Comments on: TRIUMPH and THE BLOOD SHIP: Lost and Found http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/triumph-the-blood-ship-lost-and-found/ thinking film Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:21:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Harry Heuser http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/triumph-the-blood-ship-lost-and-found/#comment-226908 Harry Heuser Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:48:36 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/triumph-the-blood-ship-lost-and-found/#comment-226908 Speaking of "lost and found," Andre. The long-lost <i>Life Story of David Lloyd George</i> (1918) by Maurice Elvey, which Kevin Brownlow called the "find of the century," is being shown at <i>Fflics</i> (October 25-27), a Welsh film festival that explores the depiction of Welshness in--or the contributions of the Welsh to--classic cinema. (Remember our thoughts on Claudette in the radio version of <i>The Corn Is Green</i>?). Aside from the obvious Hollywood/British fare (such as <i>Corn</i>, <i>How Green Was My Valley</i>, <i>The Citadel</i>, and Carol Reed's <i>The Stars Look Down</i>), the offerings include <i>Proud Valley</i> (with Paul Robeson), two silent films starring Ivor Novello, WWII propaganda, 1920s cartoons, late 19th-century documentary footage, and the aforementioned <i>Life Story</i>. Noted silent screen composers (including our friend Neil Brand) will be at the festival. I thought you might be interested in mentioning it. Here is the link to the official site: http://www.fflics.co.uk/ Here's what I had to say about it on <i>broadcastellan</i>: http://broadcastellan.blogspot.com/2007/10/how-screened-was-my-valley-festival-of.html Speaking of “lost and found,” Andre. The long-lost Life Story of David Lloyd George (1918) by Maurice Elvey, which Kevin Brownlow called the “find of the century,” is being shown at Fflics (October 25-27), a Welsh film festival that explores the depiction of Welshness in–or the contributions of the Welsh to–classic cinema. (Remember our thoughts on Claudette in the radio version of The Corn Is Green?).

Aside from the obvious Hollywood/British fare (such as Corn, How Green Was My Valley, The Citadel, and Carol Reed’s The Stars Look Down), the offerings include Proud Valley (with Paul Robeson), two silent films starring Ivor Novello, WWII propaganda, 1920s cartoons, late 19th-century documentary footage, and the aforementioned Life Story. Noted silent screen composers (including our friend Neil Brand) will be at the festival. I thought you might be interested in mentioning it.

Here is the link to the official site:

http://www.fflics.co.uk/

Here’s what I had to say about it on broadcastellan:

http://broadcastellan.blogspot.com/2007/10/how-screened-was-my-valley-festival-of.html

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