Treasures III: Social Issues in American Film, 1900-1934
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DVD: Region Code 0Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 738 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-10-16
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Image Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Treasures III: Social Issues in American Film, 1900-1934
Movie Review: entertaining movies creatively designed to influence people
Summary: 5 Stars
Treasures III: Social Issues In American Film, 1900-1934 has a plethora of wonderful films that reflect the hearts and minds of Americans as well as their government at a time of great social change. These films are marvelously restored and they are also very entertaining.
There are many rather short films; one of them depicts steerage class immigrants landing on Ellis Island. It's fascinating to watch the people disembark and carry what little they were able to carry by themselves into their new homeland. The different styles of dress also indicate that there were immigrants from several countries on this ferry boat from the ship to the dock on Ellis Island.
Another film worth mention is The Godless Girl directed by Cecil B. DeMille. This is one of many films that try to entertain BUT also teach people ways of thinking that pleased people in power. We see the "evils" of atheism and the "wonder" of a young woman's coming to believe in God. This film is especially well acted and I highly recommend it. The action is great, too. Of course, in our time there is much more tolerance for those who question the existence of a higher power. The Godless Girl, like so many other films in this set, would never be made today.
The Soul Of Youth is another expos? into the lives of young male orphans having it rough both inside and outside the orphanage. One significant moral of this story is that you shouldn't abandon--or sell--your children.
We also see films about the "black hand," which was the Mafia of its time; and several films including Mr. Nation Wants A Divorce portray recent news events as the story plots for films. In Mr. Nation Wants A Divorce, we see Mr. Nation, husband of Carrie Nation, fighter against liquor, wants a divorce because his wife Carrie Nation has left him to raise their family all on his own.
The Crime Of Carelessness teaches the importance of being careful in the workplace to avoid accidents; and the short newsreels about Prohibition fascinate me.
The four DVDs come with a fine book with black and white pictures telling us more about the films. There's a great deal of information about the films on the four DVDs themselves; and there's audio commentary that will interest you as well.
Overall, my review could never do enough justice to this exceptionally fine four DVD set with its companion book. We learn so much about what was really going on in America--and what the government wanted us to think and do as well. People who love history will relish this set; and people who like silent movies will find many of these films to be rather entertaining and very well acted.
Summary of Treasures III: Social Issues in American Film, 1900-1934
See the movies that changed America! Prohibition, abortion, unions, atheism, the vote for women, organized crime, loan sharking, juvenile justice, homelessness, police corruption, immigration -- in their first decades, movies brought an astonishing range of issues to the screen. Whether exposing abuse or lampooning reform, films put a human face on social problems and connected with audiences in a new way. Movies were entertainment with the power to persuade.This third groundbreaking set in the Treasures from American Archives series presents over 48 films never before seen on video. Over 12 hours of rare cartoons, newsreel stories, serial episodes, advocacy films, and features. Preserved by the George Eastman House, the Library of Congress, the Museum of Modern Art, the National Archives, and the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
Commentary by 20 experts, Digitally mastered from the finest archival sources, Newly recorded music in two-track stereo More than 600 interactive screens about the films and music, 200-page illustrated book with film notes and credits, Postcards from the films
Films include: The Black Hand, How They Rob Men in Chicago, The Voice of the Violin, The Usurer's Grip, From the Submerged, Hope-A Red Cross Seal Story, The Cost of Carelessness, LIghts and Shadows in a City of a Million, The Soul of Youth, A Call for Help from Sing Sing!, 6 Million American Children Are Not in School, Kansas Saloon Smashers, Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce, Trial Marriages, Manhattan Trade School for Girls, The Strong Arm Squad of the Future, A Lively Affair, A Suffragette in Spite of Himself, On to Washington, The Hazards of Helen, Where Are My Children?, The Courage of the Commonplace, Poor Mrs. Jones!, The Crime of Carelessness, Listen to Some Words of Wisdom, Cecil B. DeMille's The Godless Girl, Emigrants Landing at Ellis Island, An American in the Making, Ramonda, Redskin, The United Snakes of America, 100% American, Bud's Recruit, The Reawakening and more!
The acclaimed Treasures series has earned raves and awards for the past seven years including the National Society of Film Critics' Film Heritage Award and the VSDA's Best in Show Non-Theatrical Award.
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