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Richlive wrote:Folks- more uploaded images of this mysterious silent film, here and here.

Current knowledge/ status- think it is Leon Mathot on the left of the lower picture in the first group (talking to the bearded man). The film has a historical basis but also a modern day period (they were sold to a friend of mine as 'The Ten Commandments' which they are not!). It was an epic (there are about 50 stills in total, about 11x14 inches in size), and probably European (French/ Italian in all probability). Date? I'm guessing early 1920s- say 1922 to 1926. I have ordered Feyder's 'L'Atlantide', so if they are from that I will soon know!

Can it be Le berceau de dieu? Plot Summary surely makes it a possibility, but I haven't seen it to confirm.

Lower left hand square?

Evidently it's 'Identity'

Thought it looked familiar. Thanks.

I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

Thanks, that's a stunningly strange picture.

So I was at an electronics shop today, and during a demo for one of the e-tablets, a film clip played on the tab. I don't recognize it, and after doing some Googling the best I could come up with was another version of the demo. The clip in question comes on at about 2:09, runs for about thirty seconds.

So, any ideas? Thanks in advance.

I could be wrong but it looks like The Brotherhood of War.

No way! That looks too awesome to be The Brotherhood of War (a forgettable bore, if I recall.

And it looks like we have an answer. I'm a little mad I missed the theatrical release.

Holy moley! I post this, watch Breaking Bad 1.1 (finally), check back here... wow.

Thanks so much. Seriously.

knives wrote:Thanks, that's a stunningly strange picture.

You'll be disappointed: the main character works in an art gallery.

I'm looking for a French coming of age film that probably came out around 1983, but is set much earlier, perhaps shortly after the War. A few specific scenes I remember:

The young protagonist goes to an all boys school, and there's convent school nearby. The girls are lining up in their underwear for shots / physical exam. One of the girls asks to have her shot in the hip instead of her arm, pulling her panties down slightly. A couple of the boys peep from a tree branch.

The boy asks the girl to show him her breasts. She undoes her blouse to reveal newspapers -- a trick the nuns taught them to stay warm.

The boy is staying at the girl's country house. He's a virgin, she's older and more sophisticated. They are lying in bed, fooling around, then she gets up (to change into her dressing gown or whatever), and he realizes he's just shot his wad. To save face when she comes back to bed, he gives her a spiel about platonic love and preferring to remain chaste. Which she readily accepts, to his immediate relief but later chagrin, as they never sleep together.

Anyway, I'm not so much interested in the film itself, as I am in a simple tune (Bach perhaps) that the boy plays a few times on the church organ. I've never heard it since, but I remember it clearly, and wish I knew what the hell it was.

zedz wrote:

knives wrote:Thanks, that's a stunningly strange picture.

You'll be disappointed: the main character works in an art gallery.

I enjoyed it when it came out, but then again I also enjoyed Diva, Liquid Sky, & Desperately Seeking Susan in my early movie going days, now that I've seen more I might be less impressed and I don't really feel compelled to revisit it.

It's actually for someone on another forum, who is looking for the name of this actress...



He thinks that she is French and was popular during the 60's.

Were you supposed to attach an image or something?

There is an image there.

Hmm, that's strange. I can't see it.

Does it work if you click this link?

Hi Folks

Can anyone help? A friend has asked me to identify this film. I have uploaded some stills here.

It is clearly a silent film, probably European, and dating from (I think) the early to mid. 1920s. She has about 50 stills, all 14 x 11, and numbered in the corners. No marks on the back or front to indicate title of film. Other stills show an Egyptian/ Syrian influence in terms of set , which was evidently on a lavish scale. Some people have suggested: Jacques Feyder's 1921 film 'L'Atlantide' (Queen of Atlantis). The actor could be Leon Mathot.

Thanks to the poster who suggested Kevin Brownlow. I will see what I can do about that, but I thought I'd update the Forum first.

Any help very much appreciated!
Richard.

This is a much more broad thing, but are there any films that combine puppetry with 2D animation particularly in having characters modeled in both mediums?

I think the actress is Cosetta Greco, an Italian 50's actress but that picture is so small I am not sure

knives wrote:This is a much more broad thing, but are there any films that combine puppetry with 2D animation particularly in having characters modeled in both mediums?

Don't know if this is what you are looking for, but Kihachiro Kawamoto.

Haha, I was probably being too vague, but thanks all the same. I meant something closer to those out of the inkwell shorts, but instead of a human interacting with the drawing it's a puppet.

understood.