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Hard Knocks Film SchoolE41 - 1900-1910 ReviewSend us a text2025-06-0958 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE40 - The Lonely Villa (1909)Send us a text2025-05-2632 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE39 - The Cowboy Millionaire (1909)Send us a text2025-05-1231 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE38 - Her First Biscuits (1909)Send us a text2025-04-2944 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE37 - Those Awful Hats (1909)Send us a text2025-04-1444 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE36 - A Calamitous Elopement (1908) Part IISend us a text2025-03-2427 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE35 - A Calamitous Elopement (1908)Send us a text2025-03-1040 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE34 - Rescued From an Eagle’s Nest (1908)Send us a text2025-02-2440 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE33 - The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays (1908)Send us a text2025-02-1043 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE32 - L’Arlesienne (1908)Send us a text2025-01-2747 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE31 - Pioneer Days in America (1907)Send us a text2025-01-1338 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE30 - The Eclipse (1907)Send us a text2024-12-3052 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE29 - Ben-Hur (1907)Send us a text2024-12-1632 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE28 - The Merry Frolics of Satan (1906)Send us a text2024-11-2553 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE27 - La Maison Ensorcelée (1906)Send us a textLe Pendu (1906):* NOT the version with the score. That version has a viewer discretion warning and the link is not shareable. https://youtu.be/zLn6G-wTaNw?si=BCt_ES5G2DvlXIEQHumorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906):https://youtu.be/wGh6maN4l2I?si=ZuFHjMTCWG8xRs3YLa Maison Ensorcelée (1906):https://youtu.be/E7oqe0SwaR4?si=1WmAxOkwtAjLDuKX2024-10-2830 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE26 - Aladdin and His Wonder Lamp (1906)Send us a textAladdin and His Wonder Lamp (1906):https://youtu.be/bXlCA8hXVu8?si=1vclkgpKdu_uKW2GThe Consequences of Feminism (1906):https://youtu.be/fAc5gJCDEJ4?si=Wl88Jb14-3v_GI8ZDream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906):https://youtu.be/pzDCU96nyYY?si=apeZL64dYT9cif_zWelsh Rarebit - https://youtu.be/O4mCfAUZokw?si=wKPYnz844oHjHJxV2024-10-1437 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE25 - The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906)Send us a text2024-09-2355 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE24 - The Misadventures of a French Gentleman Without Pants at Zandvoort Beach (1905)Send us a text2024-08-2630 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE23 - Revenge! (1904)Send us a text2024-08-1248 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE22 - The Great Train Robbery (1903)Send us a texthttps://youtu.be/y3jrB5ANUUY?si=bUplS04Jpu1LSOja2024-07-2946 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE21 - The Kingdom of Fairies (1903)Send us a textThe Kingdom of Fairies (1903):https://youtu.be/AfmH7WyWXg8?si=PuvudovcVE3BP_5H2024-07-1639 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE20 - Alice in Wonderland (1903)Send us a textDescription coming soon…2024-06-1736 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE19 - The Little Match Seller (1902)Send us a textElectric Edwardians:https://youtu.be/oTf9o_mIE4I?si=o5N1jOqWGv-PCQZCThe Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyon: https://youtu.be/adO9fkaGCKI?si=ON_UJRDnDc99gIZZThe Little Match Seller: https://youtu.be/mfy4xSYCMBs?si=yu8U5KJXnkKPn99yUncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show:https://youtu.be/UHQPUlB6SRM?si=-5r9VBQr-I2dW6UVEdwin S Porter’s Jack and the Beanstalk:https://youtu.be/efAKbV7EDmM?si=e1gb_f9b2VVTQu4s2024-06-0333 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE18 - A Trip to the Moon (1902)Send us a textA Trip to the Moon (Billy Brass Quintet Version): https://youtu.be/ZNAHcMMOHE8?si=tW3zly3qxMW_A29F2024-05-1349 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE17 - History of a Crime (1901)Send us a textThe Big Swallow: https://youtu.be/I5XJjvlydck?si=8VNybH117QZAoBKEFire!: https://youtu.be/57SrYj32vmE?si=WslNQ2ZYpq_RhHDBWhat is Seen Through a Keyhole: https://youtu.be/BPQxQFHRwlA?si=1rmNbRgDyFKVf_TAHistory of a Crime: https://youtu.be/ucyE9GT1R_E?si=YK29K1APj1tOgWYyHistory of a Crime featured in Hereditary (2018): https://youtu.be/avt8WheiUP4?si=AWOSHEvksSb6QcZMScrooge, or Marley’s Ghost: https://youtu.be/HY3ZgSHgdSM?si=TQoX_W6H35M5sXtI2024-04-1738 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE16 - Blue Beard (1901)Send us a textThe Man With the Rubber Head: https://youtu.be/lgpWtyT1nxM?si=XG17yyHUMbcrCu9hBlue Beard: https://youtu.be/7c7pcxnakzE?si=SDrs1OPghwA4Y4VHBlue Beard colorized by Skynet: https://youtu.be/7u3RyRRQcqQ?si=LzDQbWYfKs0piZbT2024-04-1536 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE15 - Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel (1900)Send us a textUncle Josh’s Nightmare : https://youtu.be/KkSqKmUhZH8?si=_4AVDu7xOG4mG-5xUncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel : https://youtu.be/8ZrATNzuksQ?si=PJvifqBU18ThlXvSLet Me Dream Again : https://youtu.be/MNBMMQbg2-E?si=sRzkJurv0cclzyG5Grandma’s Reading Glass : https://youtu.be/07c897Eeuyc?si=EB8lFPBqFOPt7rviAttack on a China Mission : https://youtu.be/LGKs13BH3ys?si=61W8jKgVY89xnllfPanorama of the Eiffel Tower : https://youtu.be/xSpgWcJ-GvM?si=10myfWzNBh8afn7y2024-03-2542 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE14 - Jeanne d’Arc (1900)Send us a textThe One Man Band (1900): https://youtu.be/iOLw8V0AIHY?si=nA901iV5bSE0X2xwThe Sultan’s Dream (1900): https://youtu.be/qRIIIDqkny0?si=xIL_-TN_R0GGFlPIA Fat and Lean Wrestling Match (1900):https://youtu.be/gFDjpr48oEw?si=yAr_WZCCpGRUQehdJeanne d’Arc (1900): https://youtu.be/aDf8ixdipqw?si=IdmHH0xYGeixiAhU2024-03-1147 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE13 - How it Feels to Be Run Over (1900)Send us a textHow it Feels to Be Run Over (1900) - https://youtu.be/6I6jtfNU1iE?si=gn9d74gIo-chKURaThe Delights of Automobiling (1900) - https://youtu.be/wTEQTHLkTxc?si=ilbaXOtp166rdoayPierrette’s Escapades - https://youtu.be/47qRYJVIl9k?si=mPapkbUFi21oMjZeLa Fée Aux Choux - https://youtu.be/2kLCaP-AxGk?si=V_Z_uOLWnkjcrUglThe Enchanted Drawing - https://youtu.be/pe7HSnZotbU?si=rsqPiPYEqlRX8NqPSherlock Holmes Baffled - https://youtu.be/KmffCrlgY-c?si=kRVw4RhhQxQjQ88q2024-02-2732 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE12 - Cleopatra’s Tomb (1899)Send us a textA farewell to the nineteenth century 2024-02-1227 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE11 - Kidnapping by Indians (1899)Send us a textMomijigari (1899) - https://youtu.be/72dn9qZ3q2U?si=UfMEPg6dfIytxLAaMomijigari (play with explainer) - https://youtu.be/k8K4DQmbQwE?si=tBhWm4gVbOthwlXgKing John (1899) - https://youtu.be/060wmUF9jt4?si=_FC2hVWkDlW3W4-fKidnapping by Indians (1899) - https://youtu.be/RBqye5EeujI?si=A8iS67cWgmWSmgOqCinderella (1899) - https://youtu.be/s1hzP9yzb_U?si=XshBU41V-rU3qvuf2024-01-3029 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE10 - The Cavalier’s Dream (1898)Send us a textThe Astronomer’s Dream (1898): https://youtu.be/g8SMIiQZUcs?si=0hKCz-9oawHI6BrkThe Four Troublesome Heads (1898): https://youtu.be/IKQRV4XKZt4?si=2swJq7qC_FYhyAhwCome Along, Do! (1898): https://youtu.be/Sbje9K0KsBQ?si=-q3n2FzVBjuFePpVThe Cavalier’s Dream (1898): https://youtu.be/vLlO_pMSdrs?si=zHuCWRLBE4AX_GHCSanta Claus (1898): https://youtu.be/Dc3ei1tseeM?si=Z6acRWlKUWEDu18J (Regular Version)Santa Claus (1898): https://youtu.be/dJa9Bt4agV8?si=pMyr-pEpA69EPcYI (A horrifying restored version)T...2024-01-1532 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE09 - The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight (1897)Send us a textThe Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight (1897) - https://youtu.be/l2CtKIpNmNM?si=ykZH0gg16uzw7OplLeaving Jerusalem by Rail (1897) - https://youtu.be/OhYLtLouWSA?si=kQMQEM112JTZNFYXQueen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee (1897) - https://youtu.be/pTG9NJTZFKk?si=0RC-4LL3mDrXbUVnThe Haverstraw Tunnel (1897) - https://youtu.be/cKcrVNH-MXg?si=8bWZYuT_cGTbIpRyThe X-Rays (1897) - https://youtu.be/3gMCkFRMJQQ?si=yBblyAhkwZP-Yqa1The Bewitched Inn (1897) - https://youtu.be/OIC__oXo3Ho?si=k0QGKaldqmSjud_Y2024-01-0138 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE08 - La Fée aux Choux (1896)Send us a textLa Fée aux Choux (1896) - https://youtu.be/2kLCaP-AxGk?si=Mv-qvpYNerIk0UekThe Kiss (1896) - https://youtu.be/twq4XwHplMY?si=Q2aOA391Yx6Obt0j2023-12-1826 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE07 - The House of the Devil (1896)Send us a textThe House of the Devil (1896) - https://youtu.be/qt0w2qP6REg?si=3EWncu6ZQNpTv6J_The Card Party (1896) - https://youtu.be/s-jH0K9OC1s?si=II9uP1R_jMl2sT8m2023-12-1131 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE06 - The Execution of Mary Stuart (1895)The first film showings—part 2! Be sure to listen to the previous episode to hear about the first movie showings in France and Germany. This week we meet Birt Acres and Robert Paul, and we see our first movie special effects!The Execution of Mary Stuart (1895) -https://youtu.be/RpNQJV8KblQ?si=Xx7VC0j-yDrcoR6tMore links to come…2023-12-0429 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE06 - The Execution of Mary Stuart (1895)Send us a textThe Execution of Mary Stuart (1895): https://youtu.be/RpNQJV8KblQ?si=5JgSu-eJ5TmfBuRQOpening of the Kiel Canal (1895): https://youtu.be/2jpPX8GeWc4?si=YAt4MB5EO4-dx28dThe Derby (1895): https://youtu.be/kWVSnUThG60?si=VgLGcdUekekI2I7uRough Sea at Dover (1895): https://youtu.be/tNSQxXDcafQ?si=X5IQG3By_ZTdrcAiThe Mechanical Butcher (1895): https://youtu.be/X6PNgbOxNDg?si=IR_0zsocQFzkMAYq2023-12-0429 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE05 - Das Wintergartenprogramm (1895)Send us a textWelcome to 1895! This is an exciting year for film—competition is ramping up to master the art of the moving picture. Two sets of brothers would ultimately win this race—the Lumiére brothers and the Skladanowsky brothers. This week we’ll be discussing where and when these first film showings took place, and, more importantly, we discussed the films that were viewed on this historical days. Das Wintergartenprogramm (1895): https://youtu.be/38y9dMlpwwI?si=LeLDYp9jMWU6_Z5zWorkers Leaving the Lumiere Factory (1895):https://youtu.be/DEQeIRLx...2023-11-2727 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE04 - Buffalo Dance (1894)Send us a textWelcome back to Hard Knocks Film School! This week it’s 1894 and the lucky few with working cameras are figuring out what to point them at. Get ready for brief vaudeville routines, questionable dances, and scantily-clad boxing. They did their best. Professor Welton’s Boxing Cats - https://youtu.be/6qre61opE_g?si=Mr8vJmOuuPAaAEYnAnnie Oakley - https://youtu.be/dQSTSNq5dOM?si=WEhMIf-SHI4r_EbySandow (the Modern Hercules) - https://youtu.be/HWM2ixqua3Y?si=tzlCmiJV8vnQxZf-Th...2023-11-1331 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE03 - Pauvre Pierrot (1892)Send us a textThis week Chloe and Tim are discussing the earliest surviving animated films by Charles-Émile Reynaud, the construction of Thomas Edison’s Black Maria, and our first Side Watch: The Magic Box (1951). Pauvre Pierrot (Poor Pete) (1892) - https://youtu.be/426mqlB-kAY?si=Kzjk7I6QoxhaiF7pAutour d’une Cabine (1894) - https://youtu.be/A5MXcxaRXNc?si=h4I_v6EJslXua4BfThe Magic Box (1951) - https://youtu.be/csAtqjvdZ8c?si=oGM4sebZWZNBIyyb2023-11-0627 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE02 - Dickson Greeting (1891)Send us a textWelcome back to Hard Knocks Film School! This week we will be discussing the few surviving films from 1889 to 1891, when the “moving pictures” were still busy being invented. What survives from this period are experimental films or “actualités”. New characters arriving on the scene this week are Wordsworth Donisthorpe, William Friese-Greene, and William K Dickson.Links to stuff we talked about:London’s Trafalgar Square (1890), filmed by Wordsworth Donisthorpe - https://youtube.com/shorts/VlP_lCYCx7s?si=crQw_RMDCzMdsHVaWilliam Friese-Greene, King’s Road...2023-10-3035 minHard Knocks Film SchoolE01 - The Roundhay Garden Scene (1888)Send us a textWelcome to Hard Knocks Film School! In this podcast we're exploring the history and highlights of film chronologically.In our first episode we're discussing the "missing link" between photography and film, Eadweard Muybridge, Louis Le Prince, and the Roundhay Garden Scene from 1888.The First Film (2015) - https://vimeo.com/ondemand/thefirstfilmMan Walking Around a Corner (1887) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdWCxAyLXGUTraffic Crossing Leeds Bridge (1888) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF7rgBHLWEgAdolf Playing the Accordion (c. 1888...2023-10-2327 min