Um I hate to toot my ( or rather my company's) own horn but the single best compilation of early films is Kino's Five volume DVD set THE MOVIES BEGIN. It has Melies, Lumiere, Edison, Porter, Griffith, etc 2 Volumes are from material from the BFI and 3 from film historian/preservationist David Shepard. As it was an "early" DVD release straight from the previous VSH no real extra's though there are few narrated Docs from the BBC on it. Here is the link to the info http://www.kino.com/video/item.php?product_id=694 We also have a terrific VERY elaborate 4 volume set of Edison films Done with MOMA & LOC material. Alas our great Lumiere DVD is out of print On 9/13/06 8:17 AM, "Jeff Evans" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > My department is slowly replacing films on VHS cassettes w/ those > on DVD.We're looking for suggestions for anthologies of early film > that would conveniently include the likes of the Lumieres, Edison, > Melies, Porter, etc. (I remember seeing a long time ago a > wonderfully self-conscious Melies' short called, I think, "The Magic > Box.") > > Any suggestions on or offline will be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Jeff Evans > University of Maine > > > > ---- > Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite > http://www.ScreenSite.org Proud Resident of a BLUE STATE Jessica Rosner Kino International 333 W 39th St. 503 NY NY 10018 [log in to unmask] 212-629-6880 ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org