A lot of films to talk about this week! We’re reaching around the world (but mainly to France) and finding fairies, finding Jesus, and watching cartoons, and getting rustled by outlaws.


 


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And you can watch and form your own opinions from our Films Discussed playlist right here.


 


--- Méliès and the Féerie tradition ---


The Merry Frolics of Satan


The Witch


A Desperate Crime


The Chimney Sweep


The Mysterious Retort (Mislabeled as 1897)


The Tramp and the Mattress Makers


 


--- Alice Guy and her Magnum Opus ---


The Drunken Mattress


The Birth, the Life, and the Death of Christ


The Consequences of Feminism


 


--- Pathé is doing some real varied stuff! ---


The Spring Fairy


Bob’s Electric Theatre


Aladdin and his Wonder Lamp


The Bell Ringer’s Daughter


The Law of Forgiveness


 


--- Anglophone Favorites ---


The Story of the Kelly Gang


Dream of a Rarebit Fiend


Three American Beauties


The Black Hand


The Secret of Death Valley


Is Spiritualism a Fraud?


The “?” Motorist


Humorous Phases of Funny Phases


 


Glen’s Favorite: The Spring Fairy


Cris’s Favorite: The Drunken Mattress


Intro song: Ned Kelly by Johnny Cash


 


See you next year!