AsterClassics 2006
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AsterClassics 2006 Programme:
Directed by
Georges Méliès
Writing credits
Jules Verne (novel)
Georges Méliès
H.G. Wells novel First Men in the Moon
Genre: Sci-Fi / Short
Cast (in alphabetical order)
Victor André
Bleuette Bernon — Lady in the moon
Brunnet — Astronomer
Jeanne d'Alcy
Henri Delannoy
Depierre
Farjaut — Astronomer
Kelm — Astronomer
Georges Méliès — Prof. Barbenfouillis
Produced by
Georges Méliès — producer
Cinematography by
Michaut
Lucien Tainguy
Production Design by
Georges Méliès
Art Direction by
Claudel
Also Known As:
A Trip to Mars (USA) (copyright title)
A Trip to the Moon
Voyage to the Moon
Runtime: 14 min (16 fps)
Country: France
Color: Black and White
Sound Mix: Silent
Directed by
Henrik Galeen
Paul Wegener
Writing credits
Henrik Galeen
Gustav Meyrink
Paul Wegener
Genre: Horror
Cast (in credits order)
Paul Wegener — Golem
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rudolf Blümner — Gelehrter
Robert A. Dietrich
Carl Ebert — Troedler
Henrik Galeen — Graf
Lyda Salmonova — Jessica
Jakob Tiedtke
Produced by
Paul Wegener — co-producer
Hanns Lippmann — producer (uncredited)
Cinematography by
Guido Seeber
Production Design by
Rochus Gliese
Production Companies
Deutsche Bioscop GmbH
Also Known As:
The Golem (USA)
The Monster of Fate
Runtime: 60 min
Country: Germany
Color: Black and White
Sound Mix: Silent
Directed by
Stuart Paton
Writing credits
Jules Verne (novel Vingt Mille Lieues sous les mers)
Stuart Paton (uncredited)
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Cast (in alphabetical order)
Lois Alexander — Prince Daaker's daughter as a child
Curtis Benton — Ned Land
Wallace Clarke — Pencroft
Howard Crampton — Cyrus Harding
Jane Gail — A Child of Nature
Joseph W. Girard — Maj. Cameron
Dan Hanlon — Prof. Aronnax
Allen Holubar — Capt. Nemo
Ole Jansen
Noble Johnson
Leviticus Jones — Neb
Matt Moore — Lt. Bond
Martin Murphy — Herbert Brown
Edna Pendleton — Aronnax's dughter
William Welsh — Charles Denver (as William Welch)
Produced by
Carl Laemmle — producer
Stuart Paton — producer (uncredited)
Original Music by
Brian Benison (new score)
Alexander Rannie (new score)
Cinematography by
Eugene Gaudio
Art Direction by
Frank Ormston (uncredited)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Martin Murphy — assistant director (uncredited)
Other crew
Carl Laemmle — executive
George M. Williamson — underwater photographer (as George Williamson)
J. Ernest Williamson — underwater photographer (as Ernest Williamson)
Friend Baker — assistant camera (uncredited)
H.H. Barter — technical director (uncredited)
Hertzel Effensachs — underwater director (uncredited)
Milton Loryea — assistant camera (uncredited)
James Milburn — assistant technical director (uncredited)
Production Companies
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Williamson Submarine Film Corporation
Also Known As:
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (USA) (alternative spelling)
Runtime: 105 min / UK:84 min (video)
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Black and White
Sound Mix: Silent
Directed by
Robert Wiene
Writing credits
Hans Janowitz
Carl Mayer
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Cast (in credits order)
Werner Krauss — Dr. Caligari
Conrad Veidt — Cesare
Friedrich Feher — Francis (as Friedrich Fehér)
Lil Dagover — Jane
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski — Alan (as Hans Heinrich v. Twardowski)
Rudolf Lettinger — Dr. Olson
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rudolf Klein-Rogge — A Criminal (uncredited)
Hans Lanser-Rudolf — (uncredited)
Henri Peters-Arnolds — (uncredited)
Ludwig Rex — Murderer (uncredited)
Elsa Wagner — Landlady (uncredited)
Produced by
Rudolf Meinert — producer
Erich Pommer — producer
Original Music by
Alfredo Antonini — (new score)
Giuseppe Becce — (score at world premiere)
Timothy Brock — (new score)
Richard Marriott — (1987 score)
Peter Schirmann — (new score)
Donald Sosin — (new score)
Rainer Viertlböck — (1993 German TV score)
Cinematography by
Willy Hameister
Production Design by
Walter Reimann
Walter Röhrig
Hermann Warm
Set Decoration by
Hermann Warm
Costume Design by
Walter Reimann
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Rochus Gliese — assistant director
Stunts
Harry Froboess — stunts (uncredited) —
Production Companies
Decla-Bioscop AG
Also Known As:
Kabinett des Doktor Caligari, Das (Germany) (alternative spelling)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (USA)
Runtime: 71 min / France:78 min / Spain:50 min / USA:67 min / USA:51 min (video version)
Country: Germany
Color: Black and White (tinted)
Sound Mix: Silent
Directed by
Sergei M. Eisenstein
Grigori Aleksandrov (co-director)
Writing credits
Nina Agadzhanova
Nikolai Aseyev (intertitles)
Sergei M. Eisenstein
Sergei Tretyakov intertitles
Genre: Drama / History / War
Cast (in credits order)
Aleksandr Antonov — Grigory Vakulinchuk, Bolshevik Sailor
Vladimir Barsky — Commander Golikov
Grigori Aleksandrov — Chief Officer Giliarovsky
Ivan Bobrov — Young Sailor, flogged while sleeping (as I. Bobrov)
Mikhail Gomorov — Militant Sailor
Aleksandr Levshin — Petty Officer
N. Poltavseva — Woman With Pince-nez
Konstantin Feldman — Student Agitator
Prokopenko — Mother Carrying Wounded Boy
A. Glauberman — Wounded Boy
Beatrice Vitoldi — Woman With Baby Carriage
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brodsky — Student
Julia Eisenstein — Woman With Food for Sailors
Sergei M. Eisenstein — Odessa Citizen
Andrei Fajt — Recruit (as A. Fait)
Korobei — Legless Veteran
Marusov — Officer
Protopopov — Old Man
Repnikova — Woman on the Steps
Vladimir Uralsky
Zerenin — Student
Aleksanteri Ahola-Valo — Extra (uncredited)
Produced by
Jacob Bliokh — producer
Original Music by
Eric Allaman (new score)
Yati Durant
Vladimir Heifetz
Nikolai Kryukov (1950 re-issue)
Chris Lowe (2004 score)
Edmund Meisel (as Meisel)
Dmitri Shostakovich (re-issue)
Neil Tennant (2004 score)
Cinematography by
Vladimir Popov
Eduard Tisse
Film Editing by
Grigori Aleksandrov (co-editor)
Sergei M. Eisenstein
Art Direction by
Vasili Rakhals
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Aleksandr Antonov — assistant director
Mikhail Gomorov — assistant director
Aleksandr Levshin — assistant director
Maksim Shtraukh — assistant director
Sound Department
Yevgeni Kashkevich — sound recordist
Other crew
Hertzel Effensachs — director: marine sequences
S. Kazakov — supervisor (1950 reissue)
Jay Leyda — assistant editor
Production Companies
Goskino
Also Known As:
Оклопњача Потемкин (Serbia)
Battleship Potemkin (USA)
Bronomzidi Potiomkini (Soviet Union: Georgian title)
Potemkin (USA)
The Armored Cruiser Potemkin (USA)
The Battleship Potemkin (USA)
The Battleship Potyomkin (USA) (alternative transliteration)
Runtime: 75 min / Argentina:80 min / Spain:70 min / Spain:77 min / USA:66 min
Country: Soviet Union
Language: Russian
Color: Black and White
Sound Mix: Silent
Directed by
Rupert Julian
Lon Chaney (uncredited)
Ernst Laemmle (uncredited)
Edward Sedgwick (uncredited)
Writing credits
Gaston Leroux (novel Le Fantôme de l'Opera)
Walter Anthony titles (uncredited)
Elliott J. Clawson adaptation (uncredited)
Bernard McConville treatment (uncredited)
Frank M. McCormack uncredited
Tom Reed titles (uncredited)
Raymond L. Schrock adaptation (uncredited)
Jasper Spearing treatment (uncredited)
Richard Wallace additional comedy material (uncredited)
Genre: Drama / Horror (more)
Cast (in credits order)
Lon Chaney — Erik, The Phantom
Mary Philbin — Christine Daae
Norman Kerry — Vicomte Raoul de Chagny
Arthur Edmund Carewe — Ledoux
Gibson Gowland — Simon Buquet
John St. Polis — Comte Philip de Chagny (as John Sainpolis)
Snitz Edwards — Florine Papillon
Mary Fabian — Carlotta (1929 re-edited version only)
Virginia Pearson — Carlotta/Carlotta's mother (1929 re-edited version)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Olive Ann Alcorn — La Sorelli (uncredited)
Joseph Belmont — Stage manager (uncredited)
Alexander Bevani — Mephistopheles (uncredited)
Edward Cecil — Faust (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford — Ballerina (uncredited)
Chester Conklin — Orderly (uncredited)
Roy Coulson — The jester (uncredited)
Bruce Covington — M. Moncharmin (uncredited)
Ward Crane — Count Ruboff (uncredited)
George Davis — Guard at Christine's door (uncredited)
Madame Fiorenza — Mame Giry, keeper of the box (uncredited)
Cesare Gravina — Manager (uncredited)
William Humphrey — M. Debienne (uncredited)
Carla Laemmle — Prima ballerina (uncredited)
Edward Martindel — Comte Philip de Chagny (1929 re-edited version) (uncredited)
Grace Marvin — Martha (uncredited)
John Miljan — Valentin (uncredited)
Rolfe Sedan — Undetermined role (uncredited)
Bernard Siegel — Joseph Buquet (uncredited)
Bill Tracy — Ratcatcher, messenger from the shadows (uncredited)
William Tyroler — Director of opera orchestra (uncredited)
Vola Vale — Ballerina (uncredited)
Anton Vaverka — Prompter (uncredited)
George B. Williams — M. Ricard (uncredited)
Edith Yorke — Mama Valerius (uncredited)
Produced by
Carl Laemmle .... producer (uncredited)
Original Music by
Roy Budd (1993 score)
Carl Davis (new score for 1996 restoration)
Philip Springer (new score)
Gabriel Thibaudeau (new score 1990)
Rick Wakeman (1990 restoration)
Gustav Hinrichs (1925 score) (uncredited)
Arthur Jentsch (stock music for 1929 reissue) (uncredited)
Sam Perry (new score) (1929 re-release) (uncredited)
Domenico Savino (stock music for 1929 reissue) (uncredited)
Josiah Zuro (stock music for 1929 reissue) (uncredited)
Cinematography by
Milton Bridenbecker (uncredited)
Virgil Miller (uncredited)
Charles Van Enger (uncredited)
Film Editing by
Edward Curtiss (uncredited)
Maurice Pivar (uncredited)
Gilmore Walker (uncredited)
Production Design by
Ben Carré (uncredited)
Art Direction by
Charles D. Hall (uncredited)
Elmer Sheeley (uncredited)
Set Decoration by
Russell A. Gausman (uncredited)
Makeup Department
Lon Chaney .... makeup artist (uncredited)
Production Management
Raymond L. Schrock .... executive production manager (uncredited)
Art Department
Ben Carré .... consulting artist (uncredited)
Charles A. Logue .... scenic artist (uncredited)
Sound Department
Jack Bolger .... boom operator: sound sequences (uncredited)
Bernard B. Brown .... adr supervisor: re-issue (uncredited)
Charles Carroll .... adr recordist: re-issue (uncredited)
Jack Foley .... foley artist: re-issue (uncredited)
William Hedgcock .... dialogue recordist (uncredited)
C. Roy Hunter .... recording supervisor: re-issue (uncredited)
Visual Effects by
Trey Freeman .... digital artist: digital restoration and color correction (restored version)
Jerome Ash .... visual effects supervisor (uncredited)
Other crew
Carl Laemmle .... presenter
Carl Laemmle .... president: Universal Pictures Corp.
Kevin Phelan .... special thanks: FilmTel supervisor (1999 restoration)
David Broekman .... composer: additional music (1929 re-release) (uncredited)
Lon Chaney .... mask maker: his own mask (uncredited)
Joseph Cherniavsky .... synchronization (1929 re-release) (uncredited)
Edwards Davis .... adr voice (uncredited)
Roman Freulich .... still photographer (uncredited)
Archie Hall .... technical director (uncredited)
Fay Holderness .... adr voice (uncredited)
Ernst Laemmle .... director: sound sequences (uncredited)
Jack Lawton .... title designer: notes (uncredited)
Robert Ross .... assistant: Mr. Julian (uncredited)
William Schiller .... composer: additional music (1929 re-release) (uncredited)
Edward Sedgwick .... supplementary director (uncredited)
Cliff Shirpser .... assistant camera (uncredited)
Ralph Slosser .... set production assistant (uncredited)
Phillips Smalley .... adr voice (uncredited)
Miss Starkey .... secretary (uncredited)
Meta Claire Sterne .... researcher (uncredited)
Aileen Webster .... script supervisor (uncredited)
Max Winkler .... cue sheet compiler (uncredited)
William von Wymetal .... choreographer (uncredited)
Production Companies
Universal Pictures (Jewel)
Distributors
Runtime: 93 min / USA:107 min (DVD version) / Canada:106 min (Ontario) / 95 min (1929 re-release) / UK:101 min (original release) / USA:92 min (1995 version)
Country: USA
Color: Black and White / Color (2-strip Technicolor)
Sound Mix: Mono (talking sequences, musical score and sound effects) (1929 re-release) / Silent
Directed by
Harry O. Hoyt
Writing credits
Arthur Conan Doyle — (novel) (as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Marion Fairfax — (screenplay)
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi (more)
Cast (in credits order)
Bessie Love — Miss Paula White (as Miss Bessie Love)
Lewis Stone — Sir John Roxton (as Mr. Lewis Stone)
Wallace Beery — Prof. Challenger (as Mr. Wallace Beery)
Lloyd Hughes — Edward E. Malone (as Mr. Lloyd Hughes)
Alma Bennett — Gladys Hungerford (as Miss Alma Bennett)
Arthur Hoyt — Prof. Summerlee (as Mr. Arthur Hoyt)
Margaret McWade — Mrs. Challenger (as Miss Margaret McWade)
Bull Montana — Ape-Man (as Mr. Bull Montana)
Frank Finch Smiles — Austin (Challenger's butler) (as Mr. Frank Smiles)
Jules Cowles — Zambo (Roxton's servant) (as Mr. Jules Cowles)
George Bunny — Colin McArdle (as Mr. George Bunny)
Charles Wellesley — Maj. Hibbard (as Mr. Charles Wellesley)
Jocko — Himself (a monkey)
Arthur Conan Doyle — Himself (as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Virginia Brown Faire — Marquette (half-caste girl) (uncredited)
Nelson McDowell — Lawyer advising the editor (uncredited)
Gilbert Roland — Extra (uncredited)
Leo White — Percy Potts (uncredited)
Produced by
Serge Bromberg — producer (2000 alternate version)
Scott MacQueen — producer (1991 alternate version)
David H. Shepard — producer (2000 alternate version)
Jamie White — executive producer
Earl Hudson — producer (uncredited)
Original Music by
R.J. Miller — (1991 alternate version)
Rudolf Friml — (song "The Lost World") (uncredited)
Cinematography by
Arthur Edeson
Film Editing by
George McGuire
Makeup Department
Cecil Holland — makeup artist: ape-man (uncredited)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Milton Menasco — assistant director (uncredited)
Art Department
Milton Menasco — architecture
Milton Menasco — settings
Special Effects by
Marcel Delgado — model construction (uncredited)
Willis H. O'Brien — special effects (uncredited)
Other crew
Marcel Delgado — associate researcher
Marcel Delgado — associate technical director
Mathieu Dubosq — restoration editor: 2000 alternate version
Marion Fairfax — editorial direction
Ralph Hammeras — associate researcher
Ralph Hammeras — associate technical director
Earl Hudson — supervisor
Robert Israel — music compiler and director: 2000 alternate version
Fred Jackman — chief technician (as Fred W. Jackman)
Devereaux Jennings — technical staffer (as J. Devereaux Jennings)
Hans F. Koenekamp — technical staffer (as Hans Koenekamp)
Willis H. O'Brien — researcher
Willis H. O'Brien — technical director
Watterson Rothacker — by arrangement with (as Watterson R. Rothacker)
Homer Scott — technical staffer
Vernon L. Walker — technical staffer
William Dowling — additional director (uncredited)
Colby Harriman — director of presentation (uncredited)
Harry B. Smith — lyricist: "The Lost World" (uncredited)
Frank S. Truda — musical director (uncredited)
Production Companies
First National Pictures Inc.
Runtime: 100 min (1998 George Eastman House Restoration) / USA:64 min (Kodascope Version) / USA:106 min (original version) / USA:64 min (1991 alternate version) / USA:93 min (2000 alternate version)
Country: USA
Color: Black and White / Color (hand-colored) / Color (tinted and toned)
Sound Mix: Silent
Directed by
Luis Buñuel
Writing credits
Salvador Dalí (screenplay) (as Salvador Dali) and
Luis Buñuel (screenplay) (as Louis Bunuel)
Genre: Short / Fantasy
Cast (in credits order)
Simone Mareuil — Young girl (as Simonne Mareuil)
Pierre Batcheff — Man (as Pierre Batchef)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Luis Buñuel — Man in Prolog (uncredited)
Salvador Dalí — Seminarist (uncredited)
Robert Hommet — Young Man (uncredited)
Marval — Seminarist (uncredited)
Fano Messan — Hermaphrodite (uncredited)
Jaime Miravilles — Seminarist (uncredited)
Produced by
Luis Buñuel — producer
Non-Original Music by
Richard Wagner (from opera "Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod")
Cinematography by
Albert Duverger (as Duverger)
Film Editing by
Luis Buñuel
Art Direction by
Pierre Schild (uncredited)
Other crew
Carl Bamberger — conductor (1960 sonorized version)
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