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Treasures III : social issues in American film, 1900-1934. Program 1, the city reformed
Title
Treasures III [videorecording] : social issues in American film, 1900-1934. Program 1, the city reformed / produced by the National Film Preservation Foundation ; curator, Scott Simmon ; music curator, Martin Marks.
Edition
Digitally remastered with newly recorded music.
Published
[Chatsworth, CA] : Image Entertainment [distributor], 2007.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (177 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (172 p.)
Local Notes
Accompanying booklet on reserve in FSC.
Notes
Accompanying book for set contains full credits, descriptions of the films, illustrations, and indexes.
Films are from five major film archives: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, George Eastman House, the Library of Congress, the Museum of Modern Art, and the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Silent films (with music) or in English.
Summary
The first program in a series of 48 movies that helped change America. During the first decades of the 20th century no issue was too controversial for movies ... from prohibition to abortion, unions, atheism, the vote for women, worker safety, juvenile justice, homelessness and immigration, these films became the catalyst for social change.
Variant and related titles
Social issues in American film, 1900-1934. Program 1, The city reformed
City reformed
Black hand.
How they rob men in Chicago.
Voice of the violin.
Usurer's grip.
From the submerged.
Hope: a Red Cross seal story.
Cost of carelessness.
Lights and shadows in a city of a million.
6,000,000 American children ... are not in school.
Soul of youth.
Saved by the Juvenile Court [Excerpts].
Call for help from Sing Sing!
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 20, 2007
System details note
DVD.
Contents
Black hand / producer, Francis J. Marion ; director, Wallace McCutcheon (1906, 11 min.)
How they rob men in Chicago / producer/director, Wallace McCutcheon (1900, 25 sec.)
Voice of the violin / director, D.W. Griffith (1909, 16 min.)
Usurer's grip / director, Bannister Merwin ; writers, Theodora Huntington, Arthur H. Ham (1912, 15 min.)
From the submerged / director/writer, Theodore Wharton (1912, 11 min.)
Hope: a Red Cross seal story / director, Charles J. Brabin ; writer, James Oppenheim (1912, 14 min.)
Cost of carelessness / writer, Eugene C. Clarke (1913, 13 min.)
Lights and shadows in a city of a million / produced by the Ford Motor Company (1920, 7 min.)
6,000,000 American children ... are not in school / producer, Lewis J. Selznick (1922, 2 min.)
Soul of youth / director, William Desmond Taylor ; writer, Julia Crawford Ivers (1920, 80 min.)
Saved by the Juvenile Court [excerpts] / writer, George Creel (1919, 4 min.)
Call for help from Sing Sing! / producer, William Randolph Hearst (1934, 3 min.).
Videorecording number
NATD3827DVD National Film Preservation Foundation
Subjects
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Ford Motor Company.
National Film Preservation Foundation (U.S.)
Image Entertainment (Firm)
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