"MAKING MOVIES IN CHINA", "WARNER MOVIE STARS", "POMPEII", "BIRTH OF A BEAN" SILENT SHORTS GG37975

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Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Website: www.PeriscopeFilm.com This reel of short, silent films features three fascinating movies. These were "novelty shorts", typically sold with Keystone Co. "toy" home 16mm movie projectors that were being marketed in the 1930s. First, "Making Movies in China", released by Keystone, shows the making of an historical dramatic motion picture in China. The identity of the filmmakers and cast shown remains a mystery. There were a number of feature films made in China in the 1920s and 30s including Tale of the Western Chamber (Xi Xiang Ji) (1927), The Peach Girl (Taohua Qi Xueji) (1931) and Song of the Fishermen (Yu Guang Q) (1934). Here, a hand cranked movie camera (1:00) records footage of actors in elaborate costumes. At 1:54, "Birth of a Bean" uses fast motion effects to show the growth of a bean plant. At 5:31, "Pompeii" provides a visit to that famous archaeological dig, and shows city streets and the figures of victims who were killed after Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. Sights shown include the Marine Gate, Amphitheater, Basilica, Baths, and more. At 9:02, Warner Brothers Movie Stars parade for the camera including shots of the original WB Studio at 5800 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. At 9:36 a studio sign advertises Don Juan being shown at the Egyptian Theater. (The movie premiered there in 1926.) Stars shown include: John Barrymore (9:46), Mae Marsh (10:00), Harry Myers (10:15), Ernest Lubitsch and Monte Blue who worked together on The Marriage Circle (10:20), Baby Priscilla Moran who made her film debut in 1922 (10:40), Marie Prevost (11:00), Alice Calhoun arrives by car (11:15) and signs a wall at (11:25). At 11:36 Dolores Costello walks at a Hollywood premiere followed by Irene Rich (11:48). At (11:52) the Warner Bros. studio is shown at night. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com