So much to do.... So little time....

It seems I'm unable to dedicate as much time as I'd like to this blog at the moment (hell, this post has already been sat in draft for over 10 weeks - sat with the last half dozen incomplete posts). I've pondered different ways to work this, and wondered if my current format is indeed the best way.

I think now I'll create some kind of "to do list" for movies (and eventually music - when it turns decent) as an early post each month. If I do find more time available soon, I'll maybe do a little review per year (or maybe per decade). Since starting this blog, I've used Twitter more and more, so this may just act as a place to host a collection of notes that fit better collectively per page than spread over numerous tweets.

There are so many decent sites out there that collect basically the same information as I'm trying to offer, so again, I will concentrate in directing you their way. An obvious starter would be the anniversaries of births & deaths of many great stars. Head here for a great list of anniversaries. I know a lot of effort was put in to producing this calendar, so Twenty Flight Rock certainly deserves its visitors.

So for now, I'll publish the basics of the 1st half of the 1910s and rid some of that guilty feeling when viewing my list of draft posts.

1913 Film

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MUSIC MusicTimeline / RateYourMusic / Wikipedia

FILM IMDB (Most Voted) / IMDB (Highest Rated) / RateYourMusic / Films101 / Wikipedia

Рождество у обитателей леса [The Insects' Christmas]
Dir: Władysław Starewicz
Time: 7mins


Der Student von Prag [The Student of Prague] Trailer only!
Dir: Stellan Rye, Paul Wegener
Time: 85mins (Trailer 3mins)


Fantômas - À l'ombre de la guillotine
Dir: Louis Feuillade
Time: 54mins

Juve contre Fantômas [Juve Against Fantomas]
Dir: Louis Feuillade

Le mort qui tue [Fantômas III - The Dead Man Who Killed]
Dir: Louis Feuillade

Сумерки женской души [Twilight of a Woman's Soul]
Dir: Yevgeni Bauer

Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei [The Last Days of Pompeii]
Dir: Mario Caserini, Eleuterio Rodolfi


Стрекоза и муравей [The Grasshopper and the Ant]
Dir: Władysław Starewicz






Ночь перед Рождеством [The Night Before Christmas / Christmas Eve]
Dir: Władysław Starewicz
Time: 37mins


The Bangville Police
Dir: Henry Lehrman
Time: 9mins

Deaths Marathon
The Mothering Heart

Not sure what to make of these 2 DW Griffith shorts. Much a case of seen before - been there, done that. I will say Death's Marathon was...

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...pretty ballsy for its time, going with that ending. The Mothering Heart was quite interesting as I've not seen Griffith capture such a...

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...mixture before. But enough of this messing around. Next up (tho not tonight) Judith Of Bethulia. Enjoyed Blanche Sweet & Lilian Gish...

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...so far, so eager to see them in Griffiths first full length film.

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Must remember to source copies of L'enfant de Paris and Ingeborg Holm to complete my 1913 wishlist watchlist.

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