1000 and One--the Blue Book of Non-Theatrical Films (1926)
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LITERATURE AND DRAMA
"1000 and One"
GROUP 84 (Continued) Literature and Drama
** Oliver Wendell Holmes (1) Pictorial biography; dramatization of The
Height of the Ridiculous.
** Washington Irving (1) Views of the author's home and characteristic scenes from Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
** Henry Wads worth Longfellow (1) Sketch of his life; scenes from The Village Blacksmith.
** James Russell Lowell (1) Brief biography, followed by scenes of The Courtin' from the Bigelow Papers.
** Edgar Allen Poe (1) With the acting out of Annabel Lee. ** Mark Twain (1) With scenes made famous by his writings, and a dramatization of The Jumping Frog.
** Walt Whitman (1) An effort to put the philosophy of the author in film form.
** John Green leaf Whit tier (1) Illustrating Whittier by lines from The Barefoot Boy and Maud Muller. American Literature (1) Dramatic situations from Poe's The Goldbug and from Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter.
* The Ancient Mariner (6) The Coleridge story, with a "modern" beginning and ending. (IX)
Annabel Lee (5) Exquisite production based on Edgar Poe's famous poem. . (I, 23, 42, 69)
Antony and Cleopatra (6) The classic story. (77) ***As No Man Has Loved (8) Excellent screen version of "The Man Without a Country." (IX)
Aunt Tabitha (1) Comedy, comparing present-day girl with her aunt. Poem by 0. W. Holmes. (XII, 37, 112)
The Barefoot Boy (6) Based upon Whittier's immortal poem. Cast includes John Bowers, Marjorie Daw, Tully Marshall, Raymond Hatton. (32) ** Beloved Vagabond (5) Picturization of famous Locke novel. (VHI) "***Bill (3) A gem of screen acting. Motion picture version of Anatole France's Crainquebille. . (XIX)
* The Bond Boy (6) George Washington Ogden's novel. Acted by Richard Barthelmess and Mary Alden. (XIX)
Break, Break, Break! (1) Drama based on Tennyson's poem. (I) The Brook (1) Picturization of Tennyson's poem. (XXI) . The Call of the Wild (7) Picturization of Jack London's book, admirably done. (XV) The Call of the Wild (5) Five-reel version with Rin Tin Tin. (79) The Child of M'sieu' (5) Baby Marie Osborne in a story suggested by Browning's Pippa Passes. (37, 56, 112)
A Christmas Carol (1) Taken from Charles Dickens' Story. (49) The Courtship of Miles Stand ish (5 or 6) Dramatization of Longfellow's poem, geographically and historically correct. Not the version with Charles Ray. (18, 28, 49)
***The Courtship of Miles Standish (9) Longfellow's poem furnishes the incident of John Alden and Priscilla, amplified by Charles Ray to include the story of the Pilgrims and the voyage of the Mayflower. Valuable for school as a study of the Pilgrims and their experiences. (H, 18)
The Cricket on the Hearth (7) Vivid presentation of Charles Dickens' best known story. (I, 23, 42, 69, 156)
** David Copperfield (7) English background and true Dickens characters, (II)
* The Deerslayer (5) J. Fenimore Cooper's story. (I, 42, 69, 156) Dombey and Son (6) Charles Dickens' classic filmed in original English
locations. (XI, 18, 37, 56, 71, 79)
***The Enchanted Cottage (8) Pinero's play acted by Richard Barthelmess and Ma}7 McAvoy. A screen classic. (19) Enoch Arden (4) Version of the classic. (79) A Fairy Foreland (1) Picturization of Tennyson's idyl, The Brook. (67) Hansel and Gretel (3) The well-known story. (49, 79, 112)
*** Heidi of the Alps (2) Delightful rendition of Spyri's popular tale. Madge Evans in title role. In Prizma color. (XX, XXI)
A Hoosier Romance (5) With Jefferson and Colleen Moore. From the Riley story. (XI, 112)
The Hoosier Schoolmaster (4, 5 & 6) The literary classic by Edward Eggleston of settler days in Indiana. (I, 19, 23, 42, 69/79, 156)
** Hunting Ground of Hiawatha (1) Longfellow's poem picturized. (151)
* In the Palace of the King (6) Dramatization of F. Marion Crawford's story laid in the reign of Phillip II of Spain. (79)
Jack Knife Man (7) Ellis Parker Butler's story of spiritual achievement, filmed on its exact locale on the Mississippi. (I, 23, 69)