The Dancing Pig (1907) - FULL UNCUT [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2021-03-26 | Discover more cinematic gems and rare oddities at flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleySilent films owe a great deal to the vaudeville tradition; its short, unrelated stage acts were not only a nearly inexhaustible source for early film content, but also a programming model for nickelodeon theaters. The Dancing Pig was a mind-boggling music hall routine filmed several times for different companies – here, for Pathé Frères in 1907.
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two | The Newly Restored 1928 Silents - Trailer [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2024-09-20 | AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AT flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyFollowing their initial pairing in early 1927, Laurel and Hardy ended their first year on top. Their success moving into 1928 galvanized the efforts of everyone at Hal Roach Studios (including famed director Leo McCarey), who proudly upped their game in support of the winning comedy duo. Whether wreaking accidental havoc as a two-man band, doing battle against one another as millionaire and butler, or even becoming grave robbers for a mad scientist, Laurel and Hardy prove in their second year that they have what it takes to not only win over audiences in the twilight of the silent era, but generate enough momentum to make a successful transition to “talkies” in 1929.Although their names are synonymous with the very idea of comedy, few of the original negatives for Laurel and Hardy’s early silent work survive, elements only available from scattered sources throughout the world, often in substantially less than pristine shape. It took the team at Blackhawk Films four years to gather all surviving film elements, to meticulously compare them shot by shot, and to complete the best digital restorations possible. Today, these beloved shorts look as new as they did nearly a century ago.Featuring all new restorations sourced from best available materials contributed by archives and collectors around the world restored by Blackhawk Films® and FPA Classics, this comprehensive deluxe Blu-ray 2-Disc collection features their ten 1928 films as a team and additional films from the Hal Roach Studios that showcase their final solo short film appearances, as well as the shift from silent films to films featuring music and synchronized sound effects.Shorts on the Laurel & Hardy: Year Two set include:Leave 'em Laughing The Finishing TouchFrom Soup to NutsYou're Darn Tootin'Their Purple MomentShould Married Men Go Home?Early to BedTwo TarsHabeas CorpusWe Faw DownEach film features a newly recorded score from some of the best silent film composers working today, including Andreas Benz, Neil Brand, Robert Israel, and Jean-François Zygel. The release is curated by film historians and Laurel and Hardy specialists; Randy Skretvedt, Richard W. Bann, Serge Bromberg, and Eric Lange.BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDE:• Audio Commentary Tracks – For each film by historians and authors Randy Skretvedt and Richard W. Bann• Exclusive, Rare Audio – Featuring Anita Garvin, Thomas Benton Roberts, and Hal Roach, from personal interviews conducted by historian Randy Skretvedt• Additional Musical Scores – Alternate audio options, including fully restored original 1928 Vitaphone tracks on Habeas Corpus and We Faw Down, and vintage Blackhawk Films® scores on You're Darn Tootin' and Two Tars• Laurel & Hardy: On Location in Year Two – A video essay by historian John Bengtson on selected location exteriors• Now I’ll Tell One (1927) – A rare fragment of a Charley Chase two-reeler featuring appearances by both Stan & Ollie• Eve’s Love Letters (1927) – One of Stan Laurel’s final solo films, directed by Leo McCarey and written by Laurel himself, from rare 35mm elements• Galloping Ghosts (1928) – Two surviving fragments of a rare solo Oliver Hardy comedy• A Pair of Tights (1928) – A short starring Anita Garvin and Marion Byron, who were teamed to try and replicate the success of Laurel and Hardy• George Mann’s Home Movies – From behind the scenes of Hal Roach Studios, including the filming of Should Married Men go Home? • A Complete, 20-minute Interview – By Tony Thomas with Stan Laurel, recorded in January 1959, the year after Oliver Hardy’s death• Film Specific Image Galleries – Containing original publicity materials, press reviews, and rare production stills • Souvenir Booklet – Containing a new collection introduction by Serge Bromberg and Eric Lange; A look at the supporting players and other creative personnel in the world of Hal Roach Studios by historian Sara Imogen Smith; A new essay exploring the development of the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system in 1928 by Randy Skredvedt; and comprehensive notes on each film• English SDH Subtitles• Blu-ray Authoring by David Mackenzie of Fidelity In Motion• All Region Encoding (A,B,C)
Railroaded (1968) Short Film Trailer Flicker Alley Clips 2024-09-06 | A short absurdist comedy, directed by Harrison Engle and featuring the first film score by Philip Glass. Mark Epstein stars as the Little Man and Donald Moore as the station master.Available now for digital rental and purpose at vimeo.com/ondemand/railroaded
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two | Early to Bed (1928) - Clip [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2024-08-14 | Available in the Blu-ray edition of LAUREL & HARDY: YEAR TWO at flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyFollowing their initial pairing in early 1927, Laurel and Hardy ended their first year on top. Their success moving into 1928 galvanized the efforts of everyone at Hal Roach Studios (including famed director Leo McCarey), who proudly upped their game in support of the winning comedy duo. Whether wreaking accidental havoc as a two-man band, doing battle against one another as millionaire and butler, or even becoming grave robbers for a mad scientist, Laurel and Hardy prove in their second year that they have what it takes to not only win over audiences in the twilight of the silent era, but generate enough momentum to make a successful transition to “talkies” in 1929.Although their names are synonymous with the very idea of comedy, few of the original negatives for Laurel and Hardy’s early silent work survive, elements only available from scattered sources throughout the world, often in substantially less than pristine shape. It took the team at Blackhawk Films four years to gather all surviving film elements, to meticulously compare them shot by shot, and to complete the best digital restorations possible. Today, these beloved shorts look as new as they did nearly a century ago.Featuring all new restorations sourced from best available materials contributed by archives and collectors around the world restored by Blackhawk Films® and FPA Classics, this comprehensive deluxe Blu-ray 2-Disc collection features their ten 1928 films as a team and additional films from the Hal Roach Studios that showcase their final solo short film appearances, as well as the shift from silent films to films featuring music and synchronized sound effects.Shorts on the Laurel & Hardy: Year Two set include:Leave 'em LaughingThe Finishing TouchFrom Soup to NutsYou're Darn Tootin'Their Purple MomentShould Married Men Go Home?Early to BedTwo TarsHabeas CorpusWe Faw DownEach film features a newly recorded score from some of the best silent film composers working today, including Neil Brand, Antonio Coppola, and Andrea Benz. The release is curated by film historians and Laurel and Hardy specialists; Randy Skretvedt, Richard W. Bann, Serge Bromberg, and Eric Lange.BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDE:• Audio Commentary Tracks – For each film by historians and authors Randy Skretvedt and Richard W. Bann• Exclusive, Rare Audio – Featuring Anita Garvin, Thomas Benton Roberts, and Hal Roach, from personal interviews conducted by historian Randy Skretvedt• Additional Musical Scores – Alternate audio options, including fully restored original 1928 Vitaphone tracks on Habeas Corpus and We Faw Down• Laurel & Hardy On-Location in Year Two – A video essay by historian John Bengtson on selected location exteriors• Eve’s Love Letters (1927) – One of Stan Laurel’s final solo films, directed by Leo McCarey and written by Laurel himself, from rare 35mm elements• Galloping Ghosts (1928) – Two surviving fragments of a rare solo Oliver Hardy comedy• A Pair of Tights (1928) – A short starring Anita Garvin and Marion Byron, who were teamed to try and replicate the success of Laurel and Hardy• George Mann’s Home Movies – From behind the scenes of Hal Roach Studios, including the filming of Should Married Men go Home• A Complete, 20-minute Interview – By Tony Thomas with Stan Laurel, recorded in January 1959, the year after Oliver Hardy’s death• Film Specific Image Galleries – Containing original publicity materials, press reviews, and rare production stills• Souvenir Booklet – Containing a new collection introduction by Serge Bromberg and Eric Lange; A look at the supporting players and other creative personnel in the world of Hal Roach Studios by historian Sara Imogen Smith; A new essay exploring the development of the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system in 1928 by Randy Skredvedt; and comprehensive notes on each film• English SDH Subtitles• Blu-ray Authoring by David Mackenzie of Fidelity In Motion• All Region Encoding (A,B,C)
Cineramas South Seas Adventure (1958) | Surfing Waikīkī - Clip [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2024-08-14 | AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY / DVD AT flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyIn a new, digital reincarnation, “Cinerama transports you to lush tropic islands…adventure-splashed with a thousand excitements!”Cinerama South Seas Adventure proved to be the 5th and last of the original, 3-panel Cinerama travelogues. Released in 1958, and 4 months after the 3-panel competitor, Windjammer: The Voyage of the Christian Radich, it is at moments similar, although overall an entirely different tale than previously seen in the format. With a partial narration by Orson Welles, the picture also, surprisingly may be the first to chronicle primitive bungee jumping.Five separate stories are dramatized, woven out of a series of theoretical, island-hopping voyages that start en route to Hawaii, and after traversing the South Seas as far as Australia, end up flying back home from Honolulu.In between, through both an adventurous shipboard passenger, a returning American WWII veteran, and the enthused narration, we're taken island hopping to stops in places lush, tranquil, and inviting, like Tahiti, Tonga and Fiji, then to the even more exotic, primitive Pentecost Island. Native dancing and song are celebrated alongside cultures and customs spanning thousands of years. Sailing onward to New Zealand, we're reminded it's also an island, in fact two, with an unexpected geography including volcanoes and snow-covered mountain ranges. From there we travel on to Australia, where we follow the arrival of a new European immigrant man and his young daughter, as they get accustomed to native animals like koalas and kangaroos, and then settle in for a new life in the "outback". There, they become integral in stories illustrating life in such isolated areas, including both the "School of the Air", a classroom conducted over the radio and the Flying Doctor Service, similarly radio-dispatched.BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDE:• Feature Length Audio Commentary - With Cinerama historian David Coles and actress Ramine Seaman.• Renault Dauphine - An original and rare Cinerama promotional film for the car company Renault as presented in its unique, three-panel format.• The Wake of Captain Cook - A short film by producer and director Carl Dudley, which takes you behind-the-scenes of South Seas Adventure.• Family Interview - With Carol Dudley Katzka, daughter of the producer/director of South Seas Adventure, Carl Dudley.• Crew Interview - Excerpts from a fascinating interview with original production staff member Saul Cooper.• Brand New Behind-the-Scenes Slideshow• A 28-Page Booklet - Reproduction of the original program, as seen by viewers of the film's first theatrical showing.
If I Should Die Before I Wake (Si muero antes de despertar, 1952) - Clip [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2024-06-26 | AVAILABLE ON THE "NEVER OPEN THAT DOOR" BLU-RAY / DVD AT flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyPreserved by the Film Noir Foundation in 2013 and now beautifully restored through the UCLA Film & Television Archive, Never Open That Door (No abras nunca esa puerta) is a significant example of the cross-cultural cinematic legacy shared by the United States and Argentina during the post-WWII era. Based on two short stories by American master of suspense fiction Cornell Woolrich (Rear Window, Phantom Lady, The Bride Wore Black), the film is brilliantly directed by Argentine filmmaker Carlos Hugo Christensen with extraordinary cinematography by Pablo Tabernero. Says FNF founder Eddie Muller about this recent restoration, “It is a revelation to experience the work of an all-American author, in Spanish, and rendered as well – or perhaps better – than any Hollywood adaptation of his work.”Never Open That Door is one of the most evocative realizations of Woolrich ever produced, featuring masterful sequences of sustained suspense. Said Buenos Aires film critic Horacio Bernades, “Rarely has an Argentine film been more purely cinematic than this.” Originally a three-part anthology of Woolrich tales, Never Open That Door was released separately from the 73-minute film If I Should Die Before I Wake (Si muero antes de despertar) adapted by screenwriter Alejandro Casona and Christensen. An exceedingly rare archival conservation scan of If I Should Die Before I Wake is featured in this publication. Bonus Materials Include:• If I Should Die Before I Wake (Si muero antes de despertar, 1952) - an exceedingly rare archival conservation scan of Carlos Hugo Christensen's third part of the film trilogy• Audio Commentary for Never Open That Door (No abras nunca esa puerta) - by author and film historian Guido Segal• Cornell Woolrich: Fear Has No Borders (2024) - produced by Steven C. Smith and writer/film historian Alan K. Rode, and featuring interviews with writer/film historians Gary Phillips, Maria Elena de las Carreras, Halley Sutton, and Alan K. Rode. Featuring additional remarks by author, film historian, and "noirchaeologist" Eddie Muller• Preserving Memory: Fernando Martín Peña on Argentine Cinema (2024) - Peña is a cinema historian and Argentina's leading film archivist• Souvenir Booklet - with rare original photographs and ephemera• New English Subtitled Translations• Spanish SDH Subtitles• Reversible Cover Artwork• Blu-ray / DVD Authoring by David Mackenzie of Fidelity In Motion• All Region Encoding (A,B,C/0)
Pie-Eyed (1925) | Starring Stan Laurel - Clip [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2024-06-26 | Available in the Blu-ray Disc edition of LAUREL OR HARDY: EARLY FILMS OF STAN LAUREL AND OLIVER HARDY at flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyLaurel and Hardy became cinematic legends together, but before they were ever hauling pianos or throwing pies as a hilarious and unforgettable comedic duo, each had to develop as an individual artist and performer. Laurel or Hardy: Early Films of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, as proudly presented by Flicker Alley, the Library of Congress, and Blackhawk Films®, offers fans new and old the rare opportunity to track the early solo careers of two comedy icons. Featuring all new 2K restorations sourced from materials contributed by archives and collectors around the world, this comprehensive 2-disc Blu-ray collection features 35 films and includes new scores from some of the best silent film composers working today.Arthur Stanley Jefferson comes from the British vaudeville scene, and was at one time Chaplin's understudy. Oliver Norvell Hardy, a comedian born on film, worked steadily for years in Hollywood and built his notoriety in over 300 roles. Although the two had different styles and came from distinct backgrounds, they followed similar creative paths, each marked with trials, errors, successes, and the occasional strokes of genius. Along the way, they made millions of people laugh, offering ample evidence of the incredible individual talents that would eventually merge together to create one of the greatest comedy duos in all of film history.Stan Laurel Films:Bears and Bad Men (1918); The Egg (1922); A Weak-End Party (1922); The Pest (1922); When Knights Were Cold (1923); The Handy Man (1923); Pick and Shovel (1923); Collars and Cuffs (1923); Gas and Air (1923); A Man About Town (1923); The Whole Truth (1923); Brothers Under the Chin (1924); Zeb Vs. Paprika (1924); Wide Open Spaces (1924); Detained (1924); Twins (1925); Pie-Eyed (1925)Oliver Hardy Films:Mother's Baby Boy (1914); The Servant Girl's Legacy (1914); An Expensive Visit (1915); A Lucky Strike (1915); The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford: The Lilac Splash (1915); The Serenade (1916); Hungry Hearts (1916); The Candy Trail (1916); The Chief Cook (1917); Hello Trouble (1918); Married to Order (1918); He's In Again (1918); The Rent Collector (1921); The Bakery (1921); The Show (1922); Rivals (1925); Wandering Papas (1926); Say It With Babies (1926)
Never Open That Door (No abras nunca esa puerta, 1952) | Somebody on the Phone - Clip [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2024-05-30 | AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY / DVD AT flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlley"This extraordinary 1952 Argentinian noir … is probably the most bedarkened, beshadowed film I've seen, full of extreme closeups, unexpected sound effects and music. It deserves to be restored and reissued." - Paul SchraderPreserved by the Film Noir Foundation in 2013 and now beautifully restored through the UCLA Film & Television Archive, Never Open That Door (No abras nunca esa puerta) is a significant example of the cross-cultural cinematic legacy shared by the United States and Argentina during the post-WWII era. Based on two short stories by American master of suspense fiction Cornell Woolrich (Rear Window, Phantom Lady, The Bride Wore Black), the film is brilliantly directed by Argentine filmmaker Carlos Hugo Christensen with extraordinary cinematography by Pablo Tabernero. Says FNF founder Eddie Muller about this recent restoration, “It is a revelation to experience the work of an all-American author, in Spanish, and rendered as well – or perhaps better – than any Hollywood adaptation of his work.”Never Open That Door is one of the most evocative realizations of Woolrich ever produced, featuring masterful sequences of sustained suspense. Said Buenos Aires film critic Horacio Bernades, “Rarely has an Argentine film been more purely cinematic than this.” Originally a three-part anthology of Woolrich tales, Never Open That Door was released separately from the 73-minute film If I Should Die Before I Wake (Si muero antes de despertar) adapted by screenwriter Alejandro Casona and Christensen. An exceedingly rare archival conservation scan of If I Should Die Before I Wake is featured in this publication. Bonus Materials Include:• If I Should Die Before I Wake (Si muero antes de despertar, 1952) - an exceedingly rare archival conservation scan of Carlos Hugo Christensen's third part of the film trilogy• Audio Commentary for Never Open That Door (No abras nunca esa puerta) - by author and film historian Guido Segal• Cornell Woolrich: Fear Has No Borders (2024) - produced by Steven C. Smith and writer/film historian Alan K. Rode, and featuring interviews with writer/film historians Gary Phillips, Maria Elena de las Carreras, Halley Sutton, and Alan K. Rode. Featuring additional remarks by author, film historian, and "noirchaeologist" Eddie Muller• Preserving Memory: Fernando Martín Peña on Argentine Cinema (2024) - Peña is a cinema historian and Argentina's leading film archivist• Souvenir Booklet - with rare original photographs and ephemera• New English Subtitled Translations• Spanish SDH Subtitles• Reversible Cover Artwork• Blu-ray / DVD Authoring by David Mackenzie of Fidelity In Motion• All Region Encoding (A,B,C/0)
Sherlock Holmes (1916) | Meeting with Moriarty - Clip [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2024-05-22 | AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY / DVD AT flickeralley.comAVAILABLE TO STREAM AT vimeo.com/ondemand/sherlockholmesInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyLong considered lost until a complete dupe negative was identified in the vaults of La Cinémathèque française in 2014, this William Gillette film is a vital missing link in the history of Sherlock Holmes on screen. By the time it was produced at Essanay Studios in 1916, Gillette had been established as the world’s foremost interpreter of Holmes on stage—having played him approximately 1300 times since his 1899 debut. This newly-restored edition, thanks to the monumental efforts of both the San Francisco Silent Film Festival and La Cinémathèque française, represents the sole surviving appearance of Gillette’s Holmes on film. Presented with optional French and English intertitles and an original score composed and performed by Neil Brand, Guenter Buchwald, and Frank Bockius, Flicker Alley is honored to bring Sherlock Holmes onto Blu-ray and DVD for the first time ever.The film faithfully retains the play’s famous set pieces—Holmes’s encounter with Professor Moriarty, his daring escape from the Stepney Gas Chamber, and the tour-de-force deductions. It also illustrates how Gillette, who wrote the adaptation himself, wove bits from Conan Doyle’s stories ranging from “A Scandal in Bohemia” to “The Final Problem,” into an original, innovative mystery play.Film restorer Robert Byrne says, “It’s an amazing privilege to work with these reels that have been lost for generations. William Gillette’s Sherlock Holmes has ranked among the holy grails of lost film and my first glimpse of the footage confirms Gillette’s magnetism. Audiences are going to be blown away when they see the original Sherlock Holmes on screen for the first time.”BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDE:• Two Complete Versions of the Film - The original French-language version as discovered at La Cinémathèque française, as well as an English-language version with intertitles translated from the French.• From Lost to Found: Restoring William Gillette’s Sherlock Holmes - Presented by film restorer Robert Byrne at the 2015 San Francisco Silent Film Festival.• Sherlock Holmes Baffled (1900) - Courtesy of the Library of Congress and presented in high definition, this is the earliest known film to feature the character of Sherlock Holmes.• A Canine Sherlock (1912) - From the EYE Film Institute, the film stars Spot the Dog as the titular character.• Più forte che Sherlock Holmes (1913) - Also from the EYE Film Institute, this entertaining Italian trick-film owes as much to Méliès as it does Doyle.• HD Transfers from the Fox Movietone Collection - Interview with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and outtakes from a 1930 newsreel with William Gillette showing off his amateur railroad (University of South Carolina).• A PDF Typescript - Of the 1899 Sherlock Holmes play by William Gillette.• A PDF of the Original Contract - Held between William Gillette and the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company.• A 20-Page Booklet - Featuring images from the film and information about the restoration project.
Der Hund von Baskerville (1929) | Dr. Watson on Alert - Clip [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2024-05-22 | AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY / DVD AT flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyRichard Oswald’s Der Hund von Baskerville, the last silent film starring Sherlock Holmes, has been less a legend than a rumor among cinephiles and Sherlockians. This seven-reel film, with its long pedigree extending back to a German stage play written while Germany was at war with England, has been regarded as the most important of the ‘Hound’ made in Europe. Long considered lost, it was the last silent Sherlock Holmes film ever made, produced when German studios were the envy of the world. Seen here in two versions, one with English titles and one entirely in German with titles based on the original German censor records, Hund lives again accompanied by a new ensemble score from the incomparable Günter Buchwald, Frank Bockius and Sascha Jacobsen.Starring Carlyle Blackwell Sr. (Sherlock Holmes), George Seroff (Dr. Watson) and Fitz Rasp (Stapleton), this version of Der Hund is a deluxe makeover made during the dying days of the silent era. Much has been refined, but we are still in a world of secret passages behind sliding panels that lead to torture chambers, death traps, and a hiding place for the malodorous hound.The project to restore and preserve Der Hund von Baskerville is a collaboration between Filmoteka Narodowa and the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, overseen by film preservationist Rob Byrne. This exciting rediscovery comes from an original 35mm Czech distribution, unseen until now from a private collection.BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDE:• Der Hund von Baskerville (1914) - Richard Oswald had directed an earlier adaptation of Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles: the 1914 film Der Hund von Baskerville. This remarkable and complicated film restoration has been made available for the first time, courtesy of the Filmmuseum Muenchen (Munich Filmmuseum), accompanied with a score by Joachim Bärenz. (BLU-RAY ONLY)• Arthur Conan Doyle and The Hound of the Baskervilles - A featurette exploring the link Conan Doyle's story has across cultures.• Restoring Richard Oswald's Der Hund Von Baskerville - Presented by film historian Rob Byrne, this featurette gives a complete picture of how this film made its return for new audiences to enjoy.• An Illustrated Booklet Essay - By film historian Russell Merritt.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1927) | Sherlock Holmes & Spiritualism - Optical Sound [4K] Flicker Alley Clips 2024-05-22 | Discover more cinematic gems and rare oddities at flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyU.S.A. (filmed in England), 1927Production: Ben Miggins for Fox-Case MovietoneNewsreel and actuality films were the first Fox sound productions. Ben Miggins brought a Movietone sound truck to Europe where he recorded, among others, Mussolini, G. B. Shaw, Kipling, the deposed Kaiser Wilhelm, and Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes and Professor Challenger.
Never Open That Door (No abras nunca esa puerta, 1952) | The Humming Bird Comes Home - Clip [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2024-04-26 | AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER ON BLU-RAY / DVD AT flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlley"This extraordinary 1952 Argentinian noir … is probably the most bedarkened, beshadowed film I've seen, full of extreme closeups, unexpected sound effects and music. It deserves to be restored and reissued." - Paul SchraderPreserved by the Film Noir Foundation in 2013 and now beautifully restored through the UCLA Film & Television Archive, Never Open That Door (No abras nunca esa puerta) is a significant example of the cross-cultural cinematic legacy shared by the United States and Argentina during the post-WWII era. Based on two short stories by American master of suspense fiction Cornell Woolrich (Rear Window, Phantom Lady, The Bride Wore Black), the film is brilliantly directed by Argentine filmmaker Carlos Hugo Christensen with extraordinary cinematography by Pablo Tabernero. Says FNF founder Eddie Muller about this recent restoration, “It is a revelation to experience the work of an all-American author, in Spanish, and rendered as well – or perhaps better – than any Hollywood adaptation of his work.”Never Open That Door is one of the most evocative realizations of Woolrich ever produced, featuring masterful sequences of sustained suspense. Said Buenos Aires film critic Horacio Bernades, “Rarely has an Argentine film been more purely cinematic than this.” Originally a three-part anthology of Woolrich tales, Never Open That Door was released separately from the 73-minute film If I Should Die Before I Wake (Si muero antes de despertar) adapted by screenwriter Alejandro Casona and Christensen. An exceedingly rare archival conservation scan of If I Should Die Before I Wake is featured in this publication. Bonus Materials Include:• If I Should Die Before I Wake (Si muero antes de despertar, 1952) - an exceedingly rare archival conservation scan of Carlos Hugo Christensen's third part of the film trilogy• Audio Commentary for Never Open That Door (No abras nunca esa puerta) - by author and film historian Guido Segal• Cornell Woolrich: Fear Has No Borders (2024) - produced by Steven C. Smith and writer/film historian Alan K. Rode, and featuring interviews with writer/film historians Gary Phillips, Maria Elena de las Carreras, Halley Sutton, and Alan K. Rode. Featuring additional remarks by author, film historian, and "noirchaeologist" Eddie Muller• Preserving Memory: Fernando Martín Peña on Argentine Cinema (2024) - Peña is a cinema historian and Argentina's leading film archivist• Souvenir Booklet - with rare original photographs and ephemera• New English Subtitled Translations• Spanish SDH Subtitles• Reversible Cover Artwork• Blu-ray / DVD Authoring by David Mackenzie of Fidelity In Motion• All Region Encoding (A,B,C/0)
Lights Out in Europe (1940) | Directed by Herbert Kline - Hyde Park Orators [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2024-04-26 | AGAINST THE STORM: HERBERT KLINE IN A DARKENED EUROPE IS AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AT flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyFlicker Alley is proud to present a pair of new restorations of decisive and timely documentaries by filmmaker Herbert Kline from the collection of The Museum of Modern Art. Crisis: A Film of “The Nazi Way” and Lights Out in Europe, both previously unavailable, now beautifully restored by MoMA, will be available in a brand-new Blu-ray Disc edition titled Against the Storm: Herbert Kline in a Darkened Europe, with generous underwriting and funding from Sunrise Foundation for Education and the Arts. The National Center for Jewish Film served as fiscal sponsor.In 1940, one year after filming the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Hitler’s forces, Herbert Kline and his team traveled to Warsaw and England to pursue and document the feared Nazi invasion of Poland. Narrated by Academy Award winning actor, Fredric March, the surviving recordings of these life threatening events would serve as evidence of the outbreak of the Second World War, bringing about one of the first completed and distributed documentaries on one of the most destructive international conflicts in history; Lights Out in Europe.Bonus Materials Include:• Audio Commentary for Crisis: A Film of “The Nazi Way” - by cultural historian Thomas Doherty• Audio Commentary for Lights Out in Europe - by film historian Maria Elena de las Carreras• Peace! The Four Power Conference (1938) - A Pathé Gazette newsreel profiling the delegates at the Four-Power conference in Munich, and Neville Chamberlain's return with Hitler's signature and hope of peace• The White Eagle (1942) - Directed by Eugeniusz Cekalski, this Academy Award-nominated documentary short narrated by Leslie Howard shows the exiled Polish community in Britain, retaining their distinct political and cultural identity while continuing alongside the British military struggle against Germany• Image Gallery - Archival images and promotional materials from the Museum of Modern Art and Syracuse University Special Collections Research Center• Souvenir Booklet - A new essay detailing the films’ production and distribution by cultural historian Thomas Doherty; Conservation notes by MoMA Department of Film Curator, Dave Kehr.Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
The Property Man (1914) | Charlie Chaplin | HD Preservation Flicker Alley Clips 2024-04-26 | Discover more cinematic gems and rare oddities at flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyThe Property ManFinished and shipped: July 20, 1914 Released: August 1, 1914Scenario: Charles Chaplin Producer: Mack SennettDirector: Charles Chaplin Length: Two reelsCharlie is a property man in a vaudeville theater who must contend with the many demands of the various acts—the comediennes “The Goo-Goo Sisters,” the strongman “Garlico,” and the dramatic sketch artistes “George Ham and Lena Fat.” Rehearsal goes poorly, as does the first performance, and the film ends with Charlie ending an argument by turning on the fire hose and deluging the entire company and the audience.Chaplin’s first two-reel comedy as director/ scenarist/star once again draws upon the Karno sketch Mumming Birds as a source of inspiration (especially the burlesque of terrible stage acts). The Property Man was Chaplin’s first film set in a vaudeville theater/ music hall. He would subsequently return to the theatrical world with the films A Night in the Show (1915), A Dog’s Life (1918), and Limelight (1952).Despite the many elements of crudeness and cruelty in the Chaplin Keystone comedies, commentators throughout the years have cited The Property Man as being especially cruel. The first critical complaint was expressed by Moving Picture World in their review of the film, “There is some brutality in this picture and we can’t help feeling this is reprehensible. What human being can see an old man kicked in the face and count it fun?” Evidently Charlie’s treatment of the elderly assistant property man as well as Garlico’s treatment of Charlie hit a nerve with some audiences, despite the broad caricature of the clowning — and the resilience of the clowns themselves — that Chaplin employs in this comedy.
The Rent Collector (1921) | Starring Larry Semon & Babe Hardy - Clip [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2024-03-29 | Available in the Blu-ray Disc edition of LAUREL OR HARDY: EARLY FILMS OF STAN LAUREL AND OLIVER HARDY at flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyLaurel and Hardy became cinematic legends together, but before they were ever hauling pianos or throwing pies as a hilarious and unforgettable comedic duo, each had to develop as an individual artist and performer. Laurel or Hardy: Early Films of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, as proudly presented by Flicker Alley, the Library of Congress, and Blackhawk Films®, offers fans new and old the rare opportunity to track the early solo careers of two comedy icons. Featuring all new 2K restorations sourced from materials contributed by archives and collectors around the world, this comprehensive 2-disc Blu-ray collection features 35 films and includes new scores from some of the best silent film composers working today.Arthur Stanley Jefferson comes from the British vaudeville scene, and was at one time Chaplin's understudy. Oliver Norvell Hardy, a comedian born on film, worked steadily for years in Hollywood and built his notoriety in over 300 roles. Although the two had different styles and came from distinct backgrounds, they followed similar creative paths, each marked with trials, errors, successes, and the occasional strokes of genius. Along the way, they made millions of people laugh, offering ample evidence of the incredible individual talents that would eventually merge together to create one of the greatest comedy duos in all of film history.Stan Laurel Films:Bears and Bad Men (1918); The Egg (1922); A Weak-End Party (1922); The Pest (1922); When Knights Were Cold (1923); The Handy Man (1923); Pick and Shovel (1923); Collars and Cuffs (1923); Gas and Air (1923); A Man About Town (1923); The Whole Truth (1923); Brothers Under the Chin (1924); Zeb Vs. Paprika (1924); Wide Open Spaces (1924); Detained (1924); Twins (1925); Pie-Eyed (1925)Oliver Hardy Films:Mother's Baby Boy (1914); The Servant Girl's Legacy (1914); An Expensive Visit (1915); A Lucky Strike (1915); The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford: The Lilac Splash (1915); The Serenade (1916); Hungry Hearts (1916); The Candy Trail (1916); The Chief Cook (1917); Hello Trouble (1918); Married to Order (1918); He's In Again (1918); The Rent Collector (1921); The Bakery (1921); The Show (1922); Rivals (1925); Wandering Papas (1926); Say It With Babies (1926)
El vampiro negro (The Black Vampire, 1953) | Argentine Noir - Clip [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2024-03-29 | AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY / DVD AT flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyA virtually unknown remake of M, Fritz Lang’s seminal 1931 thriller, El vampiro negro (The Black Vampire) is a revisionist take on the tale by Argentine director Román Viñoly Barreto. Thanks to the diligent efforts of the Film Noir Foundation, a stunning restoration of the film was created by UCLA Film & Television Archive, now presented in its first-ever home video release – with special thanks to Fernando Martín Peña and Argentina Sono Film.Argentine beauty Olga Zubarry stars as a cabaret performer trying to protect her young daughter (Gogó) from a mysterious murderer while parrying the advances of the prosecutor (Roberto Escalada) pursuing the killer. Nathán Pinzón, who also appeared in Viñoly Barreto’s The Beast Must Die (La bestia debe morir) a year earlier, gives an impressive against-type performance as the disturbed pedophile hiding in plain sight.This variation on Fritz Lang’s classic is a proto-feminist reimagining of the tale, focusing on the lives of female characters ignored in the earlier iterations. The film’s brooding cinematography (by Aníbal González Paz) enhances Olga Zubarry’s exceptional performance, which won her the Argentine Film Critics Association award for Best Actress. El vampiro negro (The Black Vampire) is a significant rediscovery in cinema history, and, thanks to the dedication of the Film Noir Foundation and its partners at UCLA Film & Television Archive, it is now available in a beautiful Blu-ray/DVD dual-format edition packed with special features.BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDE:• Introduction to El vampiro negro (The Black Vampire) – by author, film historian, and “noirchaeologist” Eddie Muller• The 3 Faces of “M” – a critical comparison of the three versions of M, produced by Steven C. Smith and writer/film historian Alan K. Rode, and featuring interviews with writer/film historian Imogen Sara Smith, biographer Patrick McGilligan, biographer Stephen Youngkin, film critic Beth Accomando, Eddie Muller, and Alan K. Rode• Art in the Blood – an interview with visual artist Daniel Viñoly, son of visionary director Román Viñoly Barreto• Audio Commentary– by Argentina’s leading film archivist and cinema historian Fernando Martín Peña• Souvenir Booklet – featuring an essay by Imogen Sara Smith, with rare original photographs, posters, and ephemera• English Subtitles and Spanish SDH Subtitles• Reversible Cover Artwork
Crisis: A Film of The Nazi Way (1939) | Against the Storm - Clip [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2024-02-27 | AGAINST THE STORM: HERBERT KLINE IN A DARKENED EUROPE IS AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AT flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyFlicker Alley is proud to present a pair of new restorations of decisive and timely documentaries by filmmaker Herbert Kline from the collection of The Museum of Modern Art. Crisis: A Film of “The Nazi Way” and Lights Out in Europe, both previously unavailable, now beautifully restored by MoMA, will be available in a brand-new Blu-ray Disc edition titled Against the Storm: Herbert Kline in a Darkened Europe, with generous underwriting and funding from Sunrise Foundation for Education and the Arts. The National Center for Jewish Film served as fiscal sponsor.Herbert Kline made his breakthrough documentary Crisis: A Film of “The Nazi Way” as the storm clouds of impending war gathered over Europe in 1938. Narrated by illustrious American stage, film, and television actor, Leif Erickson, the film, which captures with evocative camerawork and ominous clarity the lead-up to the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, was shot at great personal risk to Kline and his crew members. Kline, a Jew born in Chicago and raised in Iowa, was in his late 20s when he began filming in the Sudeten region bordering Germany, and took on the hair-raising task of not only passing as a Nazi sympathizer in order to complete the project, but also smuggling the footage out of the Prague airport past Gestapo guards. The result is one of the first anti-Hitler documentaries ever made, and a fascinating historical and cinematic document.In 1940, one year after filming the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Hitler’s forces, Herbert Kline and his team traveled to Warsaw and England to pursue and document the feared Nazi invasion of Poland. Narrated by Academy Award winning actor, Fredric March, the surviving recordings of these life threatening events would serve as evidence of the outbreak of the Second World War, bringing about one of the first completed and distributed documentaries on one of the most destructive international conflicts in history; Lights Out in Europe.Bonus Materials Include:• Audio Commentary for Crisis: A Film of “The Nazi Way” - by cultural historian Thomas Doherty• Audio Commentary for Lights Out in Europe - by film historian Maria Elena de las Carreras• Peace! The Four Power Conference (1938) - A Pathé Gazette newsreel profiling the delegates at the Four-Power conference in Munich, and Neville Chamberlain's return with Hitler's signature and hope of peace• The White Eagle (1942) - Directed by Eugeniusz Cekalski, this Academy Award-nominated documentary short narrated by Leslie Howard shows the exiled Polish community in Britain, retaining their distinct political and cultural identity while continuing alongside the British military struggle against Germany• Image Gallery - Archival images and promotional materials from the Museum of Modern Art and Syracuse University Special Collections Research Center• Souvenir Booklet - A new essay detailing the films’ production and distribution by cultural historian Thomas Doherty; Conservation notes by MoMA Department of Film Curator, Dave Kehr.Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Mauvaise Graine (Bad Seed, 1934) | Directed by Billy Wilder & Alexander Esway - Clip [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2024-02-27 | FRENCH REVELATIONS: FANFARE D’AMOUR (FANFARE OF LOVE) & MAUVAISE GRAINE (BAD SEED) IS AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AT flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyFlicker Alley and the Blackhawk Films® Collection are proud to present a pair of newly remastered, or otherwise unavailable French rarities, Fanfare d’amour (1935) and Mauvaise Graine (1934), now beautifully restored and presented in a brand-new Flicker Fusion Blu-ray Disc edition.Mauvaise Graine centers around Henri Pasquier (Pierre Mingand), a rich playboy who enjoys careening around Paris in his shiny Buick. When his father forces him to sell the car, Henri suffers a class-related existential crisis, and falls in with a local car theft gang in an attempt to get his Buick back. In doing so he not only learns about the underbelly of working for a living, but also falls for the sweetly seductive Jeannette (screen legend Danielle Darrieux, here only 16 years old). Billy Wilder made his directorial debut with Mauvaise Graine during a brief stay in Paris, sandwiched between his escaping the rise of Nazism in 1933 Berlin and heading to the United States via Mexico. The film is remarkable for its use of on-location exteriors, from the streets of Paris to the port of Marseille, and Wilder's creative use of mounting cameras to cars creates a visceral aesthetic that foreshadowed French New Wave films like Breathless by about 25 years. This restoration of Mauvaise Graine is based on a 16mm safety dupe negative made from rare, original printing materials from the Blackhawk Films collection, that have been scanned in HD for this edition.
The Lost Kennedy Home Movies (2011) | Jackie & Johns Wedding - Clip [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2024-02-27 | AVAILABLE TO STREAM AT:flickeralley.vhx.tv/products/facets-of-film-seriesvimeo.com/ondemand/facetsoffilmseriesamazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0CVF77WXB/ref=atv_un_ou8_c_EPZxQb_brws_2_1?jic=8%7CEgR0dm9kInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyGathered from archives and attics and now seen for the first time, The Lost Kennedy Home Movies, by celebrated filmmaker Harrison Engle (The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt), tells the story of the children of Joseph and Rose Kennedy, as they grew up in the 1930s and ‘40s through November 1963. The grainy, sun-streaked films provide behind-the-scenes views of the family at their Hyannis Port and Palm Beach homes, and on trips to Europe and Asia. Featured are never-before-seen home movies by Robert, Ethel, and John F. Kennedy, all shot in a wonderfully off-the-cuff style. Interviews with family friends and distinguished historians contribute to this moving portrait of a larger-than-life American family, and highlight an era that Jacqueline Kennedy would later describe as “Camelot” – bright, brief, and now indelibly iconic. The Lost Kennedy Home Movies is an SFM/Signal Hill Entertainment production, narrated by Liev Schreiber.
Facets of Film Series - Trailer [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2024-02-01 | AVAILABLE TO STREAM AT:flickeralley.vhx.tv/products/facets-of-film-seriesvimeo.com/ondemand/facetsoffilmseriesInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyFlicker Alley is proud to premiere an exclusive digital only series, “Facets of Film,” showcasing historiographies of filmmaking movements, technologies, and styles, not often spotlighted, including early color and sound film developments, home movie-making from a remarkable political dynasty, and works from itinerant filmmakers from a century ago. These works include The Lost Kennedy Home Movies (2011), Cinema Finds Its Voice (2021), Cinema’s First Colors (2021), and When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose (1983).
The Lost Kennedy Home Movies (2011) | Facets of Film Series - Trailer [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2024-01-30 | AVAILABLE TO STREAM AT:flickeralley.vhx.tv/products/facets-of-film-seriesvimeo.com/ondemand/facetsoffilmseriesamazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0CVF77WXB/ref=atv_un_ou8_c_EPZxQb_brws_2_1?jic=8%7CEgR0dm9kInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyGathered from archives and attics and now seen for the first time, The Lost Kennedy Home Movies, by celebrated filmmaker Harrison Engle (The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt), tells the story of the children of Joseph and Rose Kennedy, as they grew up in the 1930s and ‘40s through November 1963. The grainy, sun-streaked films provide behind-the-scenes views of the family at their Hyannis Port and Palm Beach homes, and on trips to Europe and Asia. Featured are never-before-seen home movies by Robert, Ethel, and John F. Kennedy, all shot in a wonderfully off-the-cuff style. Interviews with family friends and distinguished historians contribute to this moving portrait of a larger-than-life American family, and highlight an era that Jacqueline Kennedy would later describe as “Camelot” – bright, brief, and now indelibly iconic. The Lost Kennedy Home Movies is an SFM/Signal Hill Entertainment production, narrated by Liev Schreiber.
Cinema Finds Its Voice (2021) | Facets of Film Series - Clip [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2024-01-30 | AVAILABLE TO STREAM AT:flickeralley.vhx.tv/products/facets-of-film-seriesvimeo.com/ondemand/facetsoffilmseriesInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyNarrated by Leonard Maltin, Cinema Finds Its Voice tells the story of how sound was paired with images in the early era of cinema. Although combining sound with image had been considered since the birth of cinema, the technology needed would take years of enhancements before the industry was completely overhauled. This documentary offers an in-depth look at the people behind-the-scenes and the technological innovations that culminated in Warner Brothers’ groundbreaking film, “The Jazz Singer” (1927); a renowned success that all but confirmed the industry’s conversion to the sound motion picture.
Cinemas First Colors (2021) | Facets of Film Series - Clip [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2024-01-30 | AVAILABLE TO STREAM AT:flickeralley.vhx.tv/products/facets-of-film-seriesvimeo.com/ondemand/facetsoffilmseriesInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyNarrated by Leonard Maltin, Cinema’s First Colors surveys the elaborate history of inventions and evolutions in early technology to bring color to the motion picture screen, from 18th-century pre-cinema to the dawn of Technicolor. Grounded in a wealth of recent scholarship and illustrated with rare ephemera and excerpts from restored films preserved in eighteen international archives, the film offers a visually rich, engaging narrative of scientists, technicians, and businessmen working together to satisfy our desire to see color in motion. Experience this influential story of progression and breakthrough that showcases color cinema’s gradual trajectory toward its status in mainstream feature production.
When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose (1983) | Facets of Film Series - Trailer [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2024-01-30 | AVAILABLE TO STREAM AT:flickeralley.vhx.tv/products/facets-of-film-seriesvimeo.com/ondemand/facetsoffilmseriesInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyIn the early 1980s, documentary filmmaker Stephen Schaller was instrumental in the rediscovery and restoration of The Lumberjack (1914), the oldest surviving film made in Wisconsin, and produced by a group of itinerant filmmakers who traveled from town to town making "local talent" pictures. Schaller's lovely and sometimes deeply emotional, 63-minute journal/essay film offers a look at the making of the Wausau, Wisconsin classic, including interviews with the one surviving cast member and the relatives of others who appeared in the movie. His investigation includes moving remembrances of the people and town of Wausau as it was, and even reveals the on-set accidental death of one of The Lumberjack's top cameramen. More than just a piece of local history, When You Wore a Tulip is also of interest to anyone who cares about film history and preservation. Discovering Schaller's gentle, artful movie is just as exciting as finding a lost family album.
Trapped (1949) | Film Noir - Clip [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2024-01-30 | AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY / DVD AT flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyBefore making Hollywood epics such as Tora! Tora! Tora! and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, director Richard Fleischer started his career with a series of low-budget B-features, often taking ripped-from-the-headlines tales of crime stories and spinning them into noir gold... of which an exquisite example is 1949's endlessly entertaining Trapped.A young Lloyd Bridges stars as hardboiled hood Tris Stewart, a convicted counterfeiter doing time in the Atlanta pen. When a fresh batch of fake bills starts circulating, treasury agents bail Stewart out to help lead them to the maker of the fake plates. But Tris double-crosses the Feds, hooking up with his gun-moll sweetie (22-year-old Barbara Payton in her breakout role). They plan to heist the plates and hightail it across the border. With the Feds closing in and the double-crosses piling up, Stewart finds himself between a rock and a hard place… and this time, he may be trapped for good!Although long sought by the Film Noir Foundation, Trapped was believed to have suffered the unfortunate fate of many B-films of the era—oblivion. But when a private collector deposited a 35mm acetate print at the Harvard Film Archive, the Film Noir Foundation and UCLA Film & Television Archive (with support from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Charitable Trust [The HFPA Trust]) sprang into action, restoring the film. The result, presented in a Blu-ray/DVD dual-format edition by Flicker Alley, honors the pitch-perfect performances, assured direction, and gorgeous cinematography of this edge-of-your-seat, noir classic.BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDE:• Freeing Trapped — A documentary on the film’s creation and history, featuring interviews with Eddie Muller, Donna Lethal, and others. Produced and Directed by Steven C. Smith.• A Sedulous Cinderella: Richard Fleischer Remembered — A remembrance of the man, the director, and the father, by his son Mark Fleischer. Produced and Directed by Steven C. Smith.• Audio Commentary Track — Featuring author Alan K. Rode and film historian Julie Kirgo.• 24-Page Souvenir Booklet — Featuring rare photographs, poster art, and commentary by “Czar of Noir” Eddie Muller.
Hungry Hearts (1916) | Starring Oliver Hardy - Clip [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2024-01-22 | Available in the Blu-ray Disc edition of LAUREL OR HARDY: EARLY FILMS OF STAN LAUREL AND OLIVER HARDY at flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyLaurel and Hardy became cinematic legends together, but before they were ever hauling pianos or throwing pies as a hilarious and unforgettable comedic duo, each had to develop as an individual artist and performer. Laurel or Hardy: Early Films of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, as proudly presented by Flicker Alley, the Library of Congress, and Blackhawk Films®, offers fans new and old the rare opportunity to track the early solo careers of two comedy icons. Featuring all new 2K restorations sourced from materials contributed by archives and collectors around the world, this comprehensive 2-disc Blu-ray collection features 35 films and includes new scores from some of the best silent film composers working today.Arthur Stanley Jefferson comes from the British vaudeville scene, and was at one time Chaplin's understudy. Oliver Norvell Hardy, a comedian born on film, worked steadily for years in Hollywood and built his notoriety in over 300 roles. Although the two had different styles and came from distinct backgrounds, they followed similar creative paths, each marked with trials, errors, successes, and the occasional strokes of genius. Along the way, they made millions of people laugh, offering ample evidence of the incredible individual talents that would eventually merge together to create one of the greatest comedy duos in all of film history.Stan Laurel Films:Bears and Bad Men (1918); The Egg (1922); A Weak-End Party (1922); The Pest (1922); When Knights Were Cold (1923); The Handy Man (1923); Pick and Shovel (1923); Collars and Cuffs (1923); Gas and Air (1923); A Man About Town (1923); The Whole Truth (1923); Brothers Under the Chin (1924); Zeb Vs. Paprika (1924); Wide Open Spaces (1924); Detained (1924); Twins (1925); Pie-Eyed (1925)Oliver Hardy Films:Mother's Baby Boy (1914); The Servant Girl's Legacy (1914); An Expensive Visit (1915); A Lucky Strike (1915); The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford: The Lilac Splash (1915); The Serenade (1916); Hungry Hearts (1916); The Candy Trail (1916); The Chief Cook (1917); Hello Trouble (1918); Married to Order (1918); He's In Again (1918); The Rent Collector (1921); The Bakery (1921); The Show (1922); Rivals (1925); Wandering Papas (1926); Say It With Babies (1926)
Usher (2002) | Directed by Curtis Harrington - Clip [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2024-01-19 | AVAILABLE AT: flickeralley.com/pages/modON THE MOD BLU-RAY DISC SET - The Curtis Harrington Short Film CollectionInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyCurtis Harrington’s final film before his death in 2007, Usher is a remake of a short he made in high school based on the classic Edgar Allan Poe story “The Fall of the House of Usher.” He once again expresses his interest in the occult by casting known members of the Church of Satan, Nikolas and Zeena Schreck.
Nanook Revisited (Samumialuk, 1988) - Clip [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2023-12-21 | AVAILABLE AS A BONUS FEATURE ON OUR BLU-RAY DISC SET (Nanook of the North/The Wedding of Palo) AT: flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyThis documentary by Claude Massot was produced for French public television. It revisits Port Harrison, Robert Flaherty’s production base for Nanook of the North, shows changes in Inuit life in the seventy years since Robert Flaherty’s time there as well as ways in which Nanook has become a window for the Inuit on their past. Available within our Blu-ray edition of Nanook of the North / The Wedding of Palo, this is the first American release of the complete film, courtesy of the Massot family.
Laurel & Hardy: Year One | The Battle Of The Century (1927) - Clip [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2023-12-21 | Available in the Blu-ray edition of LAUREL & HARDY: YEAR ONE at flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyAfter a terrible boxer loses a bout, his manager takes out an insurance policy on him and tries to cause an accident, which results in an epic pie fight. This film was inspired by the similarly titled boxing match between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey on September 22, 1927, which Tunney won because Dempsey forgot to go to a neutral corner, allowing Tunney enough time to recuperate from what should have been a knockout punch. Happily restored to near-complete form by Blackhawk Films in 2023, after being available only in fragments for nearly 90 years, this film contains the pie fight which had become legendary only a couple of years after its release. Film critic James Agee hailed the film in a 1949 article for Life magazine. Novelist Henry Miller called it “the greatest comic film ever made.” Director John Ford stated that it was his personal favorite film.
Laurel & Hardy: Year One | With Love and Hisses (1927) - Clip [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2023-11-25 | AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AT flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyVery few original negatives of the silent films of Laurel and Hardy survive, and the available elements scattered throughout the world are always mediocre or unwatchable. It took three years to gather all the surviving prints of these shorts, compare them shot by shot and give them the best digital restoration possible. Today, these invisible films look as young as they did 95 years ago. A world premiere for all the Laurel and Hardy fans.Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy first appeared on film together in 1921, after an initial period in their careers spent apart. The two would formally team up in 1927 and found success by following a simple comic formula that displayed the hilariously ambitious and anarchic qualities of their joint personality. Laurel & Hardy: Year One, The Newly Restored 1927 Silents, as proudly presented by Flicker Alley and Blackhawk Films®, offers fans new and old the rare opportunity to observe the evolving partnership of the comedy team that would reach enormous popularity. Featuring all new restorations sourced from best available materials contributed by archives and collectors around the world restored by Blackhawk Films® and Lobster Films in Paris, this comprehensive deluxe Blu-ray 2-Disc collection features thirteen extant films produced in 1927 and two additional films from before they were officially a team. It includes new scores from some of the best silent film composers working today: Neil Brand, Antonio Coppola, Eric le Guen, and Donald Sosin.The films included are Lucky Dog (1921), 45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926), Duck Soup (1927), Slipping Wives (1927), Love ‘em and Weep (1927), Why Girls Love Sailors (1927), With Love and Hisses (1927), Sailors, Beware! (1927), Do Detectives Think? (1927), Flying Elephants (1928), Sugar Daddies (1927), The Second 100 Years (1927), Call of the Cuckoo (1927), Putting Pants on Phillip (1927), and The Battle of the Century (1927). It is curated by film historians and Laurel and Hardy specialists; Randy Skretvedt, Richard W. Bann, Serge Bromberg, Eric Lange, and Ulrich Ruedel.Arthur Stanley Jefferson for a time understudied Chaplin in England and the US. Meanwhile Oliver Norvell Hardy was a talented actor in comedies and melodramas, yet neither had reached the status of movie star. It became clear upon their teaming up that their contradictory physiques and personalities complimented each other perfectly. The team would go on to do many films together reaching wide acclaim, and eventually becoming nearly unanimously considered by film critics, scholars, and movie fans alike, the funniest comedy duo in film history.BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDE:• Audio commentary tracks - For each film by historian and author Randy Skretvedt• Restoring Laurel & Hardy - A documentary by Serge Bromberg and Eric Lange• Laurel & Hardy On-Location - A Video Essay by historian John Bengtson on selected location exteriors• Hats Off! (1927) - Slide Show presentation from this currently lost film• Multiple image galleries - Containing original publicity materials, press reviews, and rare production stills• Souvenir booklet - Featuring a new essay by historian Richard W. Bann on the Blackhawk Films Story and the company’s stewardship of the Laurel & Hardy film materials, a Collection Introduction by Serge Bromberg, and notes on each film by historian Randy Skretvedt• Additional musical scores - Soundtracks for the 1930s French re-releases of Slipping Wives, Why Girls Love Sailors, and Flying Elephants are presented here as alternate music tracks• Audio commentary track for The Battle of the Century - By historians Randy Skretvedt and Serge Bromberg• English SDH Subtitles
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) - Clip [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2023-11-24 | AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AT flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyThe Most Dangerous Game is a superb, pre-Code action-adventure film. Based upon a famous short story by Richard Connell, it follows big game hunter, Bob Rainsford, (Joel McCrea), as he becomes quarry for another, the opulently deranged Count Zaroff, (floridly played by Leslie Banks). Utilizing some of the amazing sets made for King Kong, the film is sometimes thought of as a place-holder to keep key cast and crew available during Kong 's lengthy animation schedule. This included actors Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Noble Johnson and Steve Clemento, as well as editor Archie Marshek, composer Max Steiner, sound effects expert Murray Spivak, illustrators Mario Larrinaga and Byron Crabbe, and optical effects wizards Vernon Walker and Linwood Dunn.The strong story and theme, excellent production values, vigorous action and fast pacing make The Most Dangerous Game an exciting and more than satisfying entertainment after eighty years. Both picture and sound are scrupulously restored in high definition from the original 35mm studio fine grain master positive, and there is a full-length optional audio essay by Rick Jewell, Professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and author of The RKO Story and The Golden Age of Cinema: Hollywood 1929-45.BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDE:• Gow The Headhunter (Cannibal Island, 1931) - Mastered for this edition in high definition from the original 35mm fine grain master positive• Two full-length audio essays• A booklet containing notes on each film - by Merian C. Cooper as quoted in David O. Selznick's Hollywood by Ronald Haver and by Emerson College professor, Eric Schaefer, as well as excerpts from an original audio interview with Merian C. Cooper conducted by film historian Kevin Brownlow.
The Bolshevik Trilogy: Three Films by Vsevolod Pudovkin (1926-1928) - Trailer [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2023-11-13 | AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AT flickeralley.comAfter serving alongside his fellow Russians in the first World War, Vsevolod Pudovkin was radically altered by a life-changing screening of D.W. Griffith’s Intolerance, inspiring the young man to shift away from his studies in chemistry in order to pursue the cinematic arts.Pudovkin embarked on his narrative feature debut in 1926 with Mother, regarded by many as a masterpiece of the Russian silent era, and a showcase for Pudovkin’s emotive approach to editing. Pudovkin followed Mother’s tale of proletariat uprising with the Bolshevik-themed The End of St. Petersburg and the Mongolia-set Storm over Asia in 1927 and 1928 respectively, dazzling the world with a trio of masterful films centered around this tumultuous and revolutionary period in Russian history.Combining Mother and The End of St. Petersburg with a brand-new remaster from Lobster Films of Storm over Asia, Flicker Alley is proud to offer The Bolshevik Trilogy - Three Films by Vsevolod Pudovkin in a 2-disc Blu-ray collection for cinephiles, and lovers of epic, innovative filmmaking alike.FEATURE FILMS INCLUDE:Mother (1926) – A father and son find themselves on opposite sides of the Russian Revolution of 1905, leaving the mother torn between them. But when her husband is killed and her son is wrongfully imprisoned in a labor camp, the mother (played by Pudovkin’s wife, Anna Nikolaevna Zemtsova) is spurred into action, joining the revolutionaries in an effort to take on the Tsar's Army. Based on the novel by Maxim Gorky, Pudovkin’s debut narrative feature is both a riveting tale of revolution and a showcase for the young filmmaker’s cutting-edge techniques. This edition is presented with English intertitles, and features a piano score by Antonio Coppola. (87 min.)The End of St. Petersburg (1927) – Created to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the October Revolution, the film tells the story of how the Bolshevik party came to power, but through the lens of a peasant boy’s journey from slave laborer to political revolutionary. Pudovkin employed a mix of classical and montage editing styles in order to produce a feeling of tension in the audience. The result is both a deeply emotional and stylized work of epic filmmaking. This edition is presented with original Russian intertitles with English subtitles, and features an orchestral score composed by Vladimir Yurovsky. (73 min.)Storm Over Asia (1928) – Set in a fictional British-occupied Mongolia, Storm Over Asia follows a young Mongolian fur trapper (Valeri Inkizhinov) who skirts a death sentence by falsely claiming to be a descendent of the great warrior Genghis Khan. Filmed largely on location in Mongolia, Storm Over Asia incorporates an authentic documentary feel into a stirring melodrama, distinguishing the film as a major accomplishment of Russian cinema. Scanned from 35mm preservation elements in a new 2K remaster by Lobster Films, this edition is presented with original Russian intertitles with English subtitles, and accompanied by an impassioned score by composer Timothy Brock, performed by the Olympia Chamber Orchestra. (131 min.)BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDE:• Chess Fever (1925) - Pudovkin’s directorial debut, this ingenious satire of the Moscow chess craze combines staged scenes with documentary footage, and features a number of cameos from the worlds of cinema and chess.• A Revolution in Five Moves - A visual essay showcasing the five edits that inspired the Bolshevik revolution.• Five Principles of Editing - A comparison of Pudovkin’s “Five Principles of Editing”.• Amatuer Images of St. Petersburg (1930)• Notebooks of a Tourist Presents: St. Petersburg (c.1920)• Audio Commentary: Storm over Asia (1928) - Featuring film historian and scholar, Jan-Christopher Horak.• Audio Commentary: Mother (1926) - Featuring Russian film historian and curator Peter Bagrov.• Souvenir Booklet - Featuring a new essay by film author and historian Amy Sargeant.
A Film Johnny (1914) | Starring Charlie Chaplin - Clip Flicker Alley Clips 2023-11-13 | THE DELUXE 4-DISC DVD SET IS AVAILABLE AT: flickeralley.comThis clip is taken from the DVD box set titled Chaplin at Keystone: An International Collaboration of 34 Original Films.Instagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyA Film Johnnie (1914), directed by George Nichols, features "The Tramp" (Charlie Chaplin) as he visits a nickelodeon and falls in love with the pretty “Keystone Girl” (Virginia Kirtley) he sees on the screen. Physically ejected from the nickelodeon for his unruly behavior, he makes his way to the Keystone studios and causes chaos among the many productions.
Bardelys the Magnificent (1926) | Starring John Gilbert - Clip Flicker Alley Clips 2023-11-13 | DIGITAL EDITION AVAILABLE AT flickeralley.comInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/flickeralle...Twitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyBardelys the Magnificent (1926) is based upon the novel by Rafael Sabatini and directed by King Vidor, who just one year before had directed John Gilbert in the smash hit The Big Parade. In France “in an age of light loves and lively scandals,” the Marquis de Bardelys (Gilbert), casual womanizer and accomplished swashbuckler, is entranced by Roxalanne de Lavedan (Eleanor Boardman); and against a background of knavery and intrigue, he sets out to woo and win her. Lavishly mounted and superbly directed with spectacular action scenes, Bardelys is a hugely entertaining action romance given an A-plus MGM production. The sole surviving print was found in France in 2006; the English titles are restored according to the original script. A gap in the recovered footage is bridged with stills, titles, and footage from the original trailer so the story is complete; the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra provides a lovely score of period photoplay music.
The Mack Sennett Collection, Vol. One (1909-1933) - Trailer [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2023-11-13 | AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AT flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyNow, for the first time, thanks to Flicker Alley, CineMuseum, and Keystone Films, over 100 of the best surviving Sennett comedies have been gathered from around the world, fully restored, and digitally re-mastered in HD for Blu-ray home video. The Mack Sennett Collection, Vol. One features the first 50 of these films presented on a 3-disc Blu-ray set.The Keystone Film Company, under the guidance of pioneering producer and director Mack Sennett, was the birthplace of classic American slapstick comedy. This historic studio was at one time home to a staggering number of silent screen luminaries including Mabel Normand, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, Harold Lloyd, Gloria Swanson, Wallace Beery, Harry Langdon, Marie Dressler, Ben Turpin, The Keystone Cops, Ford Sterling, Charley Chase, Al St. John, Mack Swain, Edgar Kennedy, Billy Bevan, Louise Fazenda, Eddie Quillan, and countless others. Even Hollywood icon Charlie Chaplin, still the world’s most recognized actor, introduced his beloved Tramp character under the auspices of Keystone. Later, under the Mack Sennett Comedies banner, Sennett went on to produce a new generation of sound comedies, some in early color, featuring the likes of W.C. Fields, Bing Crosby, Lloyd Hamilton, Andy Clyde, and more.These new editions have been painstakingly reconstructed by CineMuseum and Keystone Films using original 35mm nitrate, archival negatives, preservation materials, and sometimes the lone known surviving film print, from the collections of the Library of Congress, the Museum of Modern Art, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Blackhawk Films®, Lobster Films, the Richard M. Roberts Collection, Gierucki Studios, and dozens of privately held archives.BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDE:• Full Color Booklet - Filled with rare images, production information, restoration notes, and Keystone/Sennett player biographies.• New Music Scores - From silent film accompanists Philip Carli, Ben Model, Dennis Scott, Andrew Simpson, and Donald Sosin.• Commentary Tracks - From noted comedy historians Brent Walker, Steve Massa, Richard M. Roberts, Stan Taffel, Sam Gill, Paul Gierucki, and others.• Memorabilia Galleries - Featuring vintage lobby cards, glass slides, posters, scripts, studio photographs, The Mack Sennett Story by film historian Joe Adamson, and rare audio recordings.• Long Unseen Rarities - Newsreels, trailers, outtakes, Sennett-Color films, the dedication of the Mabel Normand soundstage, This Is Your Life Mack Sennett, and much more!
The Extraordinary World of Charley Bowers (1917-1940) - Trailer [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2023-11-13 | AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AT flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyWhat for some audiences may be a delightful introduction, and others a fresh re-discovery, The Extraordinary World of Charley Bowers offers a rare portal into the imagination of one of the great innovators and creators of early cinema. Featuring new 2K transfers and new discoveries never been seen before, Flicker Alley, in association with Lobster Films and Blackhawk Films®, invite you to experience the genius of cartoonist, animator, director, and comedian Charley Bowers.Beginning as an animator in 1915, Bowers soon turned to mixing live-action with puppet animation, producing a score of mini-masterpieces, often featuring himself (billed in France as Bricolo). Forgotten for decades, a few of these films were miraculously rediscovered in the late 1960s by archivist Raymond Borde of the Toulouse Cinémathèque in France. Over the past ten years, thanks to additional materials from the Library of Congress, Národní filmový archiv, EYE Film Institute, Cinémathèque française, MoMA, and many other archives and collectors throughout the world, the legacy of Charley Bowers has been brought back to life using the most recent restoration technologies. Lobster Films scanned the best available sources with their original intertitles, and performed an extensive digital restoration of each short. Featuring recent additions to the previous 2015 release, The Extraordinary World of Charley Bowers includes new scores from Donald Sosin and Neil Brand. This is a gift for comedy lovers and animation enthusiasts of all ages!Produced over the course of more than two decades, this collection of short comedies, presented with optional French and English subtitles, include:The Extra Quick Lunch (1917, 6 mins); A.W.O.L. (1918, 5 mins); Egged On (1926, 23 mins); He Done His Best (1926, 23 mins); Fatal Footsteps (1926, 23 mins); Now You Tell One (1926, 21 mins); A Wild Roomer (1926, 25 mins); Many a Slip (1927, 22 mins); Nothing Doing (1927, 22 mins); There It Is (1928, 22 mins); Say Ah-h! (1928, 14 mins); Whoozit (1928, 11 mins); It's a Bird (1930, 15 mins); Believe It or Don't (1935, 8 mins); A Sleepless Night (1940, 11 mins); Wild Oysters (1940, 10 mins); and Oil Can and Does (1940, 15 mins).BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDE:• Looking for Charley Bowers - A short documentary by Christophe Coutens on the resurrection of Charley Bowers’ career in France.• Image Gallery - Slideshow presentation featuring rare production stills and behind-the-scenes photographs.• Souvenir Booklet - Featuring an essay written by film historian and author Sean Axmaker.• Reversible Cover Artwork
Discovering Cinema: Learning to Talk (2003) - Clip Flicker Alley Clips 2023-11-13 | AVAILABLE ON DVD AT flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyDiscovering Cinema is a 2-disc DVD set comprised of Learning to Talk and Movies Dream in Color, produced by Lobster Films/Histoire, 2003-2004. Film historians Eric Lange and Serge Bromberg compiled materials from their own Lobster Films collection and material from archives throughout Europe and the USA to create these two historic documentaries illustrating the birth of sound and color cinema, perhaps the greatest cultural achievement of the twentieth century.Told from a European perspective, American viewers of these documentaries will be surprised by moving footage of Emile Reynaud's pre-cinema animation "Pantomimes Lumineuse"; the gadget-packed Allefex machine for live sync sound effects; Gaumont's 1905 Chronophone sound film system, using a compressed-air amplifier and their Chronochrome three-color systems; additional unique examples of the Kodacolor lenticular color system, Kinemacolor, an additive system using filters; and NotoFilm in which notes of the intended musical accompaniment streams across the bottom of the silent screen.BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDE:• La Cucaracha (1934) - One of the first live action films to utilize the three-strip Technicolor process, struck from the original nitrate negatives.• Lucia Di Lammermoor (1908) & La Donna e Mobile (1908) - Two sound on disc films with songs performed by Enrico Caruso.• 1927 Optical Sound Newsreel - Featuring an interview with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle• The Collegians: Flying High (1929) - An example of a "part-talkie" as an episode of the silent serial.• Hand-Painted Films by The Lumière Brothers - From the end of the nineteenth century.• Paris Fashions (1926) - A vintage stenciled-colored Paris fashion review from the mid-1920s.• Wonderland of California (1930) - Featuring unique color images of the Marx Brothers.• PLUS TRAILERS, TEST REELS, SHORT SUBJECTS AND MORE!
The Best of Cinerama (1963) - Trailer [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2023-11-12 | AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY / DVD AT flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyThe Best of Cinerama is comprised of all the greatest thrills of Cinerama, from the breathtaking roller coaster ride to the visit to La Scala, Milan, for Aida; from the hurtling bobsled run, to the stirring dances of the African Watusis. Made up of over 20 such exciting highlights, the film is not only an historic compilation, but also a stand-alone “thrill-a-minute” experience.The adventure begins with the Sabre jet precision flying team from Search For Paradise, and then whirls back to the iconic roller coaster sequence from This Is Cinerama — newly restored for this release. From there, the three-panel journey goes global, showcasing some of the rich and exotic locales of Cinerama Holiday, South Seas Adventure and Seven Wonders of the World. There’s the Marian Year Celebration at St. Peter’s Square in Rome, featuring the first commercial motion-picture footage of Pope Pius XII. There’s the boat trip down the Ganges River at Benares. There are visits to Paris, Vienna, Athens, India, Brazil, Japan, Africa, Israel, and New Orleans, all in one spectacular Cinerama presentation.Flicker Alley and Cinerama Inc. are proud to present The Best of Cinerama in the Smilebox® Curved Screen Simulation. The film has been digitally remastered from original camera negatives, and includes an all-new restoration of scenes from This Is Cinerama! This edition celebrates a decade of Cinerama filmmaking, and over five years of bringing those treasures back to life on Blu-ray and DVD for future Cinerama audiences to enjoy!BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDE:• Feature Length Audio Commentary - With Cinerama historian David Coles.• Shellarama (1965) - Shot in Super-Technirama and released on 70mm, this Shell-produced short follows the journey of Shell oil from raw source to refined fuel.• Bridge to Space (1968) - A 70mm short documentary shot on Merritt Island and at Cape Canaveral.• The Rangerettes - Deleted scene from Seven Wonders of the World featuring The Kilgore College Rangerettes.• Battleship Iowa Arrives in San Pedro - A Cinerama short film shot in 2012.• Reconstructing The Best of Cinerama - A restoration demonstration with Dave Strohmaier.• Cinerama Troika - Interview with the principles behind Cinerama travelogue restorations. (Blu-ray only)• Remembering The Best of Cinerama - Interview with Norman Karlin, Cinerama editor. (Blu-ray only)• Slideshows - “Who’s Who in Cinerama History”, “Show Places of the 1950s” and more! (Blu-ray only)• The Best of Cinerama Theatrical Trailer• Program Booklet - A facsimile representation of the original program booklet.
The Golden Head (1965) | In 70mm Technirama - Trailer [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2023-11-12 | AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY / DVD AT flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyLargely unseen since its original theatrical release in 1965, and almost never shown in the U.S., The Golden Head is somewhat of a Cinerama mystery, not only in its "Emil and the Detectives" - style plot, but in its history as a unique, multi-national and nearly "lost" widescreen wonder.A British-Hungarian-American production, the film takes place in and around Budapest, and follows the adventures of the Stevenson children: Milly, Michael, and Harold. In Hungary with their father, a British inspector attending an international convention of criminal investigators, the kids stumble upon a plot hatched by two thieves (Buddy Hackett, in his first role since the success of It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, and George Sanders), to steal the golden bust of Saint László from the Cathedral of Gyór and smuggle it out of the country. The Stevenson trio trails the thieves through Budapest and beyond in what amounts to a widescreen tour of the culture and landmarks of Hungary, highlighted by crazy chase scenes of earthy humor and elements of slapstick comedy.Notoriously replaced by Flying Clipper (aka Mediterranean Holiday) after an 8-week theatrical run in London, The Golden Head was rarely seen ever again. Now, thanks to a brilliant, new restoration by Cinerama Inc., the 70mm Technirama can be enjoyed by all alongside the other critically acclaimed Blu-ray and DVD publications in Flicker Alley's Cinerama collection.BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDE:• Fortress of Peace - A short film directed by John Fernhout, portraying the Swiss Army fighting against an unnamed, unseen enemy which originally screened theatrically in front of The Golden Head.• A Tale of Old Whiff - Originally in Smell-O-Vision, a 70mm scope cartoon where a dog, named "Old Whiff", searches for a dinosaur bone.• Restoration of The Golden Head - A featurette narrated by David Strohmaier about the new restoration of this Cinerama title.• Restoration of the Animation, A Tale of Old Whiff - A featurette narrated by David Strohmaier about the restoration of this animated classic.• Image Gallery - Featuring original production, exhibition and promotional materials.• Trailer Gallery - Featuring restored Cinerama titles.• A Program Booklet - A facsimile representation of the original program booklet.
Flying Clipper (Mediterranean Holiday, 1963) - Trailer [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2023-11-11 | AVAILABLE ON 4K UHD / BLU-RAY AT flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyFlying Clipper, directed by Hermann Leitner and featuring narration from Burl Ives, follows the untold adventures of a Swedish sailing ship and its young crew as they navigate the Mediterranean Sea in the early 1960s. This documentary is a stunning travelogue that takes you to the dreamiest destinations of the old world. Under the stewardship of Captain Skoglund, a group of 20 Merchant Marine cadets venture through historical landmarks, such as Tutankhamen's tomb, and other known wonders of the Mediterranean coastline. First Portugal, then Egypt, this odyssey travels to various points in Turkey, Greece, Italy, and Monaco, ending in Spain.Photographed in 1962 with specially designed 70mm cameras, Flying Clipper was the first German film produced in this high-resolution large format. Whether it's the spectacular imagery of the Formula 1 race in Monaco or the seascape views aboard the aircraft carrier USS Shangri-La, this documentary is a technical masterpiece that preserves the breathtaking visuals of its maiden voyage. Cinematography by Tony Braun (The Wild Geese), Siegfried Hold (Old Shatterhand), Heinz Hölscher (Rampage at Apache Wells), Klaus König (Go For It, Baby) and Bernhard Stebich.Scanned in 4K from an original 70mm print and digitally restored, Flying Clipper now unfolds in your home theater with the same brilliance as a cinema screen. With a completely new Dolby Atmos design created to enhance the subtle nuances of the original sound (German and English), you experience the thunderous racing atmosphere of Monaco in the middle of your living room. Now available for the first time in the US on Blu-ray and UHD 4K Blu-ray.BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDE:• Multiple Audio Options - Watch Flying Clipper with its original soundtrack or with the new restoration featuring Dolby Atmos Surround Sound.• Theatrical Trailer - A restoration of the original theatrical trailer.• Lobby Card Slideshow - A virtual slideshow of the original lobby cards.• An Interview with Jürgen Brückner - The camera operator, distributor and film chronicler sheds light on the production of Flying Clipper and shooting in 70mm.• An Interview with Herbert Born - 70mm expert Herbert Born explains the process that went into restoring Flying Clipper for UHD Blu-ray.• An Interview with Marcus Vetter - A film projectionist guides us through the process of screening 70mm.• An Interview with Christoph Engelke - Detailing the audio restoration for Flying Clipper and how the new Dolby Atmos version was crafted.• A Restoration Comparison - Side-by-side comparison showcasing the restoration work on the film.• Trailer Gallery - Additional 4K Busch Media Group trailers.• A Program Booklet - A facsimile representation of the original program booklet.
Cineramas Russian Adventure (1966) - Trailer [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2023-11-11 | AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY / DVD AT flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyPhotographed over an eight-year period by Russia’s top filmmakers, Cinerama’s Russian Adventure brings together some of the most exquisite, jaw-dropping, and beautiful sequences from over six Soviet Kinopanorama productions (the Russian equivalent of three-panel Cinerama). The film’s locations stretch from one end of Russia to the other, from the snow-covered countryside to the majestic subways of Moscow, from the deck of a whaling ship to the front seats of the Bolshoi Theater. Bing Crosby narrates the journey, offering both a grand and intimate view of a country and culture so often cited and yet so seldom seen.In classic Cinerama style, your first glimpse of Russia is from behind the reigns of a troika, a traditional three-horse sled, speeding through the snow. Next, you’ll land in Moscow for spectacular shots of the Kremlin, the Volga River, the bustling street life, and a spring carnival complete with singing, dancing, and clowns on stilts. From there, you’ll marvel at the dazzling Moscow Circus, take a raft ride down the Tisza River, join in a wild antelope roundup on the Barsa-Kelmes, and witness a show-stopping performance of the famous Moiseyev Dancers. The most visceral sequences, though, take place not on land, but on water: the spare-no-details whale hunt aboard a factory ship in the Antarctic and the alien voyage of an octopus as it glides beneath the sea.Flicker Alley, Cinerama Inc. and the family of Hal Dennis / Hal Dennis Productions are proud to present Cinerama’s Russian Adventure in the Smilebox® Curved Screen Simulation. The film has been digitally remastered, and beautifully so, allowing audiences to experience – in the words of Bing Crosby – “what I believe will be our most exciting journey…”BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDE:• Fortress of Peace (1964) - A Swiss Army propaganda film shot in Cinerama and nominated for the 1965 Academy Award® for Best Live Action Short Film.• Concorde (1966) - A 70mm Cinerama short about the then soon-to-be-unveiled supersonic airplane.• Working With Our Father on Russian Adventure - An interview with film editors Craig and Hal Dennis Jr., sons of producer Hal Dennis.• Reconstructing Russian Adventure - A restoration demonstration with Dave Strohmaier.• Russian Adventure Trailer - A recreation of the original theatrical trailer.• Trailer Gallery - Collection of trailers from other Cinerama films. (Blu-ray only)• Slideshows - Ads and publicity materials, sample scripts pages, and “Russian Adventure Study Guide”.• Program Booklet - A facsimile representation of the original program booklet.
Cineramas Search for Paradise (1957) - Trailer [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2023-11-09 | AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY / DVD AT flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyFlicker Alley and Cinerama, Inc. are proud to present Search for Paradise in the Smilebox® Curved Screen Simulation. Unseen theatrically since the early 1970s and never before issued on home video, Search for Paradise has been digitally remastered from original camera negatives.“Join Lowell Thomas and follow in the footsteps of Marco Polo” in this new, digital restoration of Search for Paradise, the fourth of the original, 3-panel Cinerama travelogues. Released in 1957, the motion picture takes you to the “Roof of the World,” the Himalayas and Karakoram mountains of Central Asia, the highest region in the world. You’ll become part of the adventure as explorer Lowell Thomas searches for paradise in the ancient cities, wild waters, and lush gardens of the mountaintops.Your first stop is the Forbidden Kingdom of Hunza, a hidden valley bordered by China, Russia, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, home to a legendary warrior tribe. Next, you’ll challenge the rapids of the Mighty Indus River, fed from a fantastic galaxy of great glaciers draining from some of the greatest heights known to man. From there, find respite in the romantic Shalimar Gardens in the Vale of Kashmir, then fly to Katmandu for the coronation ceremony of King Mahendra of Nepal. The adventure concludes with a trip to a U.S. Air Force base, where Thunderbird jet planes cut across the sapphire blue sky overhead at supersonic speed.BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDE:• In the Picture (2012) - A short film and the first to be shot in 3-panel Cinerama in 50 years.• The Last Days of Cinerama - A behind-the-scenes look into the making of In the Picture.• Search for Paradise Breakdown Reel - The same one used in its 1957 theatrical run.• Behind the Scenes Footage - On location with the Cinerama crew setting up the Air Force base shoot, along with 16mm Nepal footage.• Director Interview - 1998 interview with Otto Lang.• Restoration Demonstration - David Strohmaier on how the damaged negative was restored.• David Coles' Search for Paradise - A PowerPoint presentation taking a detailed look at the making of the Cinerama classic.• Search for Paradise Trailers - A brand new movie trailer and a 1950s black & white announcement trailer.• Publicity and Behind-the-Scenes Slideshow• 28 Page Booklet - A facsimile representation of the original program booklet
Cineramas Seven Wonders of the World (1956) - Trailer [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2023-11-09 | AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY / DVD AT flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyFlicker Alley and Cinerama, Inc. are proud to present Seven Wonders of the World in the Smilebox® Curved Screen Simulation. Unseen theatrically since the early 1970s and never before broadcast or issued on home video, Seven Wonders of the World has been digitally remastered from its original camera negatives. The global adventure captures the beauty and culture of these extraordinary places in a Cinerama time capsule on a new Blu-ray/DVD Combo Edition.Of the seven sites the ancient Greeks named the “wonders of the world,” only one remains. Seven Wonders of the World is a round-the-world adventure that picks up where the Greeks of antiquity left off. Released in 1956, this Cinerama spectacle follows 20th century adventurer Lowell Thomas as he seeks out the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. Join him as he flies across the globe in the “Smasher,” a converted B-25, capturing some of the most breathtaking photography ever shot.The quest opens at the great pyramids, the last of the original Seven Wonders to still exist. From there, the “Smasher” circles the globe with Cinerama photographing a live East Africa volcano, under the bridges in New York, over and around Rio de Janeiro, the Parthenon in Athens, Angel Falls in South America, and many stops along the way to experience the beautiful culture of diverse locales. The film encourages the audience to choose from the dozens of sites explored. "What are your seven wonders?"BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDE:• Seven Wonders of the World Breakdown Reel - The same one used in its 1956 theatrical run.• Newsreel Footage - From the opening night in New York.• Restoration Demonstration - David Strohmaier on how the damaged negative was restored.• Best in the Biz - A new documentary about the composers of Cinerama.• Cinerama Everywhere - A French short film on Cinerama tent shows in Europe.• Seven Wonders Trailers - A brand new movie trailer, a black & white TV spot and the 1960 "abandoned" trailer.• Slideshow - Featuring publicity and behind-the-scenes images.• 28-Page Booklet - A facsimile representation of the original program booklet.
Cinerama Holiday (1955) - Trailer [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2023-11-06 | AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY / DVD AT flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyUnseen theatrically since the early 1970’s, and never before broadcast or issued on home video, Cinerama Holiday, the 2nd Cinerama presentation, is now digitally remastered from its original camera negatives and newly presented in the Smilebox® Curved Screen Simulation. It is a fascinating time capsule of the 1950’s, an age in which most people had yet to experience a flight in a plane.Cinerama Holiday was the 2nd of the original, 3-panel Cinerama travelogues. Released in 1955, the motion picture crisscrosses two hybridized travelogues of the “Cinerama camera accompanied” vacations of two adventurous, real-life, married couples. We meet first, Fred and Beatrice Troller, from Zurich, Switzerland, who upon their arrival on the first transatlantic flight to ever land in Kansas City, unload their motor scooter and begin a panoramic tour of America, which begins with them driving up Fremont Street in Las Vegas and catching a casino floor show. Meanwhile, Betty and John Marsh, leave their Kansas City home to take off on the same plane the Troller’s arrived on, for a return flight to Switzerland where this couple take in an outdoor ice show in St. Moritz, and where John rides a bobsled, beginning their European vacation. The latter of which provides just one of the film’s obvious, immersive, “thrill” sequences accentuated by the three-camera/curved-view format.The Swiss couple are awed by sights of the American west viewed from the “Vista-Dome” of a speeding California Zephyr train, ride a cable car in San Francisco, observe a New Orleans “jazz funeral”, a performance of “Tiger Rag” by Oscar Celestin, and visit a New England county fair, where the Ferris wheel provides another immersive cinematic experience. Meanwhile, the American couple ski the Swiss Alps with hundreds of fellow skiers, and thereafter discover the joy of singing and “fondue” in a Swiss tavern, and then move on to Paris, where they take in the Paris Opera, the Louvre, High Mass at the Cathedral of Notre Dame, a Grand Guignol puppet show, see the spring line in a fashion show, and a floor show in the famous Lido. Both couples meet up in New York City to “finish” their movie, so to speak, and are treated to a finale of the U.S. Navy’s “Blue Angels” performing near-supersonic aerial maneuvers and landing on an aircraft carrier. And all of that’s a Cinerama Holiday!BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDE:• Cinerama Holiday "Breakdown Reel" - Footage originally projected interstitially during interruptions of any Cinerama performance.• Return to Cinerama Holiday (2013) - A brand new documentary featuring Betty Marsh and Beatrice Troller reminiscing about their Cinerama experience.• Betty's Scrapbook - Share a fascinating look with Betty Marsh as she rediscovers memories of the film with a newly uncovered 50-year-old scrapbook of the production.• 1997 Cast Interview - With Betty & Jim Marsh, Fred & Beatrice Troller and Waring Jones on the making of the film.• Bob Bendick's 8mm Home Movies - Shot on the French and Swiss locations during the filming of Cinerama Holiday.• Remastering A Widescreen Classic - Before and after demonstration on the film's remastering.• Brand New Behind-the-Scenes Slideshow• Never Before Seen Deleted Scenes - From the documentary Cinerama Adventure about the making of Cinerama Holiday.• A 28-Page Booklet - Reproduction of the original program, as seen by viewers of the film's first theatrical showing.
Cineramas South Seas Adventure (1958) | Narrated by Orson Welles - Trailer [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2023-11-02 | AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY / DVD AT flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyIn a new, digital reincarnation, “Cinerama transports you to lush tropic islands…adventure-splashed with a thousand excitements!”Cinerama South Seas Adventure proved to be the 5th and last of the original, 3-panel Cinerama travelogues. Released in 1958, and 4 months after the 3-panel competitor, Windjammer: The Voyage of the Christian Radich, it is at moments similar, although overall an entirely different tale than previously seen in the format. With a partial narration by Orson Welles, the picture also, surprisingly may be the first to chronicle primitive bungee jumping.Five separate stories are dramatized, woven out of a series of theoretical, island-hopping voyages that start en route to Hawaii, and after traversing the South Seas as far as Australia, end up flying back home from Honolulu.In between, through both an adventurous shipboard passenger, a returning American WWII veteran, and the enthused narration, we're taken island hopping to stops in places lush, tranquil, and inviting, like Tahiti, Tonga and Fiji, then to and the even more exotic, primitive Pentecost Island. Native dancing and song are celebrated alongside cultures and customs spanning thousands of years. Sailing onward to New Zealand, we're reminded it's also an island, in fact two, with an unexpected geography including volcanoes and snow-covered mountain ranges. From there we travel on to Australia, where we follow the arrival of a new European immigrant man and his young daughter, as they get accustomed to native animals like koalas and kangaroos, and then settle in for a new life in the "outback". There, they become integral in stories illustrating life in such isolated areas, including both the "School of the Air", a classroom conducted over the radio and the Flying Doctor Service, similarly radio-dispatched.BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDE:• Feature Length Audio Commentary - With Cinerama historian David Coles and actress Ramine Seaman.• Renault Dauphine - An original and rare Cinerama promotional film for the car company Renault as presented in its unique, three-panel format.• The Wake of Captain Cook - A short film by Producer and Director Carl Dudley, which takes you behind-the-scenes of South Seas Adventure.• Family Interview - With Carol Dudley Katzka, daughter of the producer/director of South Seas Adventure, Carl Dudley.• Crew Interview - Excerpts from a fascinating interview with original production staff member Saul Cooper.• Brand New Behind-the-Scenes Slideshow• A 28-Page Booklet - Reproduction of the original program, as seen by viewers of the film's first theatrical showing.
Trapped (1949) | Starring Lloyd Bridges - Trailer [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2023-11-01 | AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY / DVD AT flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyBefore making Hollywood epics such as Tora! Tora! Tora! and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, director Richard Fleischer started his career with a series of low-budget B-features, often taking ripped-from-the-headlines tales of crime stories and spinning them into noir gold... of which an exquisite example is 1949's endlessly entertaining Trapped.A young Lloyd Bridges stars as hardboiled hood Tris Stewart, a convicted counterfeiter doing time in the Atlanta pen. When a fresh batch of fake bills starts circulating, treasury agents bail Stewart out to help lead them to the maker of the fake plates. But Tris double-crosses the Feds, hooking up with his gun-moll sweetie (22-year-old Barbara Payton in her breakout role). They plan to heist the plates and hightail it across the border. With the Feds closing in and the double-crosses piling up, Stewart finds himself between a rock and a hard place… and this time, he may be trapped for good!Although long sought by the Film Noir Foundation, Trapped was believed to have suffered the unfortunate fate of many B-films of the era—oblivion. But when a private collector deposited a 35mm acetate print at the Harvard Film Archive, the Film Noir Foundation and UCLA Film & Television Archive (with support from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Charitable Trust [The HFPA Trust]) sprang into action, restoring the film. The result, presented in a Blu-ray/DVD dual-format edition by Flicker Alley, honors the pitch-perfect performances, assured direction, and gorgeous cinematography of this edge-of-your-seat, noir classic.BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDE:• Freeing Trapped — A documentary on the film’s creation and history, featuring interviews with Eddie Muller, Donna Lethal, and others. Produced and Directed by Steven C. Smith.• A Sedulous Cinderella: Richard Fleischer Remembered — A remembrance of the man, the director, and the father, by his son Mark Fleischer. Produced and Directed by Steven C. Smith.• Audio Commentary Track — Featuring author Alan K. Rode and film historian Julie Kirgo.• 24-Page Souvenir Booklet — Featuring rare photographs, poster art, and commentary by “Czar of Noir” Eddie Muller.
The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950) | Starring Lee J. Cobb - Restored Theatrical Trailer [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2023-11-01 | AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY / DVD AT flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyFlicker Alley, the Film Noir Foundation and UCLA Film & Television Archive are proud to present film noir standout The Man Who Cheated Himself in a brand-new Blu-ray/DVD dual-format edition. The brilliant restoration work and in-depth supplementary materials mark this release as the prime suspect to pursue.Blinded by love, homicide lieutenant Ed Cullen (Lee J. Cobb, fresh off originating the role of Willy Loman on Broadway in Death of a Salesman) goes to great lengths to cover up a murder. His coquettish girlfriend Lois (Jane Wyatt, best known as the mother in Father Knows Best) has killed her scheming husband before he could bump her off. John Dall (Gun Crazy) co-stars as Ed’s kid brother Andy, a rookie on the force who is determined to break his first big case. These accomplished actors are nearly eclipsed by the incandescent star power of San Francisco and especially the world’s most photographed bridge, the Golden Gate.In the hard-boiled film noir tradition, reminiscent of the work of James M. Cain, greed, unstoppable sexual attraction, and betrayal set off a doomed course in which a femme fatale leads a once upstanding citizen down a dark path. The first independent production of Phoenix Films, the company run by Jack M. Warner, son of Warner Bros. Studios mogul Jack L., and a highlight in the lengthy career of director Felix E. Feist (Deluge), The Man Who Cheated Himself "goes all the way".This is the third collaboration between Flicker Alley and the Film Noir Foundation, following the deluxe 2016 home video releases of Too Late for Tears and Woman on the Run—two previously lost highlights of the genre saved from oblivion.BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDE:• “The Man Who Cheated Himself Revisited” - Produced by TVP Enterprises and the Film Noir Foundation, this mini-documentary offers a behind-the-scenes examination of the film’s original production.• “The Man Who Cheated Himself Locations Then and Now” - City Sleuth (aka Brian Hollins) leads a virtual tour around San Francisco hunting down the many locations used during the production of The Man Who Cheated Himself.• Restored Theatrical Trailer - Brand-new restoration of the original theatrical trailer• Souvenir Booklet - Featuring rare photographs, poster art, original lobby cards, and an essay by the “Czar of Noir” Eddie Muller.
Too Late for Tears (1949) | Starring Lizabeth Scott - Trailer [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2023-11-01 | AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY / DVD AT flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyFinally! One of the great missing films of the classic noir era—resurrected! Rescued and preserved after a five-year crusade by the Film Noir Foundation, this 1949 classic is at long last available in a clean digital version, transferred from a 35mm print painstakingly restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive.When a pair of film noir icons like Lizabeth Scott and Dan Duryea collide, sparks are sure to fly. Jane Palmer (Scott) and her husband Alan (Arthur Kennedy) mysteriously have $60,000 literally dropped in their laps. The circumstances seem mighty suspicious to Alan, who wants to turn the money over to the police. But in a materialistic rapture, Jane won’t let it go. She doesn’t care where it came from, or what danger might ensue—not if it will bring her the luxury she craves. Enter shady Danny Fuller (Duryea, as cocky and menacing as ever), who claims the money belongs to him. Let the games begin! Roy Huggins’ snappy script (adapted from his novel) is a complex, breezy and black-hearted homage to James M. Cain and Raymond Chandler. Rapacious housewife Jane Palmer is one of the juiciest female villains in Hollywood history, and Liz Scott’s best role ever.Flicker Alley is excited to present this world-premiere Blu-ray/DVD dual-format edition of Too Late For Tears, restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive, and passionately championed by the Film Noir Foundation, with special thanks to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Together with Woman on the Run, this film marks the first collaboration between Flicker Alley and the Film Noir Foundation.BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDE:• Audio Commentary Track - By writer, historian, and film programmer Alan K. Rode.• Chance Of A Lifetime: The Making of Too Late For Tears – Produced by Steven Smith and the Film Noir Foundation and featuring Eddie Muller, Kim Morgan, and Julie Kirgo, this mini-doc offers a behind-the-scenes examination of the film’s original production.• Tiger Hunt: Restoring Too Late For Tears – Produced by Steven Smith and the Film Noir Foundation, this is a chronicle of the multi-year mission to rescue this “lost” noir classic.• 24-Page Souvenir Booklet – Featuring rare photographs, poster art, original lobby cards, and an essay by writer and noir-expert Brian Light.
The House of Mystery (La maison du mystère, 1921-1923) | Shadow Wedding - Clip [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2023-10-31 | AVAILABLE ON DVD AT flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyFlicker Alley and the Blackhawk Films® Collection are proud to present The House of Mystery (La maison du mystère) for the first time on DVD in this 3-disc DVD Edition. The 10-episode Films Albatros serial is a six-and-a-half-hour epic of stylish elegance and narrative imagination, with optional English subtitles by Lenny Borger and a brand-new score by composer Neil Brand.Serial films, or ciné romans were well-established in France before World War I, where they are most closely identified with writer-director Louis Feuillade. These melodramas for adult audiences were unlike American serials that were targeted primarily at youngsters. At Albatros, Russian émigré producer Joseph Ermolieff produced three serials in 1921, all adapted from roman-feuilletons by the phenomenally successful Jules Mary, a specialist in the genre, who penned many a famous melodrama around the theme of the miscarriage of justice - a theme that must have had special appeal for the unjustly displaced technicians and artists of Ermolieff's Moscow and Yalta studios.The first two serials have not left a trace in the annals of film archives. But The House of Mystery, Ermolieff's third serial, (begun in the summer of 1921 and not completed until 1923) by Alexandre Volkoff (with fellow studio director Viatcheslav Tourjansky providing some important and uncredited second-unit work), is a triumph of the genre and a complete delight that not only survived, but also was restored in its original ten-episode format by the Cinémathèque française.The involved plot of The House of Mystery centers around Julien Villandrit (Ivan Mosjoukine) and his star-crossed courtship to Régine de Bettigny (Hélène Darly), that inspires bitterness and jealousy in Henri Corradin (Charles Vanel), Julien's long-time associate and secret rival in love. For Mosjoukine, who contracted typhoid fever during the course of production, it remains one of the ultimate consecrations to his multifarious talents as actor, writer, and even make-up artist. But the film also opened doors for Vanel (Les Misérables, The Wages of Fear, Diabolique) who gives the "Curses! Foiled again!" school of melodramatic villainy a new lease on life), and the astonishing Nicolas Koline.BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDE:• Production Photos Slideshow - A collection of rare stills and behind-the-scenes photos from the set of The House of Mystery• A 12-Page Booklet - Featuring an essay and biographical material on some of the actors and artists by film historian's Lenny Borger & David Robinson
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Fanfare d’amour (Fanfare of Love, 1935) | Starring Fernand Gravey - Clip [HD] Flicker Alley Clips 2023-10-30 | AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AT flickeralley.comInstagram - instagram.com/flickeralleyTwitter - twitter.com/flickeralleyFacebook - facebook.com/FlickerAlleyFanfare d’amour follows Jean Rameau (Fernand Gravey) and Pierre Dupont (Julien Carette), two out-of-work musicians in search of stable employment who eventually set their sights on the female-led Tulips orchestra when they learn of two openings in the group. Jean and Pierre disguise themselves as women to audition, ultimately landing the job and joining the group as they travel, rehearse, and perform together, facing unexpected twists and turns along the way. A direct inspiration for Billy Wilder’s 1959 American sensation, Some Like It Hot, Fanfare d’amour is a cinematic treat of romantic comedy, musical numbers, and a first-rate cast. The film was restored in 4K from the original 35mm nitrate fine grain and a vintage 35mm print.
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