Motion pictures, 1894-1912 ([n.d.])
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Subject: Motion pictures
Publisher: [Washington]
Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
Language: English
Call number: 9698
Digitizing sponsor: MSN
Book contributor: Prelinger Library
Collection: additional_collections; americana
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This site is dedicated to the preservation of memory of silent films. Although they were quite important in the evolution of cinema, they remain virtually forgotten nowadays. Since the best way to understand the present is taking an attentive look at the past, here you have some movies, pictures, interviews, etc. on silent cinema. Some occasional material on sound films will also be presented. I hope you enjoy getting to know a bit more about the beauty and sheer fun of these golden oldies.
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Friday, November 4, 2011
Friday, July 8, 2011
Fantômas
Fantômas is the first of 32 novels penned from 1911 to 1913 by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre. The title character is a ruthless thief and killer, a bloodthirsty successor to LeBlanc's Arsène Lupin. The first five novels were made into silent film serials. The character and the movies caught the eye of the French Surrealists who admired the primal violence of Fantômas, as well as his portrayal in the films, which are considered landmarks in French Cinema. In Fantômas, the Marquise de Langrune is savagely murdered and Inspector Juve, who is obsessed with capturing Fantômas, arrives to solve the murder. (Summary by Alan Winterrowd).
See the audio files of all novels on the following link: http://www.archive.org/details/fantomas_1007_librivox
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