Monday, April 5, 2021

D/ alphabetical - SILENT HORROR - SCIENCE-FICTION - FANTASY


d'ou vient-il? 1905 FRA Pathe Freres-p, Zecca-d.. reversing ocean bather.
@ https://youtu.be/twYAUQECWfo?t=66 (preview, 1:06-2:49)
@ MOMA (Richard Abel)

daisy doodad's dial 1914 UK Florence Turner-p.. she dreams of weird faces, genre?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259262.. Lee-I ("F-com-dream")

damnation du docteur faust 1904 FRA Star-Melies-p.. his soul he familiarly sells; story it adequately tells.
(colored portion survives, says Wikipedia)

damon and pythias 1914 USA Universal-p.. (x) not genre.. Lee-I ("F").. @ YouTube (54 minutes).

damonit 1913 GER Neue Filmgesellschaft-p, Cosmopolitan-dist.. new explosive of great power, dynamite? genre?

dancer's dream 1905 UK RW Paul-p, Martin-d.. underwater dancing, fairy.. 

dances of the ages 1913 USA Edison-p, Dawley-d.. they watch holographic dancing images of prehistoric cave-dwellers, Egyptians, Greeks, and other eras.

dancing legs 1908 USA Vitagraph-p.. dance academy professor cuts off student legs which get jumbled on reassembly, comedy!
@ PAPER PRINT FRAGMENT: http://lccn.loc.gov/2002637999 (H108127, no media here)

dangerous adventure 1922 USA Warner-p.. SERIAL-15 (and 7-reel FEATURE).. tt0013046.. Lee-P ("F?").. genre?
@ UCLA (all chapters)

daniel 1913 USA Vitagraph-p.. God saves the prophet.

dans les griffes de l'araignee 1924 FRA Pathe Consortium-p, Starewicz (Starevitch)-d.. animated puppets.. bugs with human faces act out a little horror tale.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245856 (1920, USA 1925).. BFI 153501 (1921).. Lee-I ("Dans le Griffes de l'Araignee", 1920).. Seydoux/ GPA/ CNC (1924)
@ DVD: Wladyslaw Starewicz Collection (Amazon)
@ CNC (Bois d'Arcy)
@ Montreal (Magliozzi 1531)
@ EYE (per IMDB)

danse de l'eventail 1897 FRA Lumiere-p.. CNC says 1899.. fairy dancing (she appears to be drunk).
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1982654 (1905 mis-dating from Lumiere mis-cataloging)
@ https://vimeo.com/397197157 (colored, MNC)

danse du diable 1904 FRA Pathe Freres-p.. DUPLICATE for FANTAISIES ENDIABLEES (1907, Pathe Freres).

danse du feu 1899 FRA Star-Melies-p.. demons fire dance; hail France!

danse du feu 1910 FRA Pathe Freres-p, Chomon-d.. dancer appears in the midst of the flames and spreads her changing wings.
(also GPA 330481, 3:00, no media here)

danse du papillon 1900 FRA Gaumont-p, Alice Guy-d.. fairy dancing.

danse excentrique 1902 FRA Gaumont-p, Alice Guy-d, Lina Esbrard-s.. fairy dancing.

danse fleur-de-lotus 1897 FRA Gaumont-p, Alice Guy (or Lear)-d.. fairy dancing.

danse macabre 1922 USA Visual Symphony-p.. animated.. horror, dance, and music (Saint-Saens).

danse serpentine 1896 FRA Star-Melies-p.. this title often wrongly identified with tinted footage from DANSE SERPENTINE NO. 2 (1897, Lumiere).. fairy dancing.
https://silentfilm.org/preservation/flipbooks (information and video, 2020-2021)
@ https://vimeo.com/410740049 (Beaulieu flipbook, tentative ID, 10 seconds)
@ https://vimeo.com/410445135 (Beaulieu flipbook, tentative ID, same 10 seconds)
@ https://vimeo.com/536430804 (Beaulieu flipbook, tentative ID, same 10 seconds)
@ Magliozzi 269 says London & Madrid but London has Edison (that is Magliozzi 3660 anyway) and there's no record at Madrid

danse serpentine 1900 FRA Gaumont-p (topknot).. fairy dancing, serpentine dance performed by a young woman wearing her hair up in a topknot.
No IMDB.. BFI 378787.
@ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qXZiuifQ5k (reverse image, more coloring)

danse serpentine 1900 FRA Gaumont-p (cage), Alice Guy-d.. fairy dancing, takes place in a lion's or tiger's cage.

danse serpentine (i) 1897 FRA Lumiere-p, Fregoli-s.. fairy dancing.
@ CNC (Bois d'Arcy)

danse serpentine (ii) 1897 FRA Lumiere-p.. fairy dancing on stage.
@ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBFNUNodSiY (0:50, colored, excellent quality)
@ CNC (Bois d'Arcy)

danse serpentine par mme. bob walter 1897 FRA Gaumont-p, Alice Guy-d.. fairy dancing.
danses lilliputiennes 1905 FRA Pathe Freres-p.. tiny dancers.
@ www.loc.gov/item/2006640665 (first 2:21 of this reel the rest is VERRES ENCHANTES 1907)

danseuse microscopique 1902 FRA Star-Melies-p.. eggs, legs; begs.

dante e beatrice 1913 ITA Ambrosio-p, Caserini-d.. includes a trip to Heaven.

dante's inferno 1924 USA Fox-p.. ASHSFF primary.. dreams of a trip to hell.

dark mirror 1920 USA Ince (Famous Players)-p, Paramount (Artcraft)-dist, Giblyn-d.. ASHSFF primary.. ghost but she seems to be having visions or omens.

daughter of pan 1913 USA Helen Gardner-p.. people said to be descendants of Pan, she beautifies by getting into a lily.

daughter of the gods 1916 USA Fox-p, Brenon-d.. ASHSFF primary.. reincarnation, witch.
{UNSURE} http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4648/default.html says Lost, but https://wfpp.cdrs.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-hettie-gray-baker/#filmography says Cinema Museum, but a search of Cinema Museum online did not discover it.

davey jones' locker 1900 USA AM&B-p.. skeleton dances like heck on deck of a wreck.

david et goliath 1910 FRA Pathe Freres-p, Andreani-d, Bovy-s.. Biblical giant.

de luxe annie 1918 USA Norma Talmadge-p.. ASHSFF primary.. clunk on the noggin changes a regular gal into a crook, drama!

dead alive 1916 USA Gaumont-p, Vernot-d.. perhaps UK.. ASHSFF tangential.. fake spirit is twin of dead girl, hypnotism.

death ray 1924 UK Hepworth-p, Novello-Atlas-dist, Pathe-dist, Quiribet-d.. Welsh inventor Harry Grindell-Matthews' death-ray invention, documentary??.. part of the "Q-Riosities by Q" series in the UK, part of the "Gems of the Screen" series in the USA.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303894.. Lee-I-1 ("SF-com" for 1924 "British"), but also Lee-I-2 ("SF-doc" for 1924 "Pathe", the same film)
@ Huntley Archives 75%? (per Doctor Kiss 2014 #2545)

deboires d'un pieton 1922 FRA Pathe-p, Lortac & Landelle-d.. animated.. evil car chases man through and on the house.
No IMDB.. NO Seydoux

decouverte du docteur mitchoff 1912 FRA Pathe Freres-p.. retinal memory in dead man (great little drama).
No IMDB.. Seydoux

defaite de satan 1910 FRA Pathe Freres-p, Denola-d.. Satan comes to earth and drags a man into a game of dice.

deluge, the 1911 USA Vitagraph-p.. God destroys the world of man with a flood.

delusion, a 1902 USA AM&B-p.. photographer sees unreality.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2596616.. AFI 31174.. Lee-I, but also Lee-P ("F?" - why?)

demenagement magnetique 1908 FRA Pathe Freres-p, Chomon-d.. moving an entire household of furniture via magnets.

demon 1911 ITA-RUS Ambrosio-p, Thiemann & Reinhardt-dist, Vitrotti & Krivtsov-d.. Satan tries to capture the soul of a woman.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0201558.. Lee-I ("The Demon" ITA Ambrosio), but also Lee-P ("F?" "Demon" RUS Thiemann & Reinhardt).
@ Bologna (restored) per Doctor Kiss 2016 (#3636)

demon de l'alcool 1909 FRA Eclipse-p.. translated "alcohol demon" but content uncertain.
@ Bologna (per Turconi)
denonciateur, le 1908 FRA Pathe Freres-p.. NOT the same as LE SPECTRE (1908, Pathe Freres).. an old man rejected by a young woman poisons her father, then is accused by both their ghosts.

der 24 dezember 1910 FRA Gaumont-p.. original French title undetermined.. Santa rescued.
No IMDB.

des magiques 1908 FRA Pathe Freres-p, Chomon-d.. lots of dice stuff; more than enough.

deshabillage impossible 1900 FRA Star-Melies-p.. clothes a pest, can't get undressed; film blessed.

destiny, or the soul of a woman 1915 USA Metro-p, Carewe-d.. ASHSFF tangential.. allegory includes Death personified.

deux cent mille lieues sous les mers 1907 FRA Star-Melies-p.. absurd but it is a dream; gathers little steam.
@ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O9hyNubQ5A (9:56) (online colored is a phony)

deux timides 1928 FRA Albatros/ Sequana-p, Rene Clair-d.. some camera acceleration and reversal, genre?
@ grey-market DVD online
@ CF (IMDB, SilentEra.com)

devil, the 1908 USA AM&B-p, DW Griffith-d.. happily married artist tempted by beautiful model, the Devil delights.
@ LOC? (WFPP and SilentEra.com say yes but LOC search and Magliozzi do not confirm)

devil, the 1915 USA NYMP-p, Barker & Ince-d.. ASHSFF primary.. Satan tempts people to adultery.

devil, the 1921 USA Assoc Exhibitors-p, Pathe-dist, Young-d, G Arliss-s.. ASHSFF primary.. saved by the cross literally but not from the Devil literally.
@ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixguw8p53tA (61 minutes, restoration)

devil in the studio 1901 UK RW Paul-p, Booth-d.. animated/ live action.. short trick film inspired by Faust legend.

devil stone 1917 USA Lasky Famous Players-p, Artcraft-dist, DeMille-d.. ASHSFF primary.. cursed emerald brings bad luck to fishermaid.

devil, the servant, and the man, the 1910 USA Selig-p, Beal-d, Alvin Wyckoff-s.. man dreams Satan reveals unfaithful wife.
devil's assistant 1917 USA Pollard-p/d.. drug hallucinations, Cerberus.
@ DVD (23 minutes)

devil's claim 1920 USA Haworth-p, Swickard-d, Sessue Hayakawa-s.. ASHSFF primary.. reincarnated evil spirits, devil worshipers.
SCREENED: MOMA (2007)

devil's foot 1921 UK Stoll-p, Elvey-d.. #2 in the "Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" series.. genre?

devil's theatre 1902 USA Edison-p.. demons perform.
@ LOC (Magliozzi 3718)

devilled crabs 1917 USA Jaxon-p.. tainted food causes hallucinations of Satan, comedy.

diable au couvent 1899 FRA Star-Melies-p.. Satan and cohorts make the sacred stained.

diable dans la ville 1925 FRA Films de France-p.. mysterious stranger sent by Satan?
@ Rarefilmm

diable geant ou le miracle de la madonne 1901 FRA Star-Melies-p.. Satan enslaves her, Madonna saves her.

diable noir 1905 FRA Star-Melies-p.. imp troubles guest, action impressed, story in jest.

diabolo nightmare 1907 UK Urban-p, Booth-d.. man obsessed with toy in fantasy situations; give it some congratulations.

diamond queen 1921 USA Universal-p.. SERIAL-18.. artificial diamonds.
@ Czech archive? (Tapatalk #569)

diana the huntress 1916 USA Pluragraph-p, Unity Sales Corp-dist.. myth.

diavolo zoppo 1910 ITA Ambrosio-p, Maggi-d.. from the classic.

dick whittington and his cat 1913 USA Solax-p, Alice Guy Blache-d.. famous fairy tale.

didone abbandonata 1910 ITA Ambrosio-p, Maggi-d.. mythical.

dinky doodle in egypt 1925 USA Bray-p, Lantz-d.. animated.. mummy and other tropes.

dinky doodle in lost and found 1926 USA Bray-p, Lantz-d.. animated.. witch takes them to the moon.

dinky doodle's bed time story 1926 USA Bray-p, Lantz-d.. animated.. variety of fairy tale characters.

dinosaur and the missing link: a prehistoric tragedy 1915 USA Edison-p, Willis O'Brien-fx.. 1917 distribution date?.. animated.. cave man hunting for dinner comes upon Missing Link's carcass, killed by dinosaur, comedy.

dirigeable fantastique 1905 FRA Star-Melies-p.. blimp works, professor dreams, imps sabotage, prof screams.

disappearing woman 1903 UK unknown-p/d.. disappears at will.
No IMDB.

disintegrated convict 1907 USA Vitagraph-p.. escaped felon has super-power to squeeze through the smallest spaces.
@ PAPER PRINT FRAGMENT: https://lccn.loc.gov/2002637996 (H99034, no media here)

dislocation mysterieuse 1901 FRA Star-Melies-p.. mutant clown gives a start, body comes apart; has heart.

dix chapeaux en 60 secondes 1896 FRA Star-Melies-p.. stage magic tricks.
@ https://vimeo.com/410444874 (Beaulieu flipbook, 10 seconds)

do gentlemen snore? 1928 USA Hal Roach-p, MGM-dist.. witches & skeleton float through room, gorilla.

dobbeltgaengeren 1910 DEN Nordisk-p, Rasmussen-d.. Sherlock Holmes. A burglar dresses up as a count in order to steal a valuable necklace, genre?

doctor jack 1922 USA Hal Roach-p.. sane doctor wins heart of troubled girl from insane doctor, genre?

dr. brompton-watts' age adjuster 1912 USA Edison-p.. A potion restores youth to an old man, too much of it turns him into a monkey.
dr. dolittle und seine tiere 1928 GER Comenius-p, Reiniger-d.. animated (silhouettes).. sound added 1931.. talks to animals.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145752.. Lee-I ("Adventures of Dr. Dolittle")
@ VHS/ DVD/ streaming criterionchannel.com (2021 Apr)

dr. jekyll and mr. hyde 1912 USA Thanhouser-p, Cruze-s.. transformation serum (swift production with some moments and not-bad makeup job).

dr. jekyll and mr. hyde 1913 USA IMP-p, Universal-dist, Baggot-s.. 1915 re-release.. transformation serum (characterizations not meaty or engrossing).
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0002813.. Lee-I (1913), and also Lee-I (1915)

dr. jekyll and mr. hyde 1920 USA Hank Mann-p/d/s, Arrow-dist.. comedy short.
{UNSURE} Doctor Kiss 2009 (#558) says Lost but BFI 516576 "Jekyll and Hyde Comedy" (generic archive title) exists as a fragment.

dr. jekyll and mr. hyde 1920 USA Paramount (Famous Players)-p, Gaumont (et.al.)-dist, John Barrymore-s.. 67-82 minutes, depending on source.. ASHSFF primary.. classic horror/sci-fi.

dr. jekyll and mr. hyde 1920 USA Pioneer-p, Sheldon Lewis-s.. ASHSFF primary.. transformation in a dream, not comedy.
@ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x47KgmvZ2V0 (18 minutes, tinted, partial of 47 minutes)

dr. mabuse, der spieler 1922 GER Uco (Decla Bioscop)-p, UFA-dist, Lang-d.. 195-271 minutes, depending on source.. hypnosis and influential mind control.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013086.. Lee-I (1922 @ 20 reels / 1927 @ 9 reels)
@ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DalGXnhVio (part 1) (155 minutes, French subtitles)
@ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDPmOjfSBvs (part 2) (116 minutes, French subtitles)

dr. pyckle and mr. pryde 1925 USA Standard Cinema-p, Stan Laurel-s.. turns into mischievous and childish alter-ego, comedy.

dr. skinum 1907 USA AM&B-p, McCutcheon-d.. satire on physical culture fad, doc can shrink or enlarge people and their parts.
@ MOMA (Magliozzi 3906:NY)
SCREENED: John Fell 1980; Keil p.270

dodskyssen ("dödskyssen") 1916 SWE Svenska Biografteatern-p, Sjostrom-d.. murder mystery like RASHOMON with some fantastic elements.

dodsvarslet ("dødsvarslet") 1912 DEN Filmfabrikken Scandinavien-p, Brandt-d.. A woman under a musical spell dances herself to death.
@ Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv (Doctor Kiss 2012 #1584) but this is incomplete*
@ EYE (Magliozzi 134) but this is incomplete*
@ DFI (Magliozzi 134) but not listed as extant there
* Doctor Kiss says a "reasonably-complete" copy exists from a composite of these two.

does she love me? 1910 FRA Pathe-p.. two BFI listings.. original French title undetermined.. man employs Hindu magician to discover if girl loves him.
No IMDB.. Lee-I.. NO Seydoux

dog factory 1904 USA Edison-p.. dogs into sausages links into pups thumbs ups!

dog outwits the kidnapper 1908 UK Hepworth-p.. dog driving car rescues kidnapped baby, definitely fantasy not just trained dog.
dog's love 1914 USA Thanhouser-p.. super-intelligent dog, ghost (and a very sad story indeed).

doll's revenge 1907 UK Hepworth-p.. boy breaks his sister's doll, it mends itself, growsm tears him up and eats him.
domestique hypnotiseur 1907 FRA Pathe Freres-p, Nonguet-d, Linder-s.. hypnotic powers?
@ LOC (misidentified as "Max Hypnotized") per Doctor Kiss 2013 (#1749)

don juan 1908 FRA Pathe Freres-p, Capellani-d.. ghosts and retribution.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217376.. Lee-I (1905/1908 but I think he combined with 1904).. Seydoux

don juan et faust 1922 FRA Gaumont Pax-p.. content uncertain.

don juan tenorio 1908 SPA Hispano-p, de Banos & Marro-d.. ghosts and retribution.

doomed ship 1911 USA Edison-p.. he sees a vision of the crew as ghosts haunting him.

dopo la morte 1913 ITA Cines-p, Antamoro-d.. serum that simulates death.

dormeuse, la 1909 FRA Pathe Freres-p, Carre-d.. charlatan, or true hypnotist and/or clairvoyant?

dornroschen 1908 GER Fita-p.. Sleeping Beauty.
@ DFI & MURNAU, per filmportal.de
(has been online)

dorothy's dream 1903 UK GA Smith-p.. part of MOTHER GOOSE NURSERY RHYMES (1902, GA Smith).. girl dreams of various fables such as Aladdin and Cinderella.
@ LOC: https://www.jstor.org/stable/41167087 (22mm Edison Home Kinetoscope)

double trouble 1915 USA Fine Arts-p, D Fairbanks-s.. clunk on head causes personality change five years after visit to clairvoyant, genre?

douze travaux d'hercule 1910 FRA Gaumont-p, Cohl-d.. animated.. mythology.
@ GPA 308327 (7:25)

dr. SEE doctor (above), still spelled "Dr." where correct.

dragees du grand-pere 1908 FRA Pathe Freres-p.. supernatural energy pills; decent thrills.

draggin' the dragon 1928 USA Pat Sullivan-p, Educational-dist.. animated (Felix the Cat).. dragon.

drame au fond de la mer 1901 FRA Pathe Freres-p.. Lee-I.. (x) not genre.. @ YouTube (0:53, tinted).

dream cheater 1920 USA Brunton-p, Hodkinson-dist, Warde-d.. ASHSFF primary.. magic skin grants wishes.
{UNSURE} SCREENED @ https://www.cinematheque.fr/film/60293.html but Lost

dream dance 1915 USA Lubin-p, de la Mothe-d.. painting comes to life, man dies in sleep during dream.

dream of a rarebit fiend 1906 USA Edison-p, McCutcheon-d, Winsor McCay-w.. AFI 29091.. 2 different edits, NOT 2 two different endings.. drunken fog, hare of the dog; good snog.
(many different musical accompaniments &/or crops)

dream pill 1910 USA Lubin-p.. positive antidote to nightmares.

dream street 1921 USA DW Griffith-p/d.. visions of Heaven and Hell, other allegorical sequences.

dreamland adventures 1907 UK Urban-p, Booth-d.. toys come to life.

dreams of the rarebit fiend: bug vaudeville 1917 USA Rialto-p, Winsor McCay-d.. often dated 1921.. animated.. series of performances by insects.

dreams of the rarebit fiend: the flying house 1917 USA Rialto-p, Winsor McCay-d.. often dated 1921.. animated.. dreams her husband converts their house into a machine that takes them into outer space.

dreams of the rarebit fiend: the pet 1917 USA Rialto-p, Winsor McCay-d.. often dated 1921.. animated.. dreams his wife takes in a dog that won't stop growing and threatens the city.

dreams of toyland 1908 UK Alpha-p, Cooper-d.. early Toy Story violent stop-motion action; varying emotional reaction.

dreamy dud: he resolves not to smoke 1915 USA Essanay-p.. animated.. ghost takes him to the moon.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0005220.. Lee-I (as part of the overall series)

duel abracadabrant 1901 FRA Pathe Freres-p, Zecca-d.. uncontrolled mystical duel.
@ LOC: "MAVIS #447 Mutoscope Reel Section A" (per Doctor Kiss 2017 #4008)

dusoiffard et le bec de gaz 1910 FRA Pathe Freres-p.. gas-induced hallucinations.

dust of egypt 1915 USA Vitagraph-p, Baker-d.. ASHSFF primary.. originally 6 reels, only 10 minutes extant 2021 Apr.. clip exists in compilation short "Movie Album" (1932, tt0133982).. WFPP and LOC say the film is Lost but this refers to the full version.. NOT the same as EGYPTIAN MUMMY (1914, Vitagraph).. female mummy come to life tries to adapt to modern life comedy.
@ Amazon Prime (2021 Apr $)

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