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Le Giornate del Cinema Muto 2006 Sommario / Contents

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anche con le prime proiezioni. In questo caso, l’ultima sezione <strong>del</strong> film<br />

è subito attaccata alla testa, e questo suo essere “fuori posto”<br />

potrebbe essere spiegato con tale pratica. – CHARLES MUSSER<br />

This film of the famous sharpshooter Annie Oakley already survives in<br />

several different archival collections. Films were generally looped to be<br />

shown in Edison’s peephole Kinetoscope, and that practice often continued<br />

when early films were shown on projectors. In this case, the last section of<br />

the film is presently attached to the head, and looping may account for this<br />

being “out of order”. – CHARLES MUSSER<br />

NEW BAR ROOM [SCENE] (Edison, US 1895) [EMP 110]<br />

Prod.: W.K.L. Dickson; f./ph:William Heise; shot 17 January 1895; 35mm,<br />

39 ft., 20” (30 fps), National Fairground Archive, Sheffield.<br />

Senza didascalie / No intertitles.<br />

Dickson e Heise rifecero diverse popolari scene giornaliere nel<br />

gennaio 1895: alcune presentano un cartello “R” (per Raff & Gammon,<br />

come New Barber’s Shop, EMP 111), ma questo ha un “MB” (che sta per<br />

Maguire & Baucus). Alcuni elementi di scena ed almeno uno degli<br />

attori (la donna che interpreta la cameriera <strong>del</strong> bar) erano apparsi già<br />

nel primo A Bar Room Scene (EMP 37, prodotto entro il maggio <strong>del</strong><br />

1894). Questa scena contiene più persone e più elementi, ma per il<br />

resto segue la stessa azione di base <strong>del</strong> tentativo originale. Fino alla<br />

scoperta di questa copia, di New Bar Room si era conservata solo una<br />

descrizione. – CHARLES MUSSER<br />

Dickson and Heise remade several popular quotidian scenes in January<br />

1895: some sport a Raff & Gammon “R” placard (New Barber’s Shop,<br />

EMP 111), but this one boasts an “MB” (for Maguire & Baucus). Some<br />

of the props and at least one of the actors (the woman playing the<br />

barmaid) appeared in the earlier A Bar Room Scene (EMP 37,<br />

produced by May 1894).This scene has more people and more props,<br />

but otherwise follows the same basic action of the original effort. Until<br />

the discovery of this print, only a description of New Bar Room had<br />

survived. – CHARLES MUSSER<br />

ALTRE RECENTI SCOPERTE EDISON<br />

ADDITIONAL RECENT EDISON DISCOVERIES<br />

Dalla retrospettiva sulla Edison presentata alle <strong>Giornate</strong> <strong>del</strong> 1997<br />

almeno tre altre pellicole Edison degli esordi sono state localizzate e<br />

preservate: / Since the 1997 Edison retrospective at the <strong>Giornate</strong>, at least<br />

three other early Edison films have been located and preserved:<br />

RUTH DENNIS (Edison, US 1894) [EMP 43]<br />

Prod.: W.K.L. Dickson; f./ph: William Heise; cast: Ruth Dennis [Ruth St.<br />

Denis]; shot mid-July 1894; 35mm, 42 ft., 22.5” (30 fps), BFI National<br />

Film and Television Archive, London.<br />

Senza didascalie / No intertitles.<br />

Si tratta <strong>del</strong> primo film sulla donna che sarebbe divenuta famosa<br />

come la danzatrice moderna Ruth St. Denis. Nel 1894 era un’artista<br />

di vaudeville nota come la “Campionessa di calci in alto”. Benché<br />

121<br />

l’iniziale identificazione di Luke McKernan sia credibile, la Dennis<br />

non dimostra con la sua esibizione di essere una grande<br />

campionessa. _ CHARLES MUSSER<br />

This is the earliest film of the woman who would become known as the<br />

modern dancer Ruth St. Denis. In 1894 she was a vaudeville performer<br />

known as “the Champion High Kicker of the World”. Although Luke<br />

McKernan’s initial identification of this is credible, Dennis’ high-kicking<br />

performance does seem lacking in championship quality. – CHARLES MUSSER<br />

BATTLE OF SAN JUAN / BATTLE OF SAN JUAN HILL<br />

(Edison, US 1899) [EMP 652]<br />

Prod: James H.White; shot c. January 1899; 35mm, 100 ft., c.1’30” (20<br />

fps),Yale Film Study Center, New Haven, CT.<br />

Senza didascalie / No intertitles.<br />

Il film apparteneva ad una serie di ricostruzioni di scene di guerra<br />

realizzate ai primi <strong>del</strong> 1899 ed annunciate per la prima volta sul New<br />

York Clipper <strong>del</strong>l’11 febbraio 1899 (con il titolo di Battle of San Juan).<br />

Thomas A. Edison non aveva depositato questi titoli per il copyright,<br />

così non appartengono alla Paper Print Collection <strong>del</strong>la Library of<br />

Congress e sono a lungo stati considerati “perduti”. (Altri titoli simili<br />

includono Sailors Landing Under Fire [EMP 651], Defending the Colors<br />

[EMP 653] e Surrender of General Toral [EMP 655].) Dopo l’uscita, il<br />

rivale Sigmund Lubin filmò velocemente una ricostruzione simile e la<br />

mise sul mercato con lo stesso titolo.<br />

Questo film è comparso in una piccola raccolta di pellicole presentate<br />

da un ambulante nel Wisconsin. Il donatore ha ricevuto una copia di<br />

sicurezza a 35mm per il suo contributo ad un archivio americano,<br />

copoa che ha poi ceduto allo Yale Film Study Center: ecco come è<br />

arrivato alla nostra attenzione. – CHARLES MUSSER<br />

This was one of a series of Edison war re-enactment films made early in<br />

1899 and first advertised in the New York Clipper of 11 February 1899<br />

(as Battle of San Juan).Thomas A. Edison did not copyright these subjects,<br />

and so they are not part of the Paper Print Collection at the Library of<br />

Congress, and have long been considered “lost”. (Other such titles include<br />

Sailors Landing Under Fire [EMP 651], Defending the Colors [EMP<br />

653], and Surrender of General Toral [EMP 655].) After its release, rival<br />

Sigmund Lubin quickly filmed a similar re-enactment and marketed it with<br />

the same title.<br />

This film turned up in a small collection of films exhibited by a travelling<br />

showman in Wisconsin. The donor received a 35mm safety print for his<br />

contribution to an American archive, and then turned around and sold it<br />

to the Yale Film Study Center, which is how it came to our attention.<br />

CHARLES MUSSER<br />

[HOW THE PROFESSOR FOOLED THE BURGLARS]<br />

(Vitagraph?, US 1899?/1900?) [EMP 883]<br />

Prod., f./ph: J. Stuart Blackton,Albert E. Smith; 35mm, 115 ft., 2’ (12 fps),<br />

Newsfilm Library, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.<br />

Senza didascalie / No intertitles.<br />

Greg Wilsbacher, Direttore <strong>del</strong>la Newsfilm Library e curatore <strong>del</strong>le<br />

INCUNABULA

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