Ned is one of those remarkable people who can balance a real life (with a wonderful wife) and art while being devoted to his family's film history.
And besides, the Thanhouser films are really entertaining and of high artistic quality. I believe I mentioned THE EVIDENCE OF THE FILM on this list before -- it's a fantastic look into early filmmaking. Go, Ned! Best, Dennis Doros Milestone Film & Video/Milliarium Zero PO Box 128 Harrington Park, NJ 07640 Phone: 201-767-3117 Fax: 201-767-3035 email: [email protected] www.milestonefilms.com www.ontheboweryfilm.com www.arayafilm.com www.exilesfilm.com www.wordisoutmovie.com www.killerofsheep.com AMIA Austin 2011: www.amianet.org Join "Milestone Film" on Facebook! On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 2:38 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Pretty damn cool! > > gary > > > > > From: "Ned Thanhouser" <[email protected]> > > Date: March 22, 2011 8:57:43 AM PDT > > To: "Ned Thanhouser" <[email protected]> > > Subject: Press Release: Fifty-six Thanhouser Silent Films Now Available > Online > > > > > The following press release is going out today…please forward as > appropriate. Thank you for all your support over the past 25 years! Ned > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanhouser Company Film Preservation, Inc. > > > > 8770 NW Kearney Street > > > > Portland, OR 97229 USA > > > > www.thanhouser.org > > > > Press Contact: Ned Thanhouser > > > > > > > > > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 22, 2011 > > Thanhouser Silent Films Available for Online Viewing > > Free Access to 56 Films Aimed at Improved Access > > PORTLAND, Oregon USA – Thanhouser Company Film Preservation, Inc. > announced today that all 56 of the Thanhouser silent films currently > distributed on DVD are now available for online viewing at no charge. > > The films are available for immediate viewing on the Thanhouser website > at www.thanhouser.org. The 56 films were produced by the Thanhouser film > enterprise based in New Rochelle, New York between 1910 and 1917. This > collection provides a representative cross section of the company’s > output during this important era in early film development. > > “This goldmine of rarely-before-seen films adds immeasurably to our > understanding of the development of American silent cinema. Online > access makes these delightful films available to researchers, film > historians, media studies teachers and movie lovers everywhere,” said > Kathryn Fuller-Seeley, Professor of Film Studies at Georgia State > University. > > The films were assembled over the past 25 years with the cooperation of > archives around the world, including The Library of Congress in > Washington, DC, The British Film Institute in London, England, George > Eastman House in Rochester, New York, The Museum of Modern Art in New > York, New York, the Academy Film Archive in Los Angeles, California, the > EYE Film Institute Netherlands in Amsterdam, Holland, and from the > Thanhouser collection. > > “Making these films accessible for online viewing is intended to expand > viewership and academic study of this pioneering studio,” said Ned > Thanhouser, grandson of Thanhouser Company founders Edwin and Gertrude > Thanhouser. > > Each film includes a summary and analysis written by film historian > Victor Graf. Andrew Crow, Raymond A. Brubacher and Ben Model composed > and performed original musical accompaniment commissioned exclusively > for this collection. > > Titles in the collection include: > > · The Actor’s Children (1910): The first Thanhouser film > released on March 15, 1910. > > · The Winter’s Tale (1910): The first of six Shakespeare plays > brought to the screen by the Thanhouser Company. > > · Cinderella (1911): An elaborately produced version of the well > known George O. Nichols fairy tale. > > · Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912): One of the first film versions > of the classic Robert Lewis Stevenson novel. > > · The Cry of the Children (1912): A critical pre-World War I > film on child labor reform. > > · Petticoat Camp (1912): An early "women's lib" social > commentary with a comedy twist. > > · The Evidence of the Film (1913): A crime tale with film making > as a subject. > > · A Dog’s Love (1914): A fantasy about the love between a child > and her dog. > > · Their One Love (1915): A Civil War drama with spectacular > night battle sequences. > > · Madam Blanche, Beauty Doctor (1915): A gender-bender comedy > with satirical social observations. > > · The Vagabonds (1915): Flashbacks of a penniless, friendless > tramp and his dog of his downfall due to drink. > > · The World and the Woman (1916): Jeanne Eagel's film debut as a > prostitute turned faith healer in this five reel feature. > > · The Woman in White (1917): One of Thanhouser’s last films, > this five reel feature is based on Wilkie Collins popular 1859 novel. > > DVD versions of all 56 films are also available for purchase along with > the companion CD-ROM Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History by > noted historian Q. David Bowers. Each three-disc DVD set is priced at > $24.95 and the CD-ROM at $39.95, plus shipping and handling. Available > for immediate worldwide shipment, the DVDs and CD-ROM can be ordered > directly from Thanhouser Company Film Preservation, Inc. at 8770 NW > Kearney Street, Portland, OR 97229 or online from www.thanhouser.org > with PayPal, Visa or Master Card. > > Thanhouser Company Film Preservation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit > corporation established for the research, preservation and publication > of educational materials related to early silent era, with a specific > focus on Thanhouser. > > -- 30 -- > > > > > > > > > Gary Handman > Director > Media Resources Center > Moffitt Library > UC Berkeley > > 510-643-8566 > [email protected] > http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC > > "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." > --Francois Truffaut > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues > relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, > preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and > related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective > working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication > between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and > distributors. > > --
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
