Motion Pictures 1894 to 1912 (1953)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Pictures 1894 to 1912
Date:
1953
Volume:
Motion Pictures 1894 to 1912
Leaf #:
00014
Language:
English
Contributor:
Prelinger Library
Sponsor:
Microsoft Corporation
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 20, 2022
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mouth, New Hampshire" (1905); and hundreds of other similar films which bring back an almost forgotten era. These films depict the true customs, dress, and manners of the time and place; they show general world events. Presidential inaugurations; events of the Spanish-American War, noted political figures and other personalities, fires and disasters, sports, popular dances, and many other phases in the life of this period. Changes in techniques or styles of motion picture production cannot aflFect the importance of these films. Specialized students of the motion picture and drama will derive profit and pleasure from see- ing the first attempts to tell a story on the screen, the evolution of screen syntax by D. W. Griffith, and the first appearances of such celebrities as Mary Pickford, and the films listed in this catalog and pre- served in the Library of Congress and elsewhere will have an even wider appeal to general his- torians, sociologists, and educators who may have no interest in the motion picture as such. It is hoped that this catalog will serve not only those seeking information regarding the copyright history and status of these films but will also be of material assistance to those studying the motion picture as an art, as an important means of com- munication, as a historical record, or as an effective social force. Howard Lamarr Walls K