A compilation of thirteen rare silent films digitized by the Library of Congress, selected for the 2022 Domitor conference theme “Copy/Rights and Early Cinema.” Drawn from nitrate and safety film, the program spans comedies, trick films, and dramas exploring censorship, invention, adaptation, and social rights. Titles include: Pruning the Movies (Nestor, 1914); Imperial Japanese Dance (Edison, 1894); Early Edison Camera Tests (Edison, c.1890s); Censorship and its Absurdities (Edison, 1915); In Wrong (Crystal, 1914, dir. Phillips Smalley); Tillie’s Tomato Surprise (Lubin, 1915, dir. Howell Hansell); Indian Land Grab (Champion, 1910); The Stolen Play (Falcon Features, 1917, dir. Harry Harvey); And the Villain Still Pursued Her (Vitagraph, 1906, dir. J. Stuart Blackton); The Doll’s Revenge (Hepworth, 1907, dir. Lewin Fitzhamon); The Disintegrated Convict (Vitagraph, 1907); The Mexican Joan of Arc (Kalem, 1911, dir. Kenean Buel); and Fads and Fashions of 1900 (U.S., 1940s).
as Archive Footage, "Tillie’s Tomato Surprise"
as Archive Footage, "The Stolen Play"
as Archive Footage, "The Mexican Joan of Arc"
as Archive Footage, "In Wrong"
as Archive Footage, "Pruning the Movies"
as Archive Footage, "And the Villain Still Pursued Her"
as Archive Footage, "Pruning the Movies"
as Archive Footage, "The Stolen Play"
as Archive Footage, "The Mexican Joan of Arc"
as Archive Footage, "The Mexican Joan of Arc"
as Archive Footage, "Pruning the Movies"
as Archive Footage, "Pruning the Movies"
as Archive Footage, "In Wrong"
as Archive Footage, "The Doll's Revenge"
as Archive Footage, "The Doll's Revenge"
