Grotesqueries - Ghosts, Goblins & Other Magical Moving Picture Illusions
Partial contents of the 2019 Blue Mouse Studio/Reel Curiosities/Thunderbean DVD and Blu-ray release.
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- DirectorSegundo de ChomónFerdinand ZeccaStarsJulienne MathieuA demonic magician attempts to perform his act in a strange grotto, but is confronted by a Good Spirit who opposes him.
- DirectorOtto MessmerFelix the Cat stays out late celebrating New Year's Eve and gets extremely drunk.
- DirectorOtto Messmer
- DirectorJames Sibley WatsonMelville WebberStarsHerbert SternHildegarde WatsonMelville WebberAn avant-garde take on Poe's classic story of a traveller taking shelter at a household under a mysterious curse.
- DirectorSidney LeveeStarsFritz FeldGreta GranstedtBernard SiegelA sorcerer leaves his apprentice unsupervised with a tiny nymph and a broom. An early live-action film based on the Goethe poem, using the Dukas score.
- StarsBilly BletcherThis film was released originally in 1928. In 1948 it was released again with sound. The cinematographer, Harry Forbes, died on August 17th, 1939. The Fresh Lobster is a 6 minute gem.
- DirectorRupert JulianLon ChaneyErnst LaemmleStarsLon ChaneyMary PhilbinNorman KerryA mad, disfigured composer seeks love with a lovely young opera singer.15-minute abridged version, featuring live musical accompaniment by the Kinephonic Ensemble, recorded at a 1979 screening at Johns Hopkins University
- DirectorArthur DavisDick HuemerSid MarcusToby organizes a Halloween celebration. Some witches and elves join the party.
- DirectorJohn FosterVernon StallingsTwo passengers refuse to pay their cab fare, so the taxi drives chase after them.
- DirectorJohn FosterVernon StallingsStarsArtie DunnMargie HinesLes ReisTom and Jerry are police officers, driving around in their car and enjoying listening to some music on their police radio, when they hear a bulletin announcing another theft of a mummy from the local museum. They stumble upon the culprit, a mysterious and ghoulish man who is carrying a coffin through a secret door in a cemetery. They sneak in after him and watch him command the mummy to life; it is a beautiful woman, who he then commands to sing for his audience of skeletal theatre-goers. Tom and Jerry break up the evening and try to escape with the stolen goods, with mixed results.
- DirectorAlexander AlexeieffClaire ParkerMussorgsky's composition is the soundtrack for this pin-screen animated take on night and wild things. A scarecrow blows down, clouds move by quickly. Beings take shape; a town appears, animals flee, and a horse gallops by. A child looks on. Monsters run and float by: the phantasmagoric is everywhere. A woman's figure tumbles through space. A clash ensues. The horse falls. Goblins take control. The night and its denizens are relentless. Forms appear and become grotesque. Will dawn and calm ever come?
- DirectorChris BuchmanA selection from Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera "Ruddigore" (or, "The Witch's Curse"), set against spooky animated illustrations. The song repeats with sing-along lyrics.
- DirectorSteve StanchfieldA compilation of spooky 1930s animation clips set to the song "Mysterious Mose", performed by Harry Reser's Radio All-Star Novelty Orchestra.