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Movies Begin (The): A Treasury of Early Cinema 1894-1913 (short) (1894-1913)
A Five-Volume Boxed Set.Director: Birt Acres, Arturo Ambrosio, Segundo de Chomón, Jean Durand, Thomas Edison, D. W. Griffith, Alice Guy, Henry Lehrman, Max Linder, Auguste & Louis Lumière, Luigi Maggi, Winsor McCay, Georges Méliès, R.W. Paul, Edwin S. Porter, George Albert Smith, James Willi, amsonFerdinand Zecca
OVERALL: R1-
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Extras:DISC ONE "The Great Train Robbery and Other Primary Works"
The Films
- Series Photography (1880s) (2:05)
- Edison Shorts (1894-97)
-- The Kiss (1896) (0:21)
-- Serpentine Dances (1895) (0:36)
-- Sandow (1896) (0:23)
-- Glenroy Brothers (1894) (0:29)
-- Cockfight (1894) (0:45)
-- The Barber Shop (1894) (0:44)
-- Feeding the Doves (1896) (0:25)
-- Seminary Girls (1897) (0:33)
- Auguste & Louis Lumière (1895-96)
-- Swimming in the Sea (0:52)
-- Children Digging for Clams (1896) (0:48)
-- Loading a Boiler (1896) (0:44)
-- Dragoons Crossing the Sâone (1896) (0:47)
-- Promenade of Ostriches (1896) (0:50)
-- Childish Quarrel (1896) (0:50)
-- Lion, London Zoo (1896) (0:41)
-- Photograph (1895) (0:37)
-- Transformation by Hats (1895) (0:46)
-- Carmaux: Drawing Out Coke (1896) (0:38)
-- Poultry-Yard (1896) (0:51)
-- Arab Cortege, Geneva (1896) (0:35)
-- New York: Brooklyn Bridge (1896) (0:48)
-- New York: Broadway (1896) (0:40)
-- Policeman's Parade: Chicago (1896) (0:47)
- A Trip to the Moon (1902) (11:46)
- Actualities
-- McKinley at Home (1896) (0:39)
-- Pack Train on Chilkoot Pass (1898) (1:11)
-- Skyscrapers of New York (1903) (2:53)
-- The Georgetown Loop (1903) (3:04)
-- San Francisco: Aftermath (1906) (1:22)
-- The Dog and His Various Merits (1908) (2:09)
-- Moscow Clad in Snow (1909) (7:21)
-- Airplane Flight and Wreck (1910) (4:11)
-- Biograph "Blue" Films (1903-05)
-- A Fire in a Burlesque Theatre (1904) (0:43)
-- Airy Fairy Lillian Tries on Her New Corsets (1905) (0:57)
-- From Show Girl to Burlesque Queen (1903) (0:57)
-- Troubles of a Manager of a Burlesque Show (1904) (2:04)
- The Great Train Robbery (1903) (10:29)
- The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog (1905) (1:31)
- The Golden Beetle (1907) (2:42)
DISC TWO "The European Pioneers"
The Films
- Auguste & Louis Lumière
-- Leaving the Factory (1895) (1:12)
-- The Baby's Meal (1895) (0:39)
-- Demolition of a Wall (1896) (1:21)
-- The Sprinkler Sprinkled (1895) (0:45)
-- Arrival of Congress (1895) (0:46)
-- Arrival of a Train (1895) (0:52)
-- Card Party (1896) (0:53)
-- Boat Leaving the Port (1895) (0:51)
-- Leaving Jerusalem (1897) (0:51)
-- Snowball Fight (1897) (0:43)
-- A Fire Run (Lyons) (1896) (0:38)
-- Niagara Falls (1896) (0:46)
-- Spanish Bullfight (1900) (0:48)
- Birt Acres
-- Rough Sea at Dover (1895) (0:50)
- R.W. Paul
-- Come Along Do! (1898) (0:56)
-- The Derby (1896) (0:38)
-- The Countryman and the Cinematograph (1901) (0:25)
-- A Chess Dispute (1903) (1:09)
-- Extraordinary Cab Accident (1903) (0:50)
-- Buy Your Own Cherries (1904) (4:19)
-- The (?) Motorist (1906) (2:33)
- George Albert Smith
-- The Miller and the Sweep (1897) (0:54)
-- The Kiss in the Tunnel (1899) (1:11)
-- Let Me Dream Again (1900) (1:09)
-- Grandma's Reading Glass (1900) (1:25)
-- As Seen Through a Telescope (1900) (1:07)
-- Sick Kitten (1903) (0:55)
-- Mary Jane's Mishap (1903) (3:46)
- Sheffield Photo. Co. (4:19)
- Haggar and Sons (3:05)
- Bamforth and Co.
-- The Kiss in the Tunnel (1899) (1:29)
-- Ladies' Skirts Nailed to a Fence (1899) (1:14)
-- The Bitter Bit (1900) (1:06)
-- Rough Sea (1900) (0:56)
- James Williamson
-- Attack on a China Mission (1900) (1:33)
-- The Big Swallow (1901) (1:04)
-- Stop Thief! (1901) (1:58)
-- Fire! (1901) (4:43)
-- An Interesting Story (1904) (3:54)
DISC THREE "Experimentation and Discovery"
The Film
- Hepworth Mfg. Co.
-- How it Feels to Be Run Over (1900) (0:48)
-- Explosion of a Motor Car (1900) (1:30)
-- Rescued by Rover (1905) (6:28)
-- The Other Side of the Hedge (1905) (1:44)
-- That Fatal Sneeze (1907) (5:39)
- Cricks & Martin (12:04)
- Kineto Prod. Co. (9:41)
- Pathé Frères
-- Par le trou de serrue (1901) (1:48)
-- Histoire d'un crime (1901) (5:22)
-- Ali Baba et les quarante voleurs (1902) (8:20)
-- Reve et réalité (1901) (0:44)
-- La révolution en russe (1905) (3:41)
-- Aladin ou la lampe merveilleuse (1906) (11:45)
-- Le cheval emballé (1907) (6:42)
-- A Narrow Escape (1908) (6:06)
-- Magic Bricks (1908) (3:10)
- Edison Mfg. Co.
-- Dewar's - It's Scotch (1897) (0:52)
-- The Gay Shoe Clerk (1903) (1:18)
-- Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906) (5:16)
DISC FOUR "The Magic of Méliès"
The Films
- The Untamable Whiskers (1904) (2:46)
- The Cook in Trouble (1904) (4:32)
- Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer (1904) (3:27)
- The Wonderful Living Fan (1904) (3:23)
- The Mermaid (1904) (4:02)
- The Living Playing Cards (1905) (2:50)
- The Black Imp (1905) (3:58)
- The Enchanted Sedan Chair (1905) (3:16)
- The Scheming Gamblers Paradise (1905) (3:07)
- The Hilarious Posters (1906) (3:27)
- The Mysterious Retort (1906) (3:22)
- The Eclipse (1907) (9:15)
- Good Glue Sticks (1907) (5:08)
- Long Distance Wireless Photography (1908) (6:07)
- The Impossible Voyage (1904) (20:33)
"Georges Méliès, Cinema Magician" 1978 documentary (21:18)
DISC FIVE "Comedy, Spectacle and New Horizons"
The Films
- The Policeman's Little Run (1907) (5:38)
- Troubles of a Grass Widower (1908) (9:58)
- Nero, or the Fall of Rome (1909) (12:29)
- Onésime, Clock-Maker (1912) (8:02)
- Winsor McCay (1911) (6:52)
- Making an American Citizen (1912) (16:04)
- The Girl and Her Trust (1912) (15:09)
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Subtitles:English Intertitles (where applicable)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Five keep cases in a slipbox.
DISCS ONE & FIVE have music scores compiled and directed by Robert Israel.
DISCS TWO & THREE have piano accompaniment by Neil Brand.
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Easter eggs:On DISC TWO on the "film selection" menu, navigate to the last page and press the right arrow to highlight a hidden "next page" button with the following films:
- Girls Swinging (1897) (0:31)
- Interrupted Bathers (1902) (0:47)
- The Draped Model (1902) (0:53)
- Shooting Captured Insurgents (1898) (0:43)
- Execution of a Spy (1900) (0:42)
- Execution of a Czolgosz (2:58)
- Burlesque Suicide (1902) (1:05)
- Electrocuting an Elephant (1903) (1:31)
- Discovery of Bodies (1903) (2:16)
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OVERALL: R1
Currently the only release we have specs for.
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CUTS:
- R1 America- Kino Video - No known cuts.
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Comparison added by James-Masaki_Ryan on 04/01/23
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