威尼斯人娱乐场 Features Early 20th-Century Cinema on April 10th
Press Release 路 Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Washington, DC
A Century Ago: The Films of 1907
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Washington, DC鈥n Thursday, April 10, 2008 at 7 p.m., the 威尼斯人娱乐场 presents 鈥淎 Century Ago: The Films of 1907鈥� showcasing a selection of rare turn-of-the-20th-century international films, including trick films, 鈥渁ctualities鈥� (films showing real things or events), primitive dramas, and gag films, all produced during this year of creative expansion and transition. 鈥淎 Century Ago鈥� will feature live musical accompaniment by award-winning musician and composer Michael Mortilla. The program is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in partnership with The Charles Guggenheim Center for the Documentary Film and the Foundation for the 威尼斯人娱乐场
Compiled and hosted by Randy Haberkamp, Director of Educational and Special Projects for the Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the program will be highlighted by the pixilation (stop-action animation) sensation The Haunted Hotel, by J. Stuart Blackton of Vitagraph; the first film version of Ben-Hur, from the Kalem Company, which led to a precedent-setting copyright infringement case; a hand-tinted version of Les Kiriki, Acrobates Japonais, from Path茅 Studios in France; and such crowd pleasers as The Teddy Bears, from Edison Studios, and The Dancing Pig, from Path茅. Most prints are in 35mm and are drawn from the collections of the Academy Film Archive, the Library of Congress, and the UCLA Film & Television Archive. (120 minutes)
The program is free and open to the public, and will be held in the William G.McGowan Theater of the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Building, located at Constitution and 7th Street, NW. Metro accessible on the Yellow and Green lines, Archives/Navy Memorial station.
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