Episode Details

The introduction to this 1911 season made a big point (or did it?) that the features have begun, and although the majority of the five most selected films from guests and listeners indeed operate in that mode, the vast majority of selections in general still conform to the time’s global film industry norm of one or two reelers. They reflect, or foreshadow, how quickly the cinematic form was evolving throughout the early and middle years of the 1910s decade.

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Films mentioned:

• The Strange Bird (1911) - Urban Gad
• Animated Putty (1911) - Walter R. Booth
• Temptations of a Great City (1911) - August Blom
• L’Inferno (1911) - Francesco Bertolini, Giuseppe de Liguoro, and Adolfo Padovan
• Little Nemo (1911) - Winsor McCay and J. Stuart Blackton
• The Automatic Motorist (1911) - Walter R. Booth
• The Roman Orgy (1911) - Louis Feuillade
• L’Odissea (1911) - Francesco Bertolini, Giuseppe de Liguoro, and Adolfo Padovan