1931-1940

Zou Zou tries to help her childhood friend prove his innocence after he’s accused of murder.Read More »

In a small city, talented María was trained as a singer by blind composer Narciso. They both dream of making it big in the capital but, when they finally make the move, they find that success is not achieved without struggles.Read More »

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“This is one part of a proposed four-part film intended to document the Great Depression that was to be called AS I WALK. The other parts were never completed; consequently, FOOTNOTE TO FACT must stand alone. The film was to be post-synchronized, using sound in a stream-of-consciousness technique.” – Lewis JacobsRead More »

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“Burckhardt’s travelogue of Port-au-Prince is a unique city symphony whose pace and rhythm favor tropical island life. He does not focus on voodoo but on Haiti’s daily life, neighbors, jokes, gossip, small dramas, Saturday night dances, and ghost stories,” evoking a place where time seems to stand still.” – Bruce PosnerRead More »

Frank Patton is the promoter of the Lucky Legs Contest. The problem is that he always skips town before paying the $1000 to the winner. Mr. Bradbury, suitor of Cloverdale winner Margie, hires intoxicated Perry Mason to find Frank. Perry knows the scheme that Patton is using and has Spudsy find him, but Frank is dead when Perry arrives. The how is a surgeons scalpel, but the who is not yet known.Read More »

A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other’s secret.Read More »

Avant-garde home movie, creators unkown, attributed to John C. Hecker.

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“This mysterious film documents a neatly appointed apartment and the spartan existence of its inhabitants. A woman moves through the rooms. She pours two glasses of wine, sits, reads a magazine, and combs her hair. All the while material possessions surround her, ominously dominating the environment.” (Bruce Posner)Read More »

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“Steiner is interested in film’s capacity to invigorate everyday sight, to alert viewers to the simple, magical visual pleasures available in nearly any circumstance. The film is divided into sequences that focus on specific kinds of imagery in and around ocean surf.” – Scott MacDonald

Marc Blitzstein’s original chamber music score was prepared by the composer under commission by Alma Wertheimer for the 1931 Coplan/Sessions’ ‘Film and Music’ program at the Broardhurst Theatre, NYC.Read More »

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Featuring Mary Binney Montgomery. “ORAMUNDE is an illustration in dance of the tale of Pelléas et Melisande, a story of two star-crossed lovers. The film confirms the belief that archetypal imagination is one of the mind’s primitive modes. Stripping the story to its core is a means of penetrating imagination.” – R. Bruce ElderRead More »