Gaumont Treasures (1897-1913) - Volume 1 - Alice Guy

The invention of cinema—and its growth into a sophisticated art form—are vividly brought to life in this massive collection of films from the early years of the influential Gaumont Film Company. Each disc is devoted to one of Gaumont’s artistic directors, who oversaw all film production at the studio, and profoundly influenced not only the identity of the studio but also the evolution of the cinema itself. DVD 1 Alice Guy Few individual artists have exerted as profound an influence upon the evolution of cinema as Alice Guy (later known as Guy-Blaché). With this collection of more than 60 films, culled from the world’s leading archives and carefully mastered, Guy may no longer be seen as a “woman filmmaker.” These films, produced by Guy for Gaumont before she moved to the US, reveal her to be an unqualified pioneer whose work stands alongside that of the Lumière Brothers, Georges Méliès, and Edwin S. Porter, in cinema’s rapid growth from an optical illusion to a storytelling medium to an art form. Among the highlights are a 19th-century serpentine dance, early “trick” films, experiments with hand-coloring and synchronized sound, comedies, social commentaries, and (as the collection’s centerpiece) a 33-minute religious epic: The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ (1906). Screenshots: http://freakyflicks.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=6&action=display&thread=4466 1897 The Fisherman at the Stream Bathing in a Stream Serpentine Dance by Mme. Bob Walter 1898 The Turn-of-the-Century Blind Man At the Hypnotist's The Burglars Disappearing Act Surprise Attack on a House at Daybreak 1899 At the Club Wonderful Absinthe 1900 Avenue de l’Opéra Automated Hat-Maker and Sausage-Grinder At the Photographer's Dance of the Seasons: Winter, Snow Dance The Landlady Turn-of-the-Century Surgery Pierrette’s Escapades* At the Floral Ball* The Cabbage-Patch Fairy 1902 Serpentine Dance by Lina Esbrard Midwife to the Upper Class An Untimely Intrusion Miss Dundee and Her Performing Dogs 1903 How Monsieur Takes His Bath Faust and Mephistopheles 1905 The O’Mers in “The Bricklayers” The Statue The Magician’s Alms Clown, Dog and Balloon Spain The Tango The Malagueña and the Bullfighter Cook & Rilly’s Trained Rooster Cake Walk, Performed by Nouveau Cirque Alice Guy Films a “Phonoscène” Saharet Performs the Bolero* Polin Performs “The Anatomy of a Draftee”† Dranem Performs “The True Jiu-Jitsu”† Dranem Performs “Five O’Clock Tea”† Félix Mayol Performs “Indiscreet Questions”* † Félix Mayol Performs “The Trottins’ Polka”† Félix Mayol Performs “White Lilacs”† 1906 The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ An Obstacle Course Madame’s Cravings A Sticky Woman The Hierarchies of Love The Cruel Mother A Story Well Spun The Drunken Mattress The Parish Priest’s Christmas The Truth Behind the Ape-Man The Consequences of Feminism Ocean Studies The Game-Keeper’s Son 1907 The Race for the Sausage The Glue The Fur Hat The Cleaning Man A Four-Year-Old Hero The Rolling Bed The Irresistible Piano On the Barricade The Dirigible “Homeland” * In the original hand-tinted color † A synchronized-sound “Phonoscène” Curated by Pierre Philippe Music by Sorties d’Artistes, except The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ: Music by Patrick Laviosa American Edition produced by Bret Wood Format: AVI Format/Info: Audio Video Interleave Bit rate: 1332 Kbps Writing application: Lavf51.12.1 Codec: xvid Bit rate: 1191 Kbps Width: 720 pixels Height: 480 pixels Aspect ratio: 1.500 Frame rate: 29.970 fps Standard: NTSC Bits/(Pixel*Frame): 0.115 Audio Codec: MPEG-1 Audio layer 3 Codec profile: Joint stereo Bit rate: 128 Kbps Bit rate mode: CBR Channel(s): 2 channels Sampling rate: 48 KHz Resolution: 16 bits

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Cadinot (2009-10-27)

This should be a pleasure. Thank you.

Cadinot (2009-10-27)

btw - Most of the screenshots in this torrent and in many of your others have been deleted by imageshack. Thanks again for the gems you upload here.

Vickylovely (2010-02-20)

I finally completed this download.
What can I say? It's just all kinds of awesome. It is disc 1 in a 3 disc set, and it's so worth the time if you're into silent cinema.
Just superb in every way. Thanks for the upload. I will continue sharing (however, my upload speed is severely limited by my ISP.)
Thanks a million.

MrMikaLee (2012-01-05)

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