Monday, April 5, 2021

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


a la conquete de l'air 1901 FRA Pathe Freres-p.. flying bicycle.

a la conquete du pole 1912 FRA Melies/Pathe-p.. Snow Giant.

aaron's rod 1923 UK Stoll-p.. Fu Manchu/ mystical item.

abenteuer des prinzen achmed 1926 GER Reiniger-d.. animated.. sorcery.

accidents will happen 1900 USA AM&B-p.. living disconnected head.
acrobatic fly 1910 UK Urban-p.. trick film but "scientific", genre?

acrobatic tramps 1902 UK Williamson-p.. tramps disappear and reappear at will.

adam raises cain 1919 USA Sarg-d.. animated.. dinosaurs.

adam's rib 1923 USA DeMille-d.. caveman sequence without dinosaurs.

adventures of baron munchausen 1929 USA Peroff-p.. animated.. silent.. he blows up the Earth, lands on the moon.
No IMDB.. Lee-I (1927)

adventures of baron munchausen 1929 USSR Cherkez-d.. animated.. silent.. rides a horse into outer space.
No IMDB.. Lee-I

adventures of mr. nobody holme 1916 USA La Cava-d.. animated.. series that likely never went beyond the one extant cartoon "Mr. Nobody Holme Buys a Jitney" (1916), which I suppose is genre.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0146406.. Lee-I ("Holmes", Pathe-dist)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245297 ("Mr. Nobody Holme Buys a Jitney")

adventures of tarzan 1921 USA Elmo Lincoln-s.. raised by apes.
@ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY-arEeJTBU (186 minutes, "American" version)
@ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwmdNWZjhTs (133 minutes, "European" version)

aelita: queen of mars 1924 RUS Mezhrabpom-p.. a love story between an Earthling and Martian leads to a populist revolution on planet Mars, but with horrifying consequences.
@ https://youtu.be/je1bIhS-7G8 (111 minutes, restored DVD) 
(also online: 101 minutes, 81 minutes 2007 DVD)

aerial submarine (a startling forecast- piracy on sea and in air) 1910 UK Kineto-p, Booth-d.. sci-fi technology.. part of a trilogy.. {WAS ONLINE} YouTube BFI (15:31).

aesop's fables 1920-1928 USA Aesop's Fables/Van Beuren-p Pathe-dist.. Lee-I.. animated.. hundreds produced.. following is a list of Aesop's Fables cartoons (genre or otherwise) found online or in archives* (as of 2021 Apr):
ADVENTURES OF ADENOID (1925) tt0146404 (Magliozzi 8081:NY)
ALL-STAR CAST (1924) tt0146421 (Magliozzi 7963:WASH)
BARNYARD OLYMPICS (1924) tt0146466
BEST MAN WINS (1923) tt0146477
BIG FLOOD (1922) tt0402846 (Magliozzi 8096:NY, 1925ca)
BIG GAME (1928) tt0146484 (Magliozzi 8517:WASH)
BIG TENT (1927) tt0146488 (Magliozzi 8377:ROC)
BURGLAR ALARM (1923) tt0146526
THE CABARET (1929, silent) tt0146532 (Magliozzi 8725:MTL)
CAT AND MICE (1921) tt0145706
CAT AND THE PIG (1922) tt0146544 (Magliozzi 7793:WEL)
CAT'S LIFE (1920) tt1433758
CAT'S WHISKERS (1923) tt0140886
THE CHAMPION (1924) tt0402908 (Magliozzi 7975:WEL)
CHEMISTRY LESSON (1922) tt1433767
CLOSER THAN A BROTHER (1925) tt0146565
COAST TO COAST (1928) tt0402927 (Magliozzi 8528:WASH)
COUNTRY MOUSE AND THE CITY MOUSE (1922) tt0146578
DAY BY DAY IN EVERY WAY (1923) tt0402955
DO WOMEN PAY? (1923) tt0146631
DOG AND THE THIEF (1922) tt0146639
FABLE OF A RAISIN AND A CAKE OF YEAST (1923) tt0146691 (Magliozzi 7939:WEL)
FABLE OF FRIDAY THE 13TH (1922) tt0146686 (Magliozzi 7903:LON).. BFI says not held
FABLE OF HENRY'S BUSTED ROMANCE (1922) tt0146688
FABLE OF THE ALLEY CAT (1923) tt0146693
FABLE OF THE BOASTFUL CAT (1922) tt0146694 (Magliozzi 7808:WASH)
FABLE OF THE ETERNAL TRIANGLE (1922) tt0403000
FABLE OF THE GLIDERS (1923) tt0146699 (Magliozzi 7906:WEL)
FABLE OF THE JOLLY ROUNDERS (1923) tt0146701
FABLE OF THE TRAVELING SALESMAN (1923) tt0146711
FARMER AND THE OSTRICH (1922) tt0146736
FASHIONABLE FOX (1921) tt0403015
FIVE ORPHANS OF THE STORM (1923) tt0403032
FOX AND THE GRAPES (1922) tt0146774 (Magliozzi 7718:LON/MTL).. BFI says not held
FOX HUNT (1927) tt0146771 (Magliozzi 8424:ROC)
FROGS THAT WANTED A KING (1921) tt0403050
GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG (1921) tt0146824
GRIDIRON DEMONS (1928) tt0146839 (Magliozzi 8561:WASH)
HAPPY DAYS (1928) tt0403097 (Magliozzi 8564:WASH)
HAUNTED HOUSE (1925) tt0146861 
HIGH STAKES (1928) tt0403111
HOLE IN ONE (1927) tt1017927 (Magliozzi 8436:ROC)
HOME SWEET HOME (1926) tt0146897
HOOK, LINE AND SINKER (1927) tt0146993 (Magliozzi 8437:ROC)
HUNTING IN 1950 (1926) tt0146922
THE HUNTSMAN (1928) tt0403144
IDEAL FARM (1924) tt0146926 (Magliozzi 8010:WEL)
IF NOAH LIVED TODAY (1924) tt0146927
IN AGAIN, OUT AGAIN (1927) tt0146932 (Magliozzi 8441:ROC)
IN DUTCH (1925) tt0146933
IN THE BAG (1928) tt1024745 
JOLLY JAIL BIRD (1924) tt0146947 (Magliozzi 8015:WASH)
JUNE BRIDE (1926) tt0146951
JUNK MAN (1927) tt0403186
KILL OR CURE (1928) tt0403201
KIDNAPPED (1929, silent) tt0146960 (Magliozzi 8020:LA, 1924?)
LAD AND HIS LAMP (1929, silent) (Magliozzi 8688:WASH)
LAND O' COTTON (1929, silent) tt0146975 (Magliozzi 8581:MTL, 1928)
LINDY'S CAT (1927) tt0146992 (Magliozzi 8448:ROC)
LITTLE PARADE (1926) tt0147003
MAIL PILOT (1927) tt0147027 (Magliozzi 8455:NY)
MODEL DAIRY (1922) tt0147053
MONKEY BUSINESS (1924) tt0403313 (Magliozzi 8033:NY)
MORE MICE THAN BRAINS (1925) tt0147059
MOUSE THAT TURNED (1924) tt0147061 (Magliozzi 8035: MTL)
MOUSE'S BRIDE (1928) tt1024764
MOUSE'S TALE (1926) no IMDB 
NOAH'S OUTING (1924) tt0147097
ON THE ICE (1928) tt0403376 (Magliozzi 8602:MTL/WASH)
ONE HARD PULL (1923) tt0403378
ONE MAN DOG (1927) tt0147118
PACE THAT KILLS (1923) tt0147141
PLOWBOY'S REVENGE (1927) tt0147184 (Magliozzi 8470:NY)
PIRATES BOLD (1926) tt0403412 (Magliozzi 8318:NY)
RATS IN HIS GARRETT (1927) tt0140496 (Magliozzi 8475:WASH)
RED HOT SANDS (1927) tt0147213 (Magliozzi 8476:ROC)
RIDE' EM COWBOY (1928) tt1024774 (Magliozzi 8611:ROC)
SCALING THE ALPS (1928) tt0403479 (Magliozzi 8617:ROC)
SHE'S IN AGAIN (1924) tt0147493 
SIGNS OF SPRING (1927) tt0403501 (Magliozzi 8484:NY)
SMALL TOWN SHERIFF (1927) tt0147511
SMART SALESMAN SEE fable of the traveling salesman (1923)
SNOW BIRDS (1929, silent) tt0147517 (Magliozzi 8708:MTL)
THE SPENDTHRIFT (1922) tt0147529
SPOOKS (1924) tt0403531 (Magliozzi 7944:WEL) - BFI "Fable of Spooks"
SPRINGTIME (1923) tt0403532
STORK'S MISTAKE (1923) tt0147552
THE THOROUGHBRED (1923) tt0147600 (Magliozzi 7947:WEL, "A Thoroughbred")
3 GAME GUYS (1929, silent) tt0146397 (Magliozzi 8716:WASH)
TRIP TO THE POLE (1924) tt0015432 (partial)
UGLY DUCKLING (1925) tt0016468
UNIDENTIFIED (1925)
VILLAIN IN DISGUISE (1922) tt0147671
WATER CURE (1929, silent) tt1047703 (Magliozzi 8719:LON)
WAYWARD DOG (1921) tt0147686
WHITE ELEPHANT tt0147700 
WHY ARGUE? (1926) tt0147707 
WIND JAMMERS (1926) tt0147714
WINDOW WASHERS (1925) tt0147715
WOLF AND KID (1921) tt0147720
WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING (1922) tt0147722
WOMAN AND THE HEN (1921) tt0147724
WONDERS OF THE DEEP (1920) tt1433793

affiches en goguette 1906 FRA Star-Melies-p.. posters come to life, cause uproar; we've seen it before, almost a snore.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0135122.. Lee-I ("Hilarious Posters")
after his own heart 1919 USA Metro-p.. ASHSFF primary.. mad doctor.

after the welsh rabbit 1913 USA Edison-p.. dreams of Hell and the devil.
@ MOMA (Magliozzi 5249:NY)

ah! la barbe! 1905 FRA Pathe Freres-p, Chomon-d.. bewitched mirror tricks dopey guy; ay-yi-yi!

air liquide ou 140 degres de froid 1909 FRA Gaumont-p.. instant freezing invention.

airman's enemy 1913 FRA Pathe or Eclair-p, Film de Paris-dist.. original French title undetermined.. hypnotism.

airship destroyer 1909 UK Urban-p, Booth-d.. credible future with credible machines, genre?
@ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJzYY2HlmWc (6:39 partial) (exists b/w & tinted)

airship, or 100 years hence, the 1908 USA Vitagraph-p, Blackton-d.. crime and comedy in the sci-fi air.. NOT otherwise online (2021 Apr), erroneously propagated.
@ PAPER PRINT FRAGMENT: https://www.loc.gov/item/2002637998 (0:48-1:31, viewable)

aladdin and the wonderful lamp 1917 USA Fox-p, Franklin-d, mostly child actors.. evil spirit.

aladdin's awakening 1913 USA Nestor-p.. magic bracelet.

aladin ou la lampe merveilleuse 1906 FRA Pathe Freres-p, Capellani-d.. boy and his djinn; handsome but thin.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0257381.. Lee-I ("Aladin" first listing) ("Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp" second listing).. Seydoux
@ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9TDcSdG5Cw (11:35, tinted and colored)

alas and alack 1915 USA Rex-p.. fairy story of the fisher-maid imprisoned in a seashell.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0004870.. Lee-E (but this is certainly genre)
@ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHMxsuHuPTI (12:35, existing footage)

alf's button 1920 UK Hepworth-p.. magic button summons genie.

algol (- tragodie der macht) 1920 GER DLG-p.. alien from titular planet gives man an unlimited source of energy which he exploits and defends.

ali baba 1907 FRA Pathe Freres-p, Chomon-d.. magic door.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000576.. Lee-I ("Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" 1907 first listing, 1909 second listing).. Seydoux
@ www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8Sikpa8Q44 (EYE) (13:23, colored)
(commonly abridged online, especially 8:17)

ali baba and the forty thieves 1918 USA Fox-p.. magic door.

ali baba et les quarante voleurs 1902 FRA Pathe Freres-p, Zecca-d.. magic door.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398672.. Lee-I ("Ali Baba").. Seydoux

ali barbouyou et ali bouf a l'huile 1907 FRA Star-Melies-p.. chop off the head, back from the dead, magic portrait too; I like this stew.

alice cartoons 1923-1927 USA Walt Disney-p, Winkler-Mintz/FBO-dist, several young girls portrayed the role of Alice (Virginia Davis, Dawn O’ Day, Lois Hardwick, and Margie Gay).. animated & live-action.. 57 produced (all surreal, some more genre than others).. Lee-I.. following is a list of the most genre Alice cartoons (or "Alice Comedies"):
ALICE AND THE THREE BEARS (1924) tt0014660.. spirits of a cat's nine lives.
ALICE CANS THE CANNIBALS (1925) tt0015551.. titular.
ALICE CHOPS THE SUEY (1925) tt0015552.. magic inkwell with genie.
ALICE GETS IN DUTCH (1924) tt0014656.. dream state, and sufficiently weird.
ALICE GETS STUNG (1925) tt0015553.. sufficiently weird.
ALICE IN SLUMBERLAND (1926) tt0016584.. REISSUE for ALICE'S WONDERLAND (1923).
ALICE THE PIPER (1924) tt0014658.. charms rats.
ALICE'S BALLOON RACE (1926) tt0016589.. crazy surreal stuff.
ALICE'S BROWN DERBY (1926) tt0016590.. mechanical horse (robot).
ALICE'S DAY AT SEA (1924) tt0014662.. dog drives car, breathing underwater, evil octopus.
ALICE'S FISHY STORY (1924) tt0014663.. transported to the North Pole.
ALICE'S LITTLE PARADE (1926) tt0016591.. human war between animals.. spare body parts.
ALICE'S MYSTERIOUS MYSTERY (1926) tt0016593.. dogs into sausage-making machine.
ALICE'S SPOOKY ADVENTURE (1924) tt0014664.. Lee-I.. ghosts.
ALICE'S WONDERLAND (1923).. Laugh-o-Grams-p, Disney-d.. tt0013823.. Lee-I.. animation comes alive in Disney's studio, Wonderland dream.. unreleased at the time.

alice in wonderland 1903 UK Hepworth-p.. the first white rabbit; if you're a fan grab it.

alice in wonderland 1915 USA Nonpareil (and/or Eskay Harris)-p, American Motion Picture-dist, Pathe-dist (1927 re-release 5 reels), Young-d.. classic fantasy.
@ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlm3oLmXKO8 (42 minutes, tinted, DVD)

alice's adventures in wonderland 1910 USA Edison-p, Porter-d.. white rabbit, etc. (actually pretty good).

all aboard for the moon 1920 USA Bray-p, Fleischer-d.. animated.. future space travel.
@ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq8EyU73efw ("A Trip to the Moon") (9 minutes)

allabad, the arabian wizard 1900 USA AM&B-p.. stage wizardry.
allumettes ensorcelees 1913 FRA Eclair-p, Cohl-d.. mocked witch curses a box of matches, which become animated and finally explode.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139887.. Lee-I ("Bewitched Matches")

allumettes fantaisistes 1914 FRA Gaumont-p, Cohl-d.. tt0139827.. magic matches.. animated.
@ CNC (Bois d'Arcy et al)

along the moonbeam trail 1920 USA Dawley-p, Willis O'Brien-fx.. A magic airplane takes two children to the Moon where they encounter prehistoric monsters.
@ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17wGS0Tj-VY (12 minutes, existing footage)

alpenjaeger, der 1910 GER Messter-p.. mountain spirit protects flock.
No IMDB.

alraune (die henderstochter, genannt die rote hanne) 1918 GER Neutral-p (per Doctor Kiss, 2008* NOT Luna-p), Illes-d.. mandrake root saves child from death, despite warnings from the spirit of a woman who failed doing the same thing and was tried for witchcraft (non-Ewers version) (2008 memory, PhantomXCI).
@ https://collections.eastman.org/objects/58428/alraune-die-henkerstochter-gennant-die-rote-hanne (this is the 1919 USA re-release from Newtral-dist, called "Sacrifice")
alraune 1928 GER Ama-p, Galeen-d, Bridgitte Helm-s.. bad seed created from blasphemous sexual union.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017621.. Lee-I ("Daughter of Destiny")
@ https://youtu.be/zLkHRZmgriw (98 minutes, English subtitles)

always the woman 1922 USA Compson-p.. members of treasure-hunting group in Egypt are pawns in apparent reincarnation cycle.

am rande der welt 1927 GER Universum-p, UFA-dist, Grune-d.. (x) battle on the border of two fictional warring countries sets the stage for an anti-war drama, not genre.

amateur william tell 1909 USA Edison-p.. (x) boy dreams of his execution, not genre.

amleto 1910 ITA Cines-p, Caserini-d.. real ghosts.
amleto 1917 ITA Rodolfi-p.. real ghosts.

amorous militiaman 1904 UK Gaumont-p, AM&B-dist.. man literally put through a wringer.

amour noir et amour blanc 1928 FRA Starewicz-d.. mythical Cupid.. animated.

and an angel came 1914 USA Edison-p.. NOT the same as THE ANGEL AND THE STRANDED TROUPE (1912 Edison tt0002023).. Angel of Death comes to take dying child (Bioscope 1914 rather than differing non-genre BFI 116068 review).
No IMDB.. Lee-I

and the villain still pursued her, or the author's dream 1906 USA Vitagraph-p.. surreal, genre?

andere, der 1913 GER Vitascope-p, Mack-d.. split personality ("Jekyll and Hyde in a stuffy bourgeois setting").

anemic cinema 1926 FRA Duchamp-d.. abstract spirals, not really genre.

animated cotton 1909 UK Urban-p, Booth-d.. titular.. animated.
@ DVD: "A Hundred Years Ago, European Cinema in 1909"

animated grouch chaser 1915 USA Edison-p, Barre-d.. #1 in the "Animated Grouch Chasers" series.. cartoons are "Jones' Hair Tonic" which is genre, and "A Duckling's Repast" which is probably not genre.

animated luncheon 1900 USA Edison-p.. animated lunch; not a bunch.

animated matches: cricket 1899* UK Alpha-p, Cooper-d.. nothing to do with ANIMATED MATCHES (1908 UK Alpha-p), whose reissue title is BOX OF MATCHES (1914 Humpty Dumpty-p).. animated matchsticks play cricket.
No IMDB.
* per de Vries (BFI says 1914)

animated matches: football 1899* UK Alpha-p, Cooper-d.. nothing to do with ANIMATED MATCHES (1908 UK Alpha-p) whose reissue title is BOX OF MATCHES (1914 Humpty Dumpty-p).. animated matchsticks play football (soccer) or volleyball (de Vries claim).
No IMDB.
* per de Vries (BFI says 1914)

animated painting 1904 USA Edison-p, Porter-d.. artist's painting of the sun comes to life.

animated poster 1903 USA Edison-p.. (x) optical illusion freaks out observers, not genre.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0488945.. Lee-I ("F-com live poster" but that is incorrect)

animated putty 1911 UK Kineto-p, Booth-d.. titular.

animaux domestiques, ou une aventure zoologicomique 1920 FRA Pathe Freres Consortium-p, Lortac (Collard) & Landelle-d.. animated (Microbus & Big Fellow).. scientist creates animal servants who then rebel.

annabelle butterfly dance (no. 1) 1894 USA Edison-p.. fairy dancing.. 19 seconds b/w.

annabelle butterfly dance (no. 2) 1896 USA Edison-p.. fairy dancing.

annabelle butterfly dance (no. 3) 1897 USA Edison-p.. fairy dancing.. ID: "C" sign and shelves at the sides one frame says "1897".. 18 seconds tinted supersedes 12-second b/w & 10-second colored clips found on "Annabelle Dances and Dances" video.
@ https://youtu.be/IGjZB9bJQJQ?t=157 (18 seconds, "Sette Danze Serpentine")

* shows photo from ANNABELLE BUTTERFLY DANCE (1897) captioned "1894"!

annabelle serpentine dance (no. 3) 1895 USA Edison-p.. fairy dancing.. 28 seconds b/w (but colored photos*).
@ https://youtu.be/NPg3AUzSlkI?t=88 ("Annabelle Dances & Dances")
* pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annabelle_Serpentine_Dance#/media/Ficheiro:Annabelle_serpentine.jpg

annabelle serpentine dance (no. 4) 1897 USA Edison-p.. fairy dancing.. ID: "C" sign and shelves at the sides.. 14 seconds colored.

another job for the undertaker 1901 USA Edison-p.. antics ghostly; puzzling mostly.

apparitions fugitives 1904 FRA Star-Melies-p.. abuses the dissolve, doesn't quite involve.

apple of discord 1907 UK Urban-p, Booth-d.. A wizard shows a love scene acted within the slice of an apple.

april fool joke 1901 USA AM&B-p.. magician vs. punks.

araignees de rosalie 1912 FRA Pathe Freres-p, Bosetti-d.. killing regular spiders for bad luck, genre?
@ CNC (Bois d'Arcy, 1913) (GPA 330337, 4:52, no media here, 1913)

arlequin et mephistopheles 1902 FRA Lumiere-p, Velle-d.. clown vs. Satan.
@ CNC (Bois d'Arcy et al), "1903?"

armures mysterieuses 1907 FRA Pathe Freres-p, Chomon-d.. suit of armor turns into a magician who does various tricks.

arsenal 1929 USSR Odeska/VUFKU-p Dovzhenko-d.. silent.. dead soldier walks?
@ https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1z3yrs (73 minutes, English subs)

artheme sorcier 1913 FRA Eclipse-p, Servaes-d.. prankster steals magician's magic wand, uses it to transform people and things.

artist's dilemma 1901 USA Edison-p.. clown shows artist how it's done. magic spun; not much fun.
@ www.loc.gov/item/00694148 (1:50)

artist's dream 1899 USA AM&B-p.. model into skeleton.

artist's dreams 1913 USA American Kinema (Pathe)-p, Bray-d.. animated.. dachshund eats sausages until it explodes.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0002639.. Lee-I ("Artists Dream" 1910/1913).. Seydoux

artistic creation 1901 UK RW Paul-p.. creates lady and baby from sketch; overdone a tetch.

aschenputtel 1922 GER Kulturforschung-p, Reiniger-d.. Cinderella.. animated (silhouettes).

ashridge castle: the monmouth rebellion 1926 UK Gainsborough-p, Calvert-d.. #8 in the "Haunted Houses and Castles of Great Britain" series (docudrama).
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240353.. Lee-I ("Ashridge Castle")

assiettes artistiques 1910 FRA Pathe Freres-p, Chomon-d.. plate patterns come alive.

astronomeous 1928 USA Educational or Bijou-p.. animated (Felix the Cat).. travels to the planet Mars.

at the villa rose 1920 UK Stoll-p, Elvey-d.. (x) phony spiritualism in this murder mystery.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0010968.. Lee-I ("myst; bor-H")

athalie 1910 FRA Pathe Freres-p, Carre or Capellani-d.. Biblical, genre?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247939.. Lee-I ("Athaliah".. "F-H-dream haunted by spirits of victims").. Seydoux
@ Deutsche Kinemathek (Magliozzi 985: BerDK)

atlantis 1913 DEN Nordisk-p, Blom-d.. doctor whose wife is ill seeks solace in travel and entertainment but meets disaster along the way, in the forms of another woman he cannot have and an iceberg that sinks his ocean liner (a la Titanic).. well-done drama-disaster-romance film, but the only "genre" here is a subdued "Spider and Fly" dance performance, a dream of "lost Atlantis" which resembles a walk in the countryside, and a man who eats with his feet.

atonement 1919 USA Pioneer-p.. his entire evil life was a dream genre?

au clair de la lune, ou pierrot malheureux 1903 FRA Star-Melies-p.. Selene dispatches those mean; moon sequences keen.

au-dela de la morte 1924 FRA-SPA Films Benavente-p, Perojo-d.. master of hypnotics takes advantage to intervene in a series of illegal business.

au pays de l'or 1908 FRA Pathe Freres-p.. fairy tale trick film.

au secours! 1924 FRA Gance-p/d, Linder-s.. must stay in "haunted house" for one hour.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013845.. Lee-I ("sat-F-H-com haunted house, apparitions")
(supposedly there is a 40-minute French restoration)

augen der mumie ma 1918 (sometimes 1922) GER PAGU-p, Lubitsch-d, Negri-s.. woman escapes kidnapping in ancient Egyptian temple but mysterious pursuer won't quit.
@ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyrT4y25fws (60 minutes tinted, Italian intertitles) 
(also rarely online: 63 minutes tinted, English)

aunt sallie's wonderful bustle 1901 USA Edison-p.. Sallie's bust saved by random gust, genre or luck?

automaboulisme et autorite 1899 FRA Star-Melies-p.. more comedic than magic?
@ cinematheque.fr/film/102072.html (fragment, colored)

automatic motorist 1911 UK Kineto-p, Booth-d.. robot chauffeur drives an inventor and a young married couple around the planets and back to Earth.
@ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE-3HUjDX1E (6:13)

avenging conscience, or 'thou shalt not kill' 1914 USA Majestic-p, DW Griffith-d, Poe-w.. vision of murdered uncle, could be ghost or conscience.. ASHSFF primary.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0003643.. Lee-I ("Avenging Conscience")

aventures de robert macaire 1925 FRA Albatros-p, Epstein-d.. spirit returns.

aventures des pieds-nickeles 1917/1918 FRA Cohl/ Rabier-d.. weird animation.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200957.. Lee-I ("Aventures de Pieds-Nickeles")

awakening of rip 1896 USA AM&B-p.. DUPLICATE listing, actually #7 of 8 clips incorporated into RIP VAN WINKLE (1903, AM&B).

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Saturday, May 4, 2019

FREE Online Fantastic Film Project 18: TEN *MORE* films with LINKS and info!

TEN FILMS WITH LINKS!
Here is a page from which you can link to 10 different fantastic films (some with alternate versions). I'm kind of like your TV GUIDE!

dr. terror's house of horrors 1965 98m
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvpZu6UQcJU (98m)
https://www.cda.pl/video/20278195 (93m. Polish subs)
5/4/2019 - Amicus anthology with Donald Sutherland, Christopher Lee, and Peter Cushing. Five stories, involving werewolf, vampire, voodoo, murderous plants, and a return from the dead, all with a very cool wrap. (A+) [The remastered Pinewood 98m print on YouTube is quite nice, and can also be found at My.Mail.ru with English hardsubs   ..The German Anchor Bay 93m print on CDA is adequate]

the devil commands 1941 65m
https://www.cda.pl/video/313302281
5/4/2019 - Boris Karloff is a scientist who discovers that each person has unique brainwaves, and uses this to communicate with his dead wife. Creepy, quirky, intriguing. (A) [CDA.pl was English, excellent, no subs]

the brain 1962 83m
AKA vengeance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYT1uhYryzk
5/5/2019 - Curt Siodmak's DONOVAN'S BRAIN redone. This is crisp, mostly due to Freddie Francis' direction, but also a good cast led by Peter van Eyck and a bevy of beautiful women. I really like this film, and the offbeat ending. (A) [YouTube is the British version, no topless scene, and the picture is cropped but this is about as good as you'll find in public streaming]

them! 1954 92m
https://www.cda.pl/video/2457581e2 (Polish subs)
5/5/2019 - Giant mutated ants. Due to the casting, this beautiful film stands ahead of its competition, and the likes of James Arness, Fess Parker, James Whitmore, and the inimitable Edmund Gwenn act without overacting, so you care. (A+) [This CDA print is nice and smooth, whereas the other CDA print up at the time, and CafeHule print were wrong aspect, stretched]

green slime 1968 90m
https://archive.org/details/LaMelmaVerde1968
http://cafehulu.com/watch/oxQK1odn-the-green-slime.html
5/7/2019 - After saving the Earth from a rogue asteroid (ARMAGEDDON, anyone?), our heroes inadvertantly bring aliens to the space station. The slimers are annoying but deadly, and there is some decent screenplay here and there, as well as a handsome cast (B/B+) [It was difficult to find a decent stream, but Archive played well even if severely cropped top-bottom; if you can get CafeHulu to play, it's not cropped]

fiend without a face 1958 74m
https://archive.org/details/FiendWithoutAFace1958Vose (Spanish subs)
http://cafehulu.com/watch/gdV9L3GD-fiend-without-a-face.html
5/8/2019 - Genius decides to makes his thoughts physical, but they become ravenous for human brains and go on a rampage. When I first saw this years ago, I thought it was delightful and fresh, but unfortunately too many movies since then have spoiled its excesses, and today the strange script and dialogue seems silly rather than unique. Still, gotta love stop-motion oozing brains! (B+/A-) [Many English-language uploads are inferior quality, but Archive was very nice, no ghosting; again, if you can get CafeHulu to play, the picture is as good and no hardsubs (or soft subs), if that bothers you; 74m seems to be the most, I don't think a 77m print exists]

deadly mantis 1957 79m
https://ok.ru/video/196039281372
5/10/2019 - Nuke test wakes prehistoric carnivorous insect. This really had potential, and I liked the monster mock-ups, but they seem to have just run out of ideas and therefore drag out nearly every scene. (B) [Surprisingly, the non-MST3K, ie, original version, was difficult to find, this upload converted from an old AMC cable channel showing, but the encode is both blurry and skips]

godzilla vs. the thing 1964 90m/88m
AKA godzilla vs. mothra
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/8211745/godzilla_vs_the_thing/ (English dub, 88m)
https://archive.org/details/GODZILLAVS.THETHING1964EnglishDub (88m)
https://archive.org/details/GodzillaThingRedMenace (English dub, 90m)
https://archive.org/details/MOTHRAVS.GODZILLA1964JapaneseVersionHD (88m)
5/12/2019 - You might be surprised how the film focuses mainly on Mothra for most of the film, especially the promoters of the egg, but all in all this is a solid entry into the series. This Godzilla's personality is the clumsy/angry one. For example, he falls into a ditch and takes it out on a monastery for no reason, just because it's there. Godzilla also, for no apparent reason, is intent on destroying the egg (sure, it's allegory, but you have to know and add that). The American version is what I hurried inside to see on Saturday afternoons, WPIX-TV New York, and after school on the 4:30 Movie, WABC-TV New York, and this is adequate for most viewership. (A) [Metacafe plays well but is somewhat distorted and cropped; Archive English dub should play well with most routers; Red Menace reconstruction is 13 Gb and will probably need to be downloaded to view without buffering]
CHECK OUT: https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Mothra_vs._Godzilla (AWESOME!)
YOU MIGHT LIKE https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=3256003

gamera vs. jiger 1970 82m
AKA gamera vs. monster x
https://archive.org/details/GameraVs.Jiger (English dub)
5/13/2019 - Jiger is awakened from forced hibernation by archaeologists, and Gamera is parasitically impregnated with Jiger's child during their first battle, and therefore some precocious kids take matters into their own hands to save Gamera and the world. Without judgment on the intended audience, this plays pretty well and isn't cynical, like most of today's films. (B/B+) [Archive is an excellent upload]
CHECK OUT: https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Gamera_vs._Jiger

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A Dissertation on the Delivery of Streaming Video

A Dissertation on the Delivery of Streaming Video
by Mr. Thomas Wise, Esq.

There are a few factors which determine the quality and enjoyment of the particular video you wish to, and do, watch on your device, whether that be a television, computer, notepad, or phone.

(1) The Print.
(2) The Conversion, or Transfer.
(3) The Upload.
(4) The Stream.
(5) The Carrier.
(6) The ISP.
(7) The Router (Wi-Fi).
(8) The Device.

(1) The Print.
This simply means the reel or file from which the conversion, or transfer, is made. In olden days, original film prints were transfered to secondary prints for cinema showings. Television prints might be from the original film print, or the secondary print (we will not here discuss edits, crops, or other changes made by television stations). Today, many original "prints" are digital recordings, but this doesn't mean it, or copies made therefrom, cannot have issues. The quality of the print is therefore the first and primary concern. What are you watching? Is it an original print, a problematic secondary or television print, or perhaps it is a restored or remastered print?

(2) The Conversion, or Transfer.
Whoever converts, or transfers, the print unto a "streamable" file uses a particular canister, encode, and parameters. The end result can be faithful to the original in every regard, or may change, slightly or drastically, such things as aspect ratio, sync, color (saturation, tint, hue, etc), grain, audio, and other elements. As well, conversion, or transfer, can introduce new problems, such as glitches and hangs. It is thus of utmost importance to trust whoever converts, or transfers. Even hard media, such as DVD, may be unreasonably flawed this process is handled carelessly.

(3) The Upload. 
The place where the "streamable" file is uploaded shall be its repository and, basically, projectionist. In today's advanced technological landscape, it is still not quite guaranteed that the uploaded "streamable" file will not undergo some alteration to the fit the guidelines or whims of the repository. Thus, YouTube may alter an upload more so than, say, Putlocker. Where the repository holds not uploads but rather conversions, or transfers, such alterations may be fewer. Thus, Netflix might be said to be more faithful to the print (and naturally, a DVD is likely yet more faithful than the same film found on Netflix, although this too is not guaranteed).

(4) The Stream.
When a "streamable" file is accessed, the "projectionist" at the repository streams it to you. This may incur some further alteration of the file to fit in-house guidelines (whether arbitrary or necessary due to, say, technical limitations) or perhaps legal constraints. More likely, however, the power of the projectionist has much to do with the quality of the stream you receive. If the projectionist cannot handle the number of simultaneous requests for "streamable" files, picture quality may suffer, buffering will occur, or perhaps the "page" accessed will simply crash and ask you to "reload" it.

(5) The Carrier.
When a file is streamed, the information travels. This may be on particles from a satellite, or along a fiber-optic network. Either way, the "streamable" file being carried along thus is subject to attack and failure. This may be due to weather conditions, quality of the carrier's equipment and routing (both of which can degrade or scramble the signal, and thus information), and even outside attack from hackers, ranging from anarchic individuals to entire-government operations. One of the most common hacker attacks is DDos (distributed denial of service) which may slow down, or even stop, delivery of digital information.

(6) The ISP.
Once the "streamable" file reaches your neck of the woods, the ISP (Internet Service Provider) should deliver what has been received in the most faithful manner. However, ISP's have both issues and agendas. Regarding issues, ISP's may use substandard equipment, such as older satellite dishes and modems, or faulty cable. Regarding agendas, ISP's have the power to interfere with streams which are considered piracy (we shall not here discuss why YouTube is permitted to stream copyrighted material but other websites which do the same thing are maligned). Thus, a perfectly sound stream may be corrupted by your ISP.

(7) The Router (Wi-Fi).
A perfectly-good stream, not corrupted up to this point, may be ruined by a substandard router which cannot handle any particular load of information, whether one large file (such as a 3-gigabyte MP4 1080p HD stream) to a single device, or many small files to multiple devices. How do you know if you need a new router?  Stuttering, loading, and buffering may be symptoms of an inferior router, or it could be in the stream before the router. Since you never know, the best policy is to have the most up-to-date router for the loads you anticipate (for example, two adults, two children, 6 devices total). All cables in and out of the router should be tight and as short as possible to avoid signal loss. Obviously, Wi-Fi not under your control, such as at a hotel, cannot be tweaked without difficulty.

(8) The Device.
Routers send signals to devices. In order to have a good viewing experience, today's devices must be powerful and up-to-date (sorry, but manufacturer-level spyware is almost a given these days). Whether a computer, a notebook, a phone, a stick, or a smart TV, it is important to correctly set up and maintain the device. Configure the device for best signal reception (yes, we basically still use the "antenna" precept) and audio/video display. Periodically clean the cache(s) and data as necessary. If possible, block advertising which can interfere with signal and viewing pleasure. Minimize the number of running programs, as use of memory, data, CPU, and network all contribute to buffering, loss of quality, and even crashing of the stream. Keep in mind also that no two devices work in the same way, and therefore your phone may stream more seamlessly and with better quality than your smart TV.
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Thursday, April 25, 2019

FREE Online Fantastic Film Project 17: TEN *MORE* films with LINKS and info!

TEN FILMS WITH LINKS!
Here is a page from which you can link to 10 different fantastic films (some with alternate versions). I'm kind of like your TV GUIDE!

gappa the triphibian monster 1967 90m
AKA monster from a prehistoric planet
https://archive.org/details/MonsterFromAPrehistoricPlanet_201701
4/25/2019 - Stupid people take monster baby from "lost" island, find themselves under attack in Tokyo by monster parents. Basically, a remake of Gorgo with some Rodan thrown in for good measure. This movie takes a lot of hate, but the effects and cameras took some doing, and most of the actors are suitably agog. Also, the love interest subplot is cutely done. The most annoying thing is the islander boy (in blackface yet) yelling "Gappa!" every two seconds. You could do worse, believe it! One more thing, Gappa is not from another planet, but rather a homegrown creature. (B) [Archive upload is the USA TV print, and is FULL picture, while most others online are cropped]

man in half moon street 1945 92m
https://ok.ru/video/677082172046
4/25/2019 - Slow methodical take on the Barre Lyndon play, wherein the secret to eternal youth is fleetingly held and felt. Gently acted, the sweet Helen Walker superb, the Miklos Rozsa score evocative. I really loved the ending, so casually offbeat. (A-) [ok.ru upload was very good, even if the print had been spliced many moons ago]

man who could cheat death 1958 82m
http://cafehulu.com/watch/zGWp5ldP-the-man-who-could-cheat-death.html
4/26/2019 - Hammer rendition of Man in Half Moon Street, this is quite histrionic, especially after watching the 1945 version, and even Hazel Court looks lost. If it weren't for Anton Diffring's monstrous makeup, this really wouldn't have anything going for it, not even Chris Lee as the good-guy hero. (B) [CafeHulu is a great upload with English subs, and the only rub is Cafe has buffering issues]

picture of dorian gray 1945 110m
http://cafehulu.com/watch/QG3EDPvo-the-picture-of-dorian-gray.html
4/27/2019 - Due to a wish to an Egyptian god statue, an aristocrat's portrait absorbs his sins, keeping the man eternally young, but his conscience eventually gets the best of him. About as classic a film and faithful-to-the-book as it gets. (A+) [CafeHulu a terrific upload, again with buffering issues]

the tingler 1959 82m
https://www.cda.pl/video/149930469 (Polish subs)
4/28/2019 - Fright causes a separate organism ("The Tingler") to break the victim's spine. William Castle vehicle. Vincent Price hams it up in this silly outing. (B/B+) [CDA superb]

the black sleep 1959 82m
AKA dr. cadman's secret
http://cafehulu.com/watch/OGgr11xR-the-black-sleep.html
4/30/2019 - A doctor convicted of murder by malpractice is rescued from the gallows by a seemingly benevolent scientist with a suspended-animation formula. Where else can you see Bela Lugosi (older, mute), Lon Chaney Jr (who also doesn't speak), Tor Johnson (ditto!), Basil Rathbone, Akim Tamiroff, and John Carradine chew the scenery so grandly, and also not cringe, because this is a pretty good story/film. (B+) [Cafe Hulu is more than adequate]

tarantula 1955 80m
https://my.mail.ru/mail/eng.sub.movies/video/4/135.html
5/1/2019 - Radioactive experiments on a nutrient to feed the world leads to a classic 1950's giant-insect flick with plenty of action, nice desert scenery, and decent writing. (B+) [My.Mail upload was full HD, a beautiful picture, but get ready for buffering if your system isn't attuned, and I enjoyed the English hardsubs]

five million years to earth 1967 97m
AKA quatermass and the pit
https://my.mail.ru/mail/eng.sub.movies/video/4/206.html
5/2/2019 - Renovations in a London subway stop lead to a discovery which could set the question of man's origin on its ear. The cleansing of the hive as a metaphor for socialism, or any forced society, is a powerful statement, even if not their intent. Excellent acting with many English quirks. (A) [My.Mail upload was full HD, a beautiful picture, but get ready for buffering if your system isn't attuned, and I enjoyed the Enflish hardsubs]

i walked with a zombie 1943 69m
https://gostream.site/i-walked-with-a-zombie/
5/3/2019 - Hired nurse travels to West Indies to care for catatonic wife of dashing young plantation owner. Nice creepy atmosphere by low-budget genius Tourneur, underlined with a magnetic voodoo ritual scene. (A) [GoStream using OpenLoad was a smooth and very nice print, even if a few age spots]
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Monday, April 15, 2019

FREE Online Fantastic Film Project 16: TEN films with LINKS and info!

TEN FILMS WITH LINKS!
Here is a page from which you can link to 10 different fantastic films (some with alternate versions). I'm kind of like your TV GUIDE!

incredible shrinking man 1957 81m
http://cafehulu.com/watch/QG3bZrxo-the-incredible-shrinking-man.html (subs)
https://gostream.site/the-incredible-shrinking-man/ (subs)
4/16/2019 - Vacationing husband gets irradiated while his wife is below deck of their borrowed boat, mutates smaller and smaller due to pesticides in his system. Always a good watch. Valid nuclear fears, squawks on medicine, health, and public safety. Great cast, story, script, and of course special effects. (A+) [GoStream solid]

i was a teenage werewolf 1957 76m
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmdasKbpsdk
4/17/2019 - Michael Landon is the misunderstood angry teen who can't help lashing out, and finally visits a psychiatrist who happens to be a power-mad social engineer with a regression formula. Starts out strong, even the catch-song "Eeny-Meeny-Miny-Mo," but after the gym scene it just goes downhill fast.(B+) [this YouTube upload excellent]
i was a teenage werewolf 1957 (MST3K) 2hrs
https://archive.org/details/MST3K_I_Was_A_Teenage_Werewolf_Sci-Fi_WOC_1998-10-17

dracula: prince of darkness 1966 90m
https://ok.ru/video/551774915138 (Spanish subs)
4/18/2019 - Christopher Lee returns as king of the vampires, resurrected by the blood of English travelers. In this one, Dracula does not speak, is not particularly super-human, can't fly, and can be killed by fire and water. The talents of Andrew Keir and Barbara Shelley (who worked together on FIVE MILLION YEARS TO EARTH) keep this at a high level. (A-)[while the 86m version is everywhere, it was difficult to find the uncut, but ok.ru provided it in widescreen, even if some buffering]
dracula: prince of darkness 1966 86m cut
http://cafehulu.com/watch/Oox0Lqxe-dracula-prince-of-darkness.html (no subs)
(information >) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059127/alternateversions

countess dracula 1971 93m
https://www.cda.pl/video/2412574e8 (Polish subs)
https://gostream.site/countess-dracula/ (subs)
4/19/2019 - Ingrid Pitt is sexy but that's really all this has going for it. The plot is slight, the script pretty horrendous, the logic baseless, the characters primitive and unlikable, the action sparse, the gore lame, and not even a pair of fangs. (C) because I can't go lower on Hammer [cda.pl fine, 1080p option; Amazon Prime grainy and hangs!]

magic sword 1962 80m (aka st george and the seven curses)
https://archive.org/details/TheMagicSword1962HD720pMovie
4/20/2019 - Teen, medieval, good witchcraft vs. bad witchcraft, love story, adventure. Very pretty women, Basil Rathbone hamming it up, Bert I. Gordon dragon (short screen time) and other decent visual effects. Tropes and social commentary give a little food for thought. A swift 80 minutes that will leave you saying, "Wait, I wanted a bit more!" (B+) [this Archive upload was very good, only stuttery lateral movement, but a vast improvement over most or all other YouTube and Archive finds, which were either poor transfers or short duration @ 76m~, the latter also the length on Amazon Prime!]

the raven 1935 61m
https://archive.org/details/UniversalStudiosMonsters1935TheRaven
4/20/2019 - Karloff is the criminal on the lam who needs a new face, Lugosi is the retired doctor who has a fascination for Poe and a mad infatuation with a female patient. Trouble ensues. One hour of pure fun, the characterizations done well in haste, the thrills real, the makeup old-fashioned scary, and Karloff growls! The fantastic-film content is that Lugosi knows just how to disfigure a man with a scalpel. (A) [Archive upload terrific]

the black cat 1934 65m
https://archive.org/details/UniversalStudiosMonsters1934TheBlackCat (65/70m)
4/20/2019 - Karloff is the Satanist cult leader who was once a war butcher, Lugosi is a former prisoner who lost his wife to Karloff and seeks revenge. Meanwhile, the married David Manners and Jacqueline Wells become pawns in the game at Karloff's castle. WATCH Bela and Boris wrestle! I mean that as a publicity stunt. Actually, you don't need any excuse to enjoy this great film. The plot is contrived but perfectly played, the actors rock (the high drama warranted here), and it absorbs you from start to finish. There is technically no fantastic-film content, but Karloff-Lugosi-Manners is too good a team to say no, and the torture-Satanism angles are horrific enough. Originally, the censors suggested Edgar Ulmer tone it down, but he didn't, and as a matter of fact the 65-minute cut is the released cut, even if IMDB and AFI claim 70m max. (A+) [Archive upload wonderful] (information >) https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/4590?cxt=filmography

the body snatcher 1945 77m
https://ok.ru/video/194804845122 (UNCUT, Spanish subs)
4/20/2019 - Karloff is the grave-robber who is also a murderer, providing cadavers for his old friend "Toddy" who is now a doctor-teacher. Lugosi is the doctor's servant who knows too much. WATCH Bela and Boris wrestle again! This is more melodrama than anything, nothing fantastic-film per se, but a good bit of violence and suggested gor. It's a good film, well-acted, nice costuming and sets. (A-)[ok.ru upload was pretty good, but seemed to "skip" every once in a while, and that was OK because Archive didn't have it, DailyMotion was terrible, CDA was Polish-only, and nothing on the streamers]
(information >) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037549/alternateversions

the mummy's shroud 1967 86m
https://my.mail.ru/mail/svetac77/video/misvideos/472.html (Spanish subs)
4/21/2019 - Most of this is almost played for laughs, but the end sequence where the mummy disintegrates is worth watching repeatedly on a reel of such visual effects. (C) because I can't go lower on Hammer [my.mail.ru was a very good view and I like this site]

lady frankenstein 1971 99m
http://cafehulu.com/watch/gdVp4mxD-lady-frankenstein.html (UNCUT, no subs)
lady frankenstein 1971 83m cut
(information) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067321/alternateversions
4/23/2019 - Italian period-piece isn't bad, the classic Frankenstein, with Burke and Hare, and some early 1970's raunch that has its moments. (B) [cafehulu had a wonderful uncut print]



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Sunday, April 14, 2019

Free Online Fantastic Film Project 15: KING KONG VS. GODZILLA (1962)


GENERAL NOTE: This online genre-watching project is intended for me, as an experiment to see how many fantastic films I can watch for free, without Netflix, rentals, or purchases.


KING KONG VS. GODZILLA (1962).  4/14/2019. Archive.org.
Japanese Version (1:37:02) click for link
American Version (1:30:48) click for link
Both versions were fairly smooth and sharp rips by the uploaders. The Japanese stream from Archive kept buffering, so I used the site's download option and watched from my hard drive (5.8gb MPEG4, although a 423.8mb OGG was also available). Godzilla looks classic here, though a bit small compared to modern standards, and is quite cocky, getting towards his mid-1960s brat persona (peaking in, I'd say, GODZILLA VS. THE SEA MONSTER). Kong looks ridiculous but is endearing nonetheless, whether swaggering with both arms akimbo or dozing off from drinking too much kongberry (soma). The mayhem seems toned down, carnage limited to small villages and seagoing vessels rather than entire cities, perhaps an indicator that Godzilla films were turning firmly towards the kiddies. The final fight scene is, however, rather rousing, if juvenile. Now let's talk about differences between the versions. The Japanese, which I viewed first, includes subplots for love interest and even Pacific Pharma's workplace, building the characters. The American discards most of that, as well as some conversational scenes, for the sake of briskness. Even so, the American inserts English-speaking link scenes from reporters and scientists. However, the most surprising difference was dialogue. Watching the American second, I found character motives and plot movements completely changed (for the better) by the English dub compared with the English hardsubs on the Japanese. My current grade: B+ for the Japanese, A- for the American.
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Free Online Fantastic Film Project 13: SON OF KONG (1933)


GENERAL NOTE: This online genre-watching project is intended for me, as an experiment to see how many fantastic films I can watch for free, without Netflix, rentals, or purchases.


SON OF KONG (1933).  4/13/2019. CDA.PL.
https://www.cda.pl/video/10642808a (1:09:32)
Polish website with Polish subtitles but a great print and stream. Not quite up to the original Kong, but has its moments, including the mutiny scene ("workers of the world unite") and the many Willis O'Brien stop-motion effects, especially Kong Jr's battle vs. the giant bear. My current grade: A-
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