Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope 1925

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Kaleidoscope is an unusual abstract film, the result of optical experiments performed by Loyd A. Jones, Head of Kodak Research Laboratories’ Physics Department. Jones combined the principle of the kaleidoscope with Kodachrome, creating what he describes as “dynamic designs of extraordinary beauty and symmetry.”

1925

Unveiling of Bust of Mrs. van Reenen-Völter

Unveiling of Bust of Mrs. van Reenen-Völter 1925

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Reportage about the unveiling of the bust of Marie Amalie Dorothea Reenen-Völter (5 March 1854 - 10 July 1925), wife of the Mayor and publicist for the town of Bergen, North Holland.

1925

The Monkey Story

The Monkey Story 1925

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Hal Roach comedy featuring actual monkeys. Part of The Dippy Do Dads series.

1925

At the Rainbow's End

At the Rainbow's End 1925

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Felix sees a rainbow and follows it to its end where he finds a pot of gold.

1925

Film gaufré: Sonia Delaunay

Film gaufré: Sonia Delaunay 1925

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This rare fashion film is an exquisite showcase of Sonia Delaunay’s ‘Simultaneous’ dresses and fabrics, quite possibly made at the artist’s Parisian studio and home at 19 Boulevard Malesherbes. Dating around 1926-7 and filmed using the tricolor additive Keller-Dorian process (later also known as ‘Kodacolor cine film’), the film presents Delaunay’s geometric designs in rich colours. Having gradually shifted focus from painting to textile and clothing design in the early 1920s, and advocating the production of unique, one-off pieces, Delaunay treated her design work – and quite clearly also this film production – as an extension of her artistic practice. The film was one vehicle with which to make her case that there should be no hierarchy between fine and decorative arts (among other things, Delaunay used the film in her lectures about the influence of painting on clothing design).

1925

Theodore Case Test Film

Theodore Case Test Film 1925

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“An engineering graduate of Yale University, Theodore Case assisted Lee de Forest in developing sound-on-film called “Phonofilm.” Falling out with de Forest, Case and associate E.I. Sponable then built a laboratory behind Case’s family home in Auburn, New York, where they developed their own optical sound film system. Sold to William Fox, it was commercially exploited as “Movietone” with sensational results.” —David Shepard

1925

The Old Family Toothbrush

The Old Family Toothbrush 1925

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1925 animated cartoon in two-color Technicolor. The Old Family Toothbrush features a character named Kid Noah in “A New Redhead Satire” filmed in Naturecolor, using the Wilson Wetherald Process.

1925