Copyright Comedies and More
“From the Library of Congress”
A compilation of thirteen rare silent films digitized by the Library of Congress, selected for the 2022 Domitor conference theme “Copy/Rights and Early Cinema.” Drawn from nitrate and safety film, the program spans comedies, trick films, and dramas exploring censorship, invention, adaptation, and social rights. Titles include: Pruning the Movies (Nestor, 1914); Imperial Japanese Dance (Edison, 1894); Early Edison Camera Tests (Edison, c.1890s); Censorship and its Absurdities (Edison, 1915); In Wrong (Crystal, 1914, dir. Phillips Smalley); Tillie’s Tomato Surprise (Lubin, 1915, dir. Howell Hansell); Indian Land Grab (Champion, 1910); The Stolen Play (Falcon Features, 1917, dir. Harry Harvey); And the Villain Still Pursued Her (Vitagraph, 1906, dir. J. Stuart Blackton); The Doll’s Revenge (Hepworth, 1907, dir. Lewin Fitzhamon); The Disintegrated Convict (Vitagraph, 1907); The Mexican Joan of Arc (Kalem, 1911, dir. Kenean Buel); and Fads and Fashions of 1900 (U.S., 1940s).
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Marie Dressler
Archive Footage, "Tillie’s Tomato Surprise"
Known for
Dinner at Eight
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Ruth Roland
Archive Footage, "The Stolen Play"
Also in
The Girl Detective
From Nine to Nine
Alice Joyce
Archive Footage, "The Mexican Joan of Arc"
Also in
The Squall
Stella Dallas
Vivian Prescott
Archive Footage, "In Wrong"
Also in
A Child's Impulse
The Manicure Lady
Eddie Lyons
Archive Footage, "Pruning the Movies"
Also in
Pruning the Movies
Some Shimmiers
Paul Panzer
Archive Footage, "And the Villain Still Pursued Her"
Also in
Princess Nicotine
The Haunted Hotel
Lee Moran
Archive Footage, "Pruning the Movies"
Also in
My Lady of Whims
P.D.Q.
William Conklin
Archive Footage, "The Stolen Play"
Also in
Sex
The Divine Lady
Jane Wolfe
Archive Footage, "The Mexican Joan of Arc"
Also in
The Lad from Old Ireland
Why Change Your Wife?
Carlyle Blackwell
Archive Footage, "The Mexican Joan of Arc"
Also in
The Ocean Waif
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Harry L. Rattenberry
Archive Footage, "Pruning the Movies"
Also in
The Delicious Little Devil
Know Thy Wife
Carmen de Philippi
Archive Footage, "Pruning the Movies"
United States release June 6, 2022 · Produced in United States
Production
Library of Congress
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · June 6, 2022
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