Dreamland : a history of early Canadian movies, 1895-1939 / produced by the Great Canadian Moving Picture Company with the assistance of the National Film Board of Canada ; written and directed by Donald Brittain ; produced by Kirwan Cox.

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Publication:

[Montreal, Que.] : National Film Board of Canada, 1974.

Description:

1 videocassette (86 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.

Notes:
Documentary.
Title from title screen.
[Commentator, Gordon Sparling] ; edited by John Kramer ; research directed by Peter Morris ; research and script development by Barbara Sears ; music by Charles Hofmann.
Narrator, Gordon Sparling.

Summary:

The premiere, in 1896, of a few-seconds-long film, Canada's first, called "The Kiss". The sprouting of makeshift picture houses across the country, with exotic names like the Dreamland, the Palace and the Bijou. Romantic melodramas, train robberies, fires, carnivals, hockey and royal visits. Canada's first nude scene. All these and more appear in this fascinating compilation of early Canadian movies. The commentary is by veteran filmmaker Gordon Sparling, who knew many of the enterprising film pioneers. This is a nostalgia trip that no one should miss.--container

Resources:
Donor bookplate

Subject:

National Film Board of Canada
Motion picture industry Canada History.
Motion pictures Canada History and criticism.
Cinéma Industrie Canada Histoire.
Cinéma Canada Histoire et critique.
Motion picture industry.
Motion pictures.
Motion pictures Canada History.
Motion picture producers and directors Canada.
Canada.

Form/genre:

Videocassettes.
VHS (TM)
Video recordings (physical artifacts)
Videotapes.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Added entries:

Cox, Kirwan.
Brittain, Donald.
Sparling, Gordon, 1900-1994.
Sparling, Gordon, 1900-
National Film Board of Canada.
Great Canadian Moving Picture Company.
Historic Theatres' Trust collection/Fonds Société des salles historiques

Holdings:

Location: Library main av 248230
Call No.: PN1993.5.C2 D7 1974
Status: Available

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