Fire!
(James Williamson, UK 1901, 4 min., 16mm)
The Great Train Robbery
(Edwin S. Porter, US 1903, 9 min., 35mm)
The Great Train Robbery
(Siegmund Lubin, US 1904, 9 min., 35mm)
The Battle
(D.W. Griffith, US 1911, 14 min., 16mm)
The Mothering Heart
(D.W. Griffith, US 1913, 17 min., 16mm)
La Fille du Margrave
(Louis Feuillade, Léonce Perret, France 1912, 11 min., 35mm)
Beyond the actualities and trick films of cinema’s early days, the medium needed to develop and expand to tell increasingly complex stories. This required larger casts, multiple sets, and, most importantly, clear editing in order to tell a story that spanned multiple scenes. In this program, encompassing films from 1901 to 1913, you will be able to see the development of this still-nascent art form as experimentation and innovation lead the way to allow artists to genuinely tell stories.
Live piano accompaniment by Philip C. Carli.