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Just recieved this email from Milestone...hoping 2005 will include Charles Burnett films and the rumored Nosferatu ultimate edition, as well.
IN CELEBRATION OF OUR UPCOMING FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY AND WINNING THE 2004 LEO AWARD, MILESTONE FILM & VIDEO WILL RELEASE SOME OF OUR FAVORITE "LOST" CLASSICS ON DVD!
October 5. 2004 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dear friends of Milestone,
For years, we have been championing the "lost" classics of cinema — films that had been overlooked by critics and historians or were missing in action. Some of Milestone’s rediscoveries include I AM CUBA, ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS, EDGE OF THE WORLD and TABU — and they helped to build Milestone’s fine reputation.
This week, the International Film Seminars announced that it has awarded Milestone the 2004 Leo Award, "in recognition of innovative and unorthodox approaches in film careers that attest to an open mind and a humane genuine concern with societal benefit." The award is named after distribution pioneer Leo Dratfield and past winners include Dan Talbot, Karen Cooper, Edith Kramer, Bill Sloan, Lillian Katz, Marie Nesthus, Robert Drew, Les Blank, Frederick Wiseman, and brothers Albert and David Maysles. We feel very honored for the IFS’s salute to our efforts for the connection to Dratfield (who we knew and admired) and for joining this group of esteemed colleagues and friends. More details about the award can be found at http://www.flahertyseminar.org/dratfield_award.htm and http://www.flahertyseminar.org/dratf...astwinners.htm
To celebrate our upcoming 15th anniversary next year, Milestone will be releasing DVDs of some of our favorite classic films. Working with archives from around the world, we have sought out the very best restored material and added some exceptionally rare full-length films as bonus features! These films will change the course of film history, restore artistic reputations, and take you to worlds and cultures you could never have imagined.
Legong: Dance of the Virgins (1935). Filmed in Bali by Marquis Henry de la Falaise (husband of both Gloria Swanson and Constance Bennett) in glorious two-color Technicolor and restored by the UCLA Film and Television Archive, Legong is another great discovery in Milestone’s acclaimed "Age of Exploration" series! This disc is loaded with bonus features including de la Falaise’s long-lost Kliou, filmed in Indo-China (Vietnam) in 1935, and Academy Award®-winner Robert Snyder’s Gods of Bali (1952). Coming out on DVD on November 16, 2004!
White Thunder (2002) Another new entry in Milestone’s "Age of Exploration" series, this engrossing documentary by Victoria King and the National Film Board of Canada tells the story of explorer/filmmaker Varick Frissell and Hollywood’s worst real-life disaster: the filming of Paramount’s The Viking, during which 26 crew members lost their lives in a ship explosion, including Frissell. Bonus features include The Viking (1931, starring Charles Starrett and restored by the National Archives of Canada), as well as Frissell’s earlier documentaries, Lure of Labrador and The Swilin’ Racket! Coming out on DVD on December 7, 2004!
Hindle Wakes (1927). The popular stage play on which this film is based is England’s answer to Ibsen’s "The Doll House." Factory girls Fanny and Mary decide to take their vacation at Blackpool. There, Fanny meets Allan, the wealthy son of factory owner Nathaniel Jeffcote and the two impetuously ditch Mary to spend some time alone. When her family learns of their escapade, they confront Nathaniel, who forces his son to propose marriage to the girl. Fanny’s decision shocks everyone. Director Maurice Elvey shot on location in actual textile mills in Lancashire, giving the film an astonishing documentary realism. And the film’s moving camera — flying in and around Blackpool’s famed amusement park rides — is as thrilling as any camerawork in the history of cinema. Restored by the BFI, Hindle Wakes features a new Philip Carli score, to go along with the English-commissioned score by In the Nursery. Coming out on DVD on February 8, 2005!
Piccadilly (1929). This beautifully restored masterpiece (courtesy of the British Film Institute) by E.A. Dupont, stars the electrically erotic Anna May Wong in her greatest role! The owner of London’s hottest nightclub falls for Shosho, the sexy scullery maid, and risking all, hires her as the main attraction. Shosho becomes an overnight sensation, but tabloid scandal soon envelops the couple. The DVD boasts the original tints, a new score by famed British composer Neil Brand and many, many bonus features. "Wong … is phenomenal!" — Michael Sragow, The New Yorker. Coming out on DVD in March 2005!
The Dragon Painter (1919). One of the finest independent films of the silent era, Sessue Hayakawa and Tsuru Aoki’s astonishing feature now boasts a dazzling new score by composer Mark Izu. Hayakawa gives a virile performance as a brilliant but mad painter discovered in the wilds of Japan’s mountains. The DVD has many bonus features, including Thomas Ince’s The Wrath of the Gods (1914), also starring Hayakawa and Aoki. Both films are from the tinted 35mm restorations done at George Eastman House. Coming out on DVD in 2005!
And finally, in our continuing series on early women film pioneers, five marvelous DVDs featuring the incredible Mary Pickford!
Through the Back Door. (1921) A young girl raised overseas by her nanny must flee war-torn Belgium in search of her American mother. The orchestral score by Robert Israel is one of his best! Bonus Feature: Cinderella, the 1915 Mary Pickford classic recently discovered in a European archive, with a lovely score by Donald Sosin. Coming out on DVD on February 8, 2005!
Little Lord Fauntleroy. (1921) One of Mary’s biggest successes and the finest film adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic novel. The spectacular camerawork by Charles Rosher and the wonderful dual performance by Pickford as Cedric and Dearest make for a stunning cinematic treat. Features a new orchestral score by Nigel Holton! Coming out on DVD on March 1, 2005!
Heart o’ the Hills. (1919) Thrilling, hilarious and shocking (Mary commits murder!), this rural melodrama is one of the great unknown films of Pickford’s career. Featuring a very young John Gilbert in a starring role and a chamber score by classical composer Maria Newman (daughter of Hollywood composer Alfred). Bonus Feature: M’Liss, another rural film directed with tremendous style by Marshall Neilan, with a charming score by Donald Sosin. Coming out on DVD in May 2005!
Suds. (1920) Pickford is heartbreaking as a poor laundress in love with an abandoned dirty shirt — and her dreams of its handsome owner. This DVD of one of Pickford’s finest films includes both the American and foreign release of the classic silent film with a sparkling chamber score by Mont Alto Orchestra. Bonus Feature: Birth of a Legend, a 1966 documentary on Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. Coming out on DVD in May 2005.
Poor Little Rich Girl. (1917) This enchanting film by Maurice Tourneur is slated to be featured at the prestigious 2004 Giornate del Cinema Muto. It is certainly one of the loveliest, most bizarre films of Pickford’s career. Emotionally abandoned by her parents, little Gwendolyn is given an overdose of sleeping potion. The girl’s delirious dream sequence is worthy of the great French surrealists. Orchestral score by Philip Carli. Bonus Feature: the award-winning documentary on Mary, America’s Sweetheart, produced in the 1970s and narrated by Henry Fonda. Coming out on DVD in 2005.
The Mary Pickford series is an ongoing project produced by the Mary Pickford Institute, Timeline Films and Milestone Film & Video.
Also on deck is one of our most ambitious projects to date (and already two years in the making), the Charley Chase Classic Comedy Collection! In collaboration with film historian Rusty Casselton and archives from around the world, Milestone has put together 15 of Chase’s finest and funniest films in a five-hour package! The collection will be released on DVD and featured on Turner Classic Movies in 2005.
And that’s not all, as 2005 promises to have some of our best theatrical and DVD releases yet! Milestone will also tour its fifteenth anniversary package to raise money for film preservation. Five years ago, we raised $20,000 which was presented to the George Eastman House, UCLA Film & Television Archive, Library of Congress and the British Film Institute. So keep watching your in-box for updates.
If you'd like to be removed from this email list, please contact us directly at [email protected]
Dennis Doros & Amy Heller
Milestone Film & Video
PO Box 128
Harrington Park, NJ 07640
Phone: (800) 603-1104 or (201) 767-3117
Fax: (201) 767-3035
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.milestonefilms.com
IN CELEBRATION OF OUR UPCOMING FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY AND WINNING THE 2004 LEO AWARD, MILESTONE FILM & VIDEO WILL RELEASE SOME OF OUR FAVORITE "LOST" CLASSICS ON DVD!
October 5. 2004 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dear friends of Milestone,
For years, we have been championing the "lost" classics of cinema — films that had been overlooked by critics and historians or were missing in action. Some of Milestone’s rediscoveries include I AM CUBA, ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS, EDGE OF THE WORLD and TABU — and they helped to build Milestone’s fine reputation.
This week, the International Film Seminars announced that it has awarded Milestone the 2004 Leo Award, "in recognition of innovative and unorthodox approaches in film careers that attest to an open mind and a humane genuine concern with societal benefit." The award is named after distribution pioneer Leo Dratfield and past winners include Dan Talbot, Karen Cooper, Edith Kramer, Bill Sloan, Lillian Katz, Marie Nesthus, Robert Drew, Les Blank, Frederick Wiseman, and brothers Albert and David Maysles. We feel very honored for the IFS’s salute to our efforts for the connection to Dratfield (who we knew and admired) and for joining this group of esteemed colleagues and friends. More details about the award can be found at http://www.flahertyseminar.org/dratfield_award.htm and http://www.flahertyseminar.org/dratf...astwinners.htm
To celebrate our upcoming 15th anniversary next year, Milestone will be releasing DVDs of some of our favorite classic films. Working with archives from around the world, we have sought out the very best restored material and added some exceptionally rare full-length films as bonus features! These films will change the course of film history, restore artistic reputations, and take you to worlds and cultures you could never have imagined.
Legong: Dance of the Virgins (1935). Filmed in Bali by Marquis Henry de la Falaise (husband of both Gloria Swanson and Constance Bennett) in glorious two-color Technicolor and restored by the UCLA Film and Television Archive, Legong is another great discovery in Milestone’s acclaimed "Age of Exploration" series! This disc is loaded with bonus features including de la Falaise’s long-lost Kliou, filmed in Indo-China (Vietnam) in 1935, and Academy Award®-winner Robert Snyder’s Gods of Bali (1952). Coming out on DVD on November 16, 2004!
White Thunder (2002) Another new entry in Milestone’s "Age of Exploration" series, this engrossing documentary by Victoria King and the National Film Board of Canada tells the story of explorer/filmmaker Varick Frissell and Hollywood’s worst real-life disaster: the filming of Paramount’s The Viking, during which 26 crew members lost their lives in a ship explosion, including Frissell. Bonus features include The Viking (1931, starring Charles Starrett and restored by the National Archives of Canada), as well as Frissell’s earlier documentaries, Lure of Labrador and The Swilin’ Racket! Coming out on DVD on December 7, 2004!
Hindle Wakes (1927). The popular stage play on which this film is based is England’s answer to Ibsen’s "The Doll House." Factory girls Fanny and Mary decide to take their vacation at Blackpool. There, Fanny meets Allan, the wealthy son of factory owner Nathaniel Jeffcote and the two impetuously ditch Mary to spend some time alone. When her family learns of their escapade, they confront Nathaniel, who forces his son to propose marriage to the girl. Fanny’s decision shocks everyone. Director Maurice Elvey shot on location in actual textile mills in Lancashire, giving the film an astonishing documentary realism. And the film’s moving camera — flying in and around Blackpool’s famed amusement park rides — is as thrilling as any camerawork in the history of cinema. Restored by the BFI, Hindle Wakes features a new Philip Carli score, to go along with the English-commissioned score by In the Nursery. Coming out on DVD on February 8, 2005!
Piccadilly (1929). This beautifully restored masterpiece (courtesy of the British Film Institute) by E.A. Dupont, stars the electrically erotic Anna May Wong in her greatest role! The owner of London’s hottest nightclub falls for Shosho, the sexy scullery maid, and risking all, hires her as the main attraction. Shosho becomes an overnight sensation, but tabloid scandal soon envelops the couple. The DVD boasts the original tints, a new score by famed British composer Neil Brand and many, many bonus features. "Wong … is phenomenal!" — Michael Sragow, The New Yorker. Coming out on DVD in March 2005!
The Dragon Painter (1919). One of the finest independent films of the silent era, Sessue Hayakawa and Tsuru Aoki’s astonishing feature now boasts a dazzling new score by composer Mark Izu. Hayakawa gives a virile performance as a brilliant but mad painter discovered in the wilds of Japan’s mountains. The DVD has many bonus features, including Thomas Ince’s The Wrath of the Gods (1914), also starring Hayakawa and Aoki. Both films are from the tinted 35mm restorations done at George Eastman House. Coming out on DVD in 2005!
And finally, in our continuing series on early women film pioneers, five marvelous DVDs featuring the incredible Mary Pickford!
Through the Back Door. (1921) A young girl raised overseas by her nanny must flee war-torn Belgium in search of her American mother. The orchestral score by Robert Israel is one of his best! Bonus Feature: Cinderella, the 1915 Mary Pickford classic recently discovered in a European archive, with a lovely score by Donald Sosin. Coming out on DVD on February 8, 2005!
Little Lord Fauntleroy. (1921) One of Mary’s biggest successes and the finest film adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic novel. The spectacular camerawork by Charles Rosher and the wonderful dual performance by Pickford as Cedric and Dearest make for a stunning cinematic treat. Features a new orchestral score by Nigel Holton! Coming out on DVD on March 1, 2005!
Heart o’ the Hills. (1919) Thrilling, hilarious and shocking (Mary commits murder!), this rural melodrama is one of the great unknown films of Pickford’s career. Featuring a very young John Gilbert in a starring role and a chamber score by classical composer Maria Newman (daughter of Hollywood composer Alfred). Bonus Feature: M’Liss, another rural film directed with tremendous style by Marshall Neilan, with a charming score by Donald Sosin. Coming out on DVD in May 2005!
Suds. (1920) Pickford is heartbreaking as a poor laundress in love with an abandoned dirty shirt — and her dreams of its handsome owner. This DVD of one of Pickford’s finest films includes both the American and foreign release of the classic silent film with a sparkling chamber score by Mont Alto Orchestra. Bonus Feature: Birth of a Legend, a 1966 documentary on Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. Coming out on DVD in May 2005.
Poor Little Rich Girl. (1917) This enchanting film by Maurice Tourneur is slated to be featured at the prestigious 2004 Giornate del Cinema Muto. It is certainly one of the loveliest, most bizarre films of Pickford’s career. Emotionally abandoned by her parents, little Gwendolyn is given an overdose of sleeping potion. The girl’s delirious dream sequence is worthy of the great French surrealists. Orchestral score by Philip Carli. Bonus Feature: the award-winning documentary on Mary, America’s Sweetheart, produced in the 1970s and narrated by Henry Fonda. Coming out on DVD in 2005.
The Mary Pickford series is an ongoing project produced by the Mary Pickford Institute, Timeline Films and Milestone Film & Video.
Also on deck is one of our most ambitious projects to date (and already two years in the making), the Charley Chase Classic Comedy Collection! In collaboration with film historian Rusty Casselton and archives from around the world, Milestone has put together 15 of Chase’s finest and funniest films in a five-hour package! The collection will be released on DVD and featured on Turner Classic Movies in 2005.
And that’s not all, as 2005 promises to have some of our best theatrical and DVD releases yet! Milestone will also tour its fifteenth anniversary package to raise money for film preservation. Five years ago, we raised $20,000 which was presented to the George Eastman House, UCLA Film & Television Archive, Library of Congress and the British Film Institute. So keep watching your in-box for updates.
If you'd like to be removed from this email list, please contact us directly at [email protected]
Dennis Doros & Amy Heller
Milestone Film & Video
PO Box 128
Harrington Park, NJ 07640
Phone: (800) 603-1104 or (201) 767-3117
Fax: (201) 767-3035
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.milestonefilms.com
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Does anyone know if the Charley Chase films are all different then the ones recently released by Kino? It says there are 15 films with the Milestone DVD. Kino's only has 5 on their DVD. Wondering if there is any overlap between the two companies. Below is a list of the Kino films.
- Mum's the Word (1926)
- April Fool (1924)
- Crazy Like a Fox (1926)
- Long Live the King (1923)
- Mighty Like a Moose (1926)
- All Wet (1924)
- Mum's the Word (1926)
- April Fool (1924)
- Crazy Like a Fox (1926)
- Long Live the King (1923)
- Mighty Like a Moose (1926)
- All Wet (1924)
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I think you should ask [email protected] that question. They're generally VERY good at answering questions like this.
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This probably merits a new thread since there is a new "Slapstick Symposium" wave of releases coming in September, but am responding to LASERMOVIES, question about which films are on the different releases in alphabetical order:
Kino:
Symp 2 A Charley Chase Biography (2004)
Symp 1 All Wet (1924)
Symp 1 April Fool (1926)
Symp 2 Bromo and Juliet (1926)
Symp 1 Crazy Like A Fox(1926)
Symp 2 Dog Shy (1926)
Symp 2 His Wooden Wedding (1925)
Symp 2 Innocent Husbands (1925)
Symp 2 Isn’t Life Terrible (1925)
Symp 1 Long Flib The King (1923)
Symp 1 Mighty Like A Moose (1926)
Symp 1 Mum's The Word (1926)
Symp 2 Shine ’em Up (1922)
Milestone (known titles...):
Cut to the Chase April Fool (1924) 10:23 Score by Dave Knutsen
Cut to the Chase Bad Boy (1925) 18:39 Score by Dave Knutsen
Cut to the Chase Be Your Age (1926) 20:00 Score by Ben Model
Cut to the Chase Bromo And Juliet (1926) 20:48 Score by Dave Knutsen
Cut to the Chase Caretaker’s Daughter (1925) 18:19 Score by Dave Drazin
Cut to the Chase Charley My Boy! (1925)
Cut to the Chase Dog Shy (1926) 19:58 Score by Ben Model
Cut to the Chase Fraidy Cat (1924) 11:31 Score by Dave Knutsen
Cut to the Chase Innocent Husbands (1925) 20:31 Score by Donald Sosin
Cut to the Chase Isn’t Life Terrible (1925) 19:52 Score by Dave Drazin
Cut to the Chase Long Fliv The King (1926) 20:24 Score by Mont Alto
Cut to the Chase Mama Behave (1926) 20:13 Score by Dave Drazin
Cut to the Chase Mighty Like A Moose (1926) 20:18 Score by Mont Alto
Cut to the Chase Mums The Word (1926) 19:16 Score by Donald Sosin
Cut to the Chase The Uneasy Three (1925) 19:46 Score by Ben Model
Cut to the Chase What Price Goofy (1925) 20:44 Score by Mont Alto
Tim
Kino:
Symp 2 A Charley Chase Biography (2004)
Symp 1 All Wet (1924)
Symp 1 April Fool (1926)
Symp 2 Bromo and Juliet (1926)
Symp 1 Crazy Like A Fox(1926)
Symp 2 Dog Shy (1926)
Symp 2 His Wooden Wedding (1925)
Symp 2 Innocent Husbands (1925)
Symp 2 Isn’t Life Terrible (1925)
Symp 1 Long Flib The King (1923)
Symp 1 Mighty Like A Moose (1926)
Symp 1 Mum's The Word (1926)
Symp 2 Shine ’em Up (1922)
Milestone (known titles...):
Cut to the Chase April Fool (1924) 10:23 Score by Dave Knutsen
Cut to the Chase Bad Boy (1925) 18:39 Score by Dave Knutsen
Cut to the Chase Be Your Age (1926) 20:00 Score by Ben Model
Cut to the Chase Bromo And Juliet (1926) 20:48 Score by Dave Knutsen
Cut to the Chase Caretaker’s Daughter (1925) 18:19 Score by Dave Drazin
Cut to the Chase Charley My Boy! (1925)
Cut to the Chase Dog Shy (1926) 19:58 Score by Ben Model
Cut to the Chase Fraidy Cat (1924) 11:31 Score by Dave Knutsen
Cut to the Chase Innocent Husbands (1925) 20:31 Score by Donald Sosin
Cut to the Chase Isn’t Life Terrible (1925) 19:52 Score by Dave Drazin
Cut to the Chase Long Fliv The King (1926) 20:24 Score by Mont Alto
Cut to the Chase Mama Behave (1926) 20:13 Score by Dave Drazin
Cut to the Chase Mighty Like A Moose (1926) 20:18 Score by Mont Alto
Cut to the Chase Mums The Word (1926) 19:16 Score by Donald Sosin
Cut to the Chase The Uneasy Three (1925) 19:46 Score by Ben Model
Cut to the Chase What Price Goofy (1925) 20:44 Score by Mont Alto
Tim
