Kino Classics (Firm)
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs : sound, black & white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"A comprehensive survey of one of cinema's most influential figures, Edison: The Invention of the Movies is a monumental collection of 140 archival motion pictures. From 19th century camera tests never intended for public screening to the last feature-length film released by the Thomas A. Edison Studios in 1918 (The Unbeliever), the collection is digitally mastered with musical scores, surrounded by a wealth of historical documents and interviews...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From the ground-breaking director of Rock Hudson₂s Home Movies and From the Journals of Jean Seberg, comes another witty and enlightening essay on the gay undercurrents of Hollywood₂s Golden Age. Dan Butler (Frasier) acts as tour guide as he uncovers a squeamish fascination with gay eroticism and camp. The film is a rich and funny meditation on American sexual identity, film history and culture. You will never look at Westerns the same way again....
4) The stranger
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Academy Award-nominated thriller follows Franz Kindler, a Nazi fugitive hiding out as a professor in a small Connecticut town. When his new wife begins to suspect his past, a detective sets out to uncover his identity.
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In this adventurous western set in 1836, a scalper, a gunman, an indentured female servant, and an aging sea captain band together to find a golden treasure. But as they progress, they all begin double and triple-crossing each other in hopes of getting all the gold for themselves.
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (70 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After fifteen years in a mental asylum, Hilary Fairfield has suddenly regained his sanity, escaped from the institution and come home. But a few things have changed in his absence. For one, his strong-willed daughter Sydney has grown up and is planning to marry. For another, his wife has divorced him and is planning to re-marry. It₂s enough to drive a man crazy, or a woman, for that matter.
8) Les vampires
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (417 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An intrepid reporter and his loyal friend battle a bizarre secret society of criminals known as The Vampires.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (approximately 1276 min.) : silent and sound, black and white and color tinted ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (76 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)
Description
Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart from the Hollywood establishment, cultivating visual and...