Vintage Variety Stage and Vaudeville Film Collection - 61 Films From 1897-1920 Demonstrating Animal Acts, Burlesque, Comic Sketches, Dance, Physical Culture, Dramatic Sketches, and Tableaus
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DVD: Region Code 0Movie Reviews of Vintage Variety Stage and Vaudeville Film Collection - 61 Films From 1897-1920 Demonstrating Animal Acts, Burlesque, Comic Sketches, Dance, Physical Culture, Dramatic Sketches, and Tableaus
Movie Review: Historic reminder of what entertainment WAS.
Summary: 3 Stars
Purchased as a historic time capsule,
I got what I expected. Would've been
nicer with some background-music, but,
watched in different segments-- on
different days-- it's a very DIFFERENT
time-killer. Got my money's worth.
Summary of Vintage Variety Stage and Vaudeville Film Collection - 61 Films From 1897-1920 Demonstrating Animal Acts, Burlesque, Comic Sketches, Dance, Physical Culture, Dramatic Sketches, and Tableaus
The 61 motion pictures in the American Variety Stage collection include animal acts, burlesque, dance, comic sketches, dramatic excerpts, dramatic sketches, physical culture, and tableaus. These motion pictures present a rare animated record of vaudeville acts from the turn of the century. Although not filmed during an actual theatrical performance, the films sought to recreate the atmosphere of a theater performance by showing the types of vaudeville acts and performers popular at the time. The use of vaudeville acts as material for motion pictures made sense for early filmmakers. Early films were very short; thus the abbreviated nature of the early vaudeville act, or "turn," made an ideal subject for films. Vaudeville and other types of popular entertainment offered a pool of ready talent for filmmakers who frequently chose to record the less expensive, and, therefore, less famous. It is important to note that very few of the films in this collection present a vaudeville act exactly as it would have been performed on stage. All the motion pictures were silent and could not include the verbal humor, music, and ambient sounds of the live variety stage. Therefore, filmmakers had to adapt stage performances and feature the most visual elements of them on film. The challenge was to find acts with strong visual components that would work well on films. This collection of 61 silent variety stage films represents an excellent cross section of entertainment offered to the masses at this time. It has a total run time of 1 hour, 25 minutes.DVD Video
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