CrazyCinématographe:EuropeanCinemaOfAttractions1896-1916

Film about the origins of the cinema. Dogs playing the piano, contortionists defying the pain limits, and local news"in life size and movement" early fairground cinema was a great attraction and sensation. Besides the variety theatres, it were particularly the travelling cinemas which contributed to the rapid establishment of the cinematograph as a popular medium. With the tongue-in-cheek title, similar to a barkers's yell,"Crazy Cinématographe". Hand-coloured serpentine dances, erotic piquancies and local street scenes evoke the colourful diversity of early short-film programmes. The film"European Cinema of Attractions 1896 1916" shows, in a varied sequence, rarities from the treasure chests of the European film archives ranging from Danish anarchistic slapstick to Scottish X-ray films and a Belgium film showing a hunt.Will Evans, the Musical Eccentric GB 1899, 1'Anarkistens Svigermoder DK 1906, 4'Dansa Serpentina F 1900, 1'Le Roi des Dollars F 1905, 2'L'Homme mystérieuxF 1910, 6'Le Réveil de Chrysis F 1897-99, 1'Premier Prix de violoncelle F 1907, 3'Agoust Family of Jugglers GB 1898, 1'Les Tulipes F 1907, 4'Dr. Macintyre's X-Ray Film GB 1896, 1'Dr. Macintyre's X-Ray Cabinet GB ~ 1909, 1'Bain des dames de la cour F 1904, 1'13 The Adventures of"Wee Rob Roy" No. 1 GB 1916, 4'Les Kiriki, acrobates japonais F 1907, 3'The Motorist GB 1906, 3'Photographie d'une étoile F 1906, 2'Les Chiens savants F 1907, 5'Horrible Fin d'un concierge F 1903, 2'A Peace of Coal GB 1910, 3'Miss Harry's femme serpent F 1911, 3'Bain de pieds à la moutarde F 1902, 2'Scène pornographique F 1909, 2'L'Amblystome F 1913, 7'Le Barbier fin de siècle F 1896, 1'Lèvres collées F 1906, 2'The Tale of the Ark GB 1909, 6'Facheuse Méprise F 1905, 1'Sculpteur moderne F 1908, 6'Acrobati comici I 1910, 5'Fox terriers et rats F 1902, 1'Saida a enlevé Manneken-Pis B 1913, 7'Au revoir et merci F 1906, 2'