baker, France, 1928, 7:38 min)
- Met Me Down at Coney Isle - Fox Magic Carpet of Movietone (USA, 1932, 8:13 min)
DISC 2:
LAUGHING LIKE WE USED TO: Seven comedies, including four restored from turn of the century Italy and France, a recently-discovered nitrate negative of Chaplin’s first appearance in his “tramp” attire, a frenetic Mack Sennett gag fest with tin lizzies galore, and The Pest, starring an early Stan Laurel (before Hardy).
- The Dancing Pig (France, 1907, 2:24 min)
- The Monkey Race (Italy, 1909, 4:03 min)
- I Fetch the Bread (France, 1907, 5:10 min)
- Artheme Swallows his Clarinet (France, 1912, 3:54 min)
- Kid's Auto Race (with Charles Chaplin, USA, 6:20 min)
- The Pest (with Stan Laurel, USA, 1922, 22:26 min)
- Lizzies of the Fields (USA, 1924, 14:04 min)
DRAWINGS AND MODELS: Six works of animation: Gaumont’s Fantasmagorie (1908), three cartoons from the Fleischer Studios – Cartoon Factory (1924), Ain’t She Sweet (1932), and Play Safe (1936) – Ub Iwerks' Balloonland (1935) featuring a new color restoration made from the original negatives, and a filmed performance by puppetry pioneer Tony Sarg.
- Fantasmagorie (Emile Cohl, France, 1908, 1:30 min)
- Cartoon Factory (Fleischer Studios, USA, 1924, 7:53 min)
- In the Orient (USA, 1929, 9:52 min)
- Ain't She Sweet (with Lillian Roth, Fleischer Studios, USA, 1932, 7:11 min)
- Balloonland (UB Iwerks, USA, 1935, 6:41 min)
- Play Safe (Fleischer Studios, Technicolor, 1936, 7:05 min)
GRACE NOTES: Rare musical performances: Django Reinhardt with Stéphane Grapelli and the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, Duke Ellington and the Cotton Club Orchestra, Louis Armstrong, and the Utica Jubilee Singers.
- Radi-Ators (USA, 1929, 9:18 min)
- Black and Tan (with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, USA, 1929, 18:10 min)
- Louis Armstrong in Copenhagen (Denmark, 1934, 9:05 min)
- Jazz Hot - (with Django Reinhardt, France, 1939, 6:20 min)
DISC 3:
PERSUADE ME: Eleven films designed to influence, including vintage promotional films featuring Laurel & Hardy (dubbed in French), Michel Simon and Jacques Tati, puppet animation by George Pal, three WW-II era musical shorts, two political campaign films, and Master Hands, a paean to the 1936 Chevrolet, selected for the National Film Registry.
- California Election News #2 (USA, 1934, 6:52 min)
- Week-End (with Fernandel, France, 1938, 2:17 min)
- Cette nuit-la (with Jacques Tati, France, 1935, 1:31 min)
- Clo-Cloche - (with Michel Simon, France, 1935, 2:08 min)
- MGM Promo Reel (with Laurel & Hardy, MGM, France, 1936, 8:30 min)
- Master Hands - Chevrolet Motor Co. (USA, 1936, 31:48 min)
- Philips Broadcast of 1938 (Holland, 1938, 4:57 min)
- Yankee Doodler - Soundies Dist. Corp. (USA, 1942, 2:54 min)
- Rosie the Riveter - Soundies Dist. Corp. (USA, 1943, 2:38 min)
- Dear Arabella - Soundies Dist. Corp. (USA, 1942, 2:38 min)
- Hell Bent for Election - Chuck Jones, Industrial Films and Poster Service (USA, 1944, 12:30 min)
TELL ME A STORY: Narratives from 1912-1913 by D.W. Griffith (For His Son), Lois Weber (Suspense), and Thomas Ince (The Heart of an Indian), all mastered from beautiful 35 mm film elements.
- For His Son (D.W. Griffith, USA, 1912, 14:52 min)
- Suspense - (Lois Weber & Phillips Smalley, USA, 1913, 10:10 min)
- The Heart of an Indian (USA, 1912, 32:20 min)
ONE FOR THE ROAD:
- Stolen Kisses (Compilation, 1920's, 3:30 min)
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