But that's a horn well worth tooting--THE MOVIES BEGIN set is essential for any basic Film Studies collection, as is the EDISON: THE INVENTION OF THE MOVIES set that Jessica Rosner mentions. In case you're all interested, I've created a web page on "Early Cinema on DVD" for the library here at Emory University: http://musicmedia.library.emory.edu/research/early_cinema.html It has listings for other DVD and VHS titles as well. Best regards, James Steffen Quoting Jessica Rosner <[log in to unmask]>: > 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 > -- James M. Steffen Film Studies and Media Librarian Theater Studies Subject Liaison Marian K. Heilbrun Music and Media Library Emory University 540 Asbury Circle Atlanta, GA 30322-2870 Phone: (404) 727-8107 FAX: (404) 727-2257 Email: [log in to unmask] ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org