Sinopsis
DISC 2:
LAUGHING LIKE WE USED TO:
Seven comedies, including four restored from turn of the century Italy and France, a recently-discovered nitrate negative of Chaplin’s first appearance in his “tramp” attire, a frenetic Mack Sennett gag fest with tin lizzies galore, and The Pest, starring an early Stan Laurel (before Hardy).
- The Dancing Pig (France, 1907, 2:24 min) - Le cochon danseur
- The Monkey Race (Italy, 1909, 4:03 min)
- I Fetch the Bread (France, 1907, 5:10 min) - Je vais chercher le pain (1906)
- Artheme Swallows his Clarinet (France, 1912, 3:54 min)
- Kid's Auto Race (with Charles Chaplin, USA, Henry Lehrman, 6:20 min)
- The Pest (with Stan Laurel, USA, Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, 1922, 22:26 min)
- Lizzies of the Fields (USA, Del Lor, 1924, 14:04 min)
DRAWINGS AND MODELS:
Six works of animation: Gaumont’s Fantasmagorie (1908), three cartoons from the Fleischer Studios – Cartoon Factory (1924), Ain’t She Sweet (1932), and Play Safe (1936) – Ub Iwerks' Balloonland (1935) featuring a new color restoration made from the original negatives, and a filmed performance by puppetry pioneer Tony Sarg.
- Fantasmagorie (Emile Cohl, France, 1908, 1:30 min)
- Cartoon Factory (Fleischer Studios, USA, 1924, 7:53 min)
- Tony Sarg's Marionettes in the Orient (Basil Smith, USA, 1929, 9:52 min)
- Ain't She Sweet (with Lillian Roth, Fleischer Studios, USA, 1932, 7:11 min)
- Balloonland (UB Iwerks, USA, 1935, 6:41 min)
- Play Safe (Fleischer Studios, Technicolor, 1936, 7:05 min)
GRACE NOTES:
Rare musical performances: Django Reinhardt with Stéphane Grapelli and the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, Duke Ellington and the Cotton Club Orchestra, Louis Armstrong, and the Utica Jubilee Singers.
- Radi-Ators (Jasper Ewing Brady, USA, 1929, 9:18 min)
- Black and Tan (with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, USA, Dudley Murphy, 1929, 18:10 min)
- Louis Armstrong in Copenhagen (Denmark, 1934, 9:05 min)
- Jazz Hot - (with Django Reinhardt, France, 1939, 6:20 min)
