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November 17, 2006
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Humorous Phases of Funny Faces |
New York, NY — “The Black Hand,” one of the earliest gangster films shot on the streets of New York City, will be among several popular films that will be presented in “A Century Ago: The Films of 1906” on Monday, December 11, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International in New York City.
Hosted by Randy Haberkamp, the Academy’s director of educational programs and special projects, the “Monday Nights with Oscar®” program will conduct a partial survey of turn-of-the-20th-century international filmmaking with trick films, actualities, primitive dramas and gag films.
“A Century Ago” will be highlighted by aerial vistas of the city’s new architectural phenomenon in “Skyscrapers,” from the Biograph Company; the earliest known example of frame-by-frame animation, “Humorous Phases of Funny Faces,” by J. Stuart Blackton of Vitagraph; the surrealistic film “Dream of a Rarebit Fiend,” based on a Winsor McCay comic strip, from the Edison Studios; a hand-tinted print of “Voyage autour d’une étoile,” from the Pathé Studios in France; actuality footage of the San Francisco Earthquake; and newly restored fragments of “The Story of the Kelly Gang” from Australia.
The program will also feature such popular hits as “Dr. Dippy’s Sanitarium,” “In the Haunts of Rip Van Winkle,” “The Impossible Convicts” (all Biograph), “Motor Pirates” “The ‘?’ Motorist” and “A Visit to Peek Frean and Co.’s Biscuit Works” (all from British companies).
Michael Mortilla will provide live musical accompaniment.
Most prints will be shown in 35mm and are drawn from the collections of the Academy Film Archive, the Library of Congress, George Eastman House, the British Film Institute, the Museum of Modern Art, the National Film and Sound Archive of the Australian Film Commission and the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
The Academy Theater at Lighthouse International is located at 111 East 59th Street in New York City. Tickets for the screening are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID.
Tickets may be reserved by calling 1-888-778-7575. Depending on availability, tickets may be purchased the night of the screening. Doors open at 7 p.m.
Editors: Please note that downloadable images are available at http://photos.oscars.org/.
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