A Century Ago: The Films of 1906
by Andre Soares
Press release:
Beverly Hills, CA – With such box office hits as Dr. Dippy’s Sanitarium and The Village Cut-Up, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will honor the year 1906 and its contributions to film history in “A Century Ago: The Films of 1906″ on Wednesday, December 6, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood.
Revisiting the year that saw motion pictures dramatically expand their presence via storefront nickelodeons, the program will reflect a partial survey of turn-of-the-century international filmmaking with trick films, actualities, primitive dramas and gag films. It will be highlighted by one of the earliest known examples of frame-by-frame animation, Humorous Phases of Funny Faces, by J. Stuart Blackton of Vitagraph; the surrealistic film Dream of a Rarebit Fiend, based on a Winsor McCay comic strip, from the Edison Studios; a hand-tinted print of Voyage autour d’une étoile, from the Pathé Studios in France; actuality footage of the San Francisco Earthquake; and newly restored fragments of The Story of the Kelly Gang from Australia.
The program will also feature such popular hits as In the Haunts of Rip Van Winkle, The Impossible Convicts (both Biograph), Motor Pirates, The ‘?’ Motorist and A Visit to Peek Frean and Co.’s Biscuit Works (all from British companies).
Most prints will be shown in 35mm and are drawn from the collections of the Academy Film Archive, the Library of Congress, George Eastman House, the British Film Institute, the Museum of Modern Art, the National Film and Sound Archive of the Australian Film Commission and the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
Michael Mortilla will provide live musical accompaniment.
Tickets to “A Century Ago: The Films of 1906″ are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID, and may be purchased in advance, either by mail or in person. The Academy’s ticket office is located at its headquarters at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills.
The Linwood Dunn Theater is located at the Academy’s Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study at 1313 North Vine Street in Hollywood. All seating is unreserved. Free parking is available behind the building through the entrance on Homewood Avenue. For more information, call (310) 247-3600.
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