Copyright Comedies and More (2022)

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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).

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  Marie Dressler

  Archive Footage, "Tillie’s Tomato Surprise"

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  Ruth Roland

  Archive Footage, "The Stolen Play"

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  Alice Joyce

  Archive Footage, "The Mexican Joan of Arc"

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  Vivian Prescott

  Archive Footage, "In Wrong"

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  Eddie Lyons

  Archive Footage, "Pruning the Movies"

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  Paul Panzer

  Archive Footage, "And the Villain Still Pursued Her"

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  Lee Moran

  Archive Footage, "Pruning the Movies"

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  William Conklin

  Archive Footage, "The Stolen Play"

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  Jane Wolfe

  Archive Footage, "The Mexican Joan of Arc"

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  Carlyle Blackwell

  Archive Footage, "The Mexican Joan of Arc"

• Harry L. Rattenberry

  Archive Footage, "Pruning the Movies"

• Carmen de Philippi

  Archive Footage, "Pruning the Movies"

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Donald Sosin