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For Vaudeville, including such acts as Smith
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Variety of films from the 30's through the 50's,Click here for
HOLLYWOOD'S GOLDEN AGE
For the King of Comedy and his stars such as Mabel Normand, The Keystone Cops,
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For those of you new to this web site, A-1video.com specializes in collector videos on various
subjects from first half of
the 20th century. With the recent anniversary of the cinemas
first 100 years, there has been a renewed interest in it's origins
and development. Early
motion pictures not only bring us a true to life record of our history, culture, fashions
and trends
but also reflect what was important subject matter to the general population at
a given time in history. Our politics, social
concerns, morality and our sense of humor
all can be evaluated by the types of movies our ancestors paid their nickels to see.
The scientific and technical advances can also be accounted for and analyzed.
The events of history have affected early
cinema and its development. France, Great
Britain, Italy and Germany all played early key roles in the development of film in
its
various technical and artistic forms only to have wars intervene and allow other
countries, mainly America to forge ahead
and break new ground.
Sadly, much of this rich heritage has all but vanished forever due to the
instability of nitrate film stock which was made at
the time. What survives is, in most
cases, less than perfect quality and incomplete. Thankfully, through the efforts of
restoration facilities such as The Eastman House, The Library of Congress as well as
private companies such as Dennis Atkinson's "Encore Entertainment" , Michael
Agee's "The Nostalgia Archive", and Larry Urbanski's "Moviecraft", we can still
enjoy a portion of this unique art form.
A-1 Video specializes in the collecting of these early efforts through special
arrangements with various facilities (listed elsewhere in this web site). Many titles are
cross-listed in more than one category page due to the multiple interest range.
All items, descriptions and other aspects of this web site copyright 1994-2005
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We are very concerned about you receiving the best value for your money so we
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