|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 New Thanhouser Films Available for Shipment September 2007 | ||
|
Volume 7 Thanhouser Presents Shakespeare (1910 to 1917) |
Volume 8 Thanhouser Presents the Classics (1912 to 1915) |
Volume 9 Lloyd Lonergan's Legacy (1910 to 1917) |
|
|
|
 |
| Available Only on DVD | ||
Alphabetical Index to Films on Video
Each film is accompanied by new and original music composed and
performed exclusively for this collection. Each tape includes a 12 page booklet written with film notes by Victor Graf and a historical perspective about
the Thanhouser film enterprise.
|
Thanhouser Film |
Release Date | Description | On Which Media? |
| Cinderella | 12/22/11 | Elaborately produced version of the well known George O. Nichols fairy tale, with Florence LaBadie and Harry Benham. | Volume 1 |
| The Coffin Ship | 6/20/11 | Love story filmed in Long Island Sound with a stowaway and a shipwreck, featuring William Garwood. | Volume 1 |
| Crossed Wires | 6/29/15 | Popular suspense drama in two reels with innovative camera technique, with Florence LaBadie and Morris Foster. | Volume 3 |
| The Cry of the Children | 4/30/12 | Critical pre-World War I film on child labor reform, photographed by Carl Lewis Gregory. | Volume
2, Classics |
| Cymbline | 3/28/13 | Energetic cinematic pacing and intimacy show rapidly improving narrative technique and realism well beyond the limitations of the stage. | Volume 7 |
| Daddy's Double | 4/15/10 | A deft comedy about a foiled elopement and assumed identity shows the importance of a carefully worked out scenario for narrative flow. | Volume 9 |
| The Decoy | 7/3/14 | Complex story of romance and crime, with Murial Ostriche and Morgan Jones (a Princess Film). | Volume 2 |
| A Dog's Love | 10/4/14 | Fantasy about the love between a child (Helen Badgley "The Kidlet") and her dog ("Shep" The Thanhouser Collie). | Volume II Classics |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | 1/16/12 | James Cruze featured as Jekyll/Hyde in this second U.S. film version of the classic novel by Robert Lewis Stevenson. | Volume
1, Classics |
| An Elusive Diamond | 1/23/14 | A one-reel crime drama with crooks, ruses, kidnapping, escape, and a twist, all wrapped in a coherent narrative. | Volume 9 |
| The Evidence of the Film | 1/10/13 | Discovered in 1999 on the floor of a Montana projection booth, this is a good crime tale with film making as a subject. | Volume
5 Classics |
| Fires of Youth | 6/17/17 | Wealthy industrialist (Frederick Warde) seeks to regain his youth (Jeanne Eagles) in this cut down two-reel version. | Volume 6 |
| Get Rich Quick | 5/26/11 | A moral tale about material wealth, with William Garwood, William Russell and Marguerite Snow. | Volume 1 |
| Just a Shabby Doll | 3/11/13 | A romantic story utilizing flashback sequences, featuring Harry Benham, Mignon Anderson and Helen Badgley. | Volume 5 |
| King Lear | 12/17/16 | Frederick Warde, one of the best known stage actors of his generation, stars in this 2 1/2 reel abridged version cut down from the original five. | Volume 7 |
| King Rene's Daughter | 7/1/13 | A very romantic fiction set in renaissance France with florid, rich costuming. | Volume 8 |
| The Little Girl Next Door | 11/1/12 | Tragic drama with a moral lesson, features the "Thanhouser Twins" Marion and Madeline Fairbanks. | Volume 5 |
| Madam Blanche, Beauty Doctor | 7/9/15 | Light comedy with satirical social observation, features Riley Chamberlin and Harry Benham (Falstaff release). | Volume 6 |
| Marble Heart | 5/13/13 | A story of unrequited love, with three popular Thanhouser stars James Cruze, Margurite Snow and Florence LaBadie. | Volume 6 |
| The Marvelous Marathoner | 1/16/15 | An energetic and vivacious Falstaff comedy with good pacing combining physical comedy (without slapstick) with situation comedy. | Volume 9 |
| Nicolas Nickleby | 3/19/12 | With Nicholas Nickleby release, Thanhouser established itself as producer of the best Dickens adaptations in American film. | Volume 8 |
| Only in the Way | 1/31/11 | Family disharmony with a happy ending, featuring Marie Eline "The Thanhouser Kid". | Volume
1, Classics |
| Petticoat Camp | 11/3/12 | Early "women's lib" with a comedy twist, with Florence LaBadie, William Russell and William Garwood. | Volume
2, Classics |
| She | 12/26/11 | Thanhouser's first two reel film, an adventure/fantasy, with James Cruze in dual role of the hero. | Volume 6 |
| Shep's Race with Death | 11/1/14 | Heroic dog "Shep" saves the day, also featuring the "Thanhouser Twins" Marion and Madeline Fairbanks.. | Volume 5 |
| The Soap Suds Star | 10/28/15 | Comedy about a down-and-out vaudeville team who attempt Shakespeare and destory their career (Falstaff release). | Volume 3 |
| The Star of Bethlehem | 12/24/12 | Biblical tale about the birth of Christ told with a cast of 100's, one reel British version edited from original three reel release. | Volume 2 |
| Tannhäuser | 7/15/13 | The story, set in medieval Germany, tells of chivalry, mythology and magic (with skillful in-camera tricks), love’s redemption, and tragedy. | Volume 8 |
| Their One Love | 5/2/15 | Civil War drama with spectacular night battle sequences, featuring "The Twins" Marion and Madeline Fairbanks. | Volume
5, Classics |
| The Tiniest of Stars | 1/14/13 | Family drama of a a brother ("The Kid" Marie Eline) and sister ("The Kidlet" Helen Badgley) who take to the stage. | Volume 5 |
| Uncle's Namesakes | 12/12/13 | Comedy about twin "boys" who deceive their rich English uncle, with Marion and Madeline Fairbanks ("The Twins"). | Volume 5 |
| The Vagabonds | 8/29/15 | A series of flashbacks where a penniless, friendless tramp and his dog relates the story of his downfall due to drink. | Volume 8 |
| The Vicar of Wakefield (1910) | 12/17/10 | One reel version of Oliver Goldsmith's classic 1766 novel. | Volume 4 |
| The Vicar of Wakefield (1917) | 2/25/17 | Elaborate remake starring Frederick Warde in eight reels, released by Pathé. | Volume 4 |
| When the Studio Burned | 2/4/13 | Fictional drama exploiting the fire that actually struck the Thanhouser studio on January 13, 1913 and burned the main facility to the ground. | Volume 9 |
| The Winter's Tale | 5/27/1910 | The first of six Shakespeare films released by Thanhouser, scenario by Lloyd F. Lonergan and Gertrude Thanhouser. | Volume 7 |
| The Woman in White | 7/1/17 | Five reel feature film based on Wilkie Collins novel with special lighting effects, a technical tour de force as well as dramatically effective. | Volume 9 |
| The World and the Woman | 11/19/16 | Jeanne Eagel's film debut tells the story of a prostitute turned faith healer in this five reel feature, released by Pathé. | Volume 3 |
Thanhouser Company Film Preservation, Inc.
Contact Us
Copyright © 2002 Thanhouser Company Film Preservation, Inc., All rights
reserved.