A lot of films to talk about this week! We’re reaching around the world (but mainly to France) and finding fairies, finding Jesus, and watching cartoons, and getting rustled by outlaws.

 

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And you can watch and form your own opinions from our Films Discussed playlist right here.

 

--- Méliès and the Féerie tradition ---

The Merry Frolics of Satan

The Witch

A Desperate Crime

The Chimney Sweep

The Mysterious Retort (Mislabeled as 1897)

The Tramp and the Mattress Makers

 

--- Alice Guy and her Magnum Opus ---

The Drunken Mattress

The Birth, the Life, and the Death of Christ

The Consequences of Feminism

 

--- Pathé is doing some real varied stuff! ---

The Spring Fairy

Bob’s Electric Theatre

Aladdin and his Wonder Lamp

The Bell Ringer’s Daughter

The Law of Forgiveness

 

--- Anglophone Favorites ---

The Story of the Kelly Gang

Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

Three American Beauties

The Black Hand

The Secret of Death Valley

Is Spiritualism a Fraud?

The “?” Motorist

Humorous Phases of Funny Phases

 

Glen’s Favorite: The Spring Fairy

Cris’s Favorite: The Drunken Mattress

Intro song: Ned Kelly by Johnny Cash

 

See you next year!