The River (Borzage) (2DVD)

The 2DVD set presents a new reconstruction of Frank Borzage's masterpiece from the last year of American silent cinema The River. For the first time Cinémathèque Suisse was able to include a recently discovered erotic sequence which were cut by the censors. Janet Bergstrom discusses in a visual essay the relationship between F.W. Murnau and Frank Borzage at the end of the 20s at Fox.
The DVD also includes the first three 1915/16 Western movies by and with Frank Borzage, a collection of production stills and texts by Borzage biographer Hervé Dumont.









DVD 1
The River, 55'
directed by: Frank Borzage
written by: Philip Klein, Dwight Cummins, based on the novel by Tristram Tupper
cinematography by: Ernest Palmer
cast: Charles Farrell, Mary Duncan, Ivan Linow, Margaret Mann, Alfred Sabato
produced by: Fox Film Corp., USA 1929
Murnau and Borzage at Fox - The Expressionist Heritage, 36'
directed and written by: Janet Bergstrom
edited by: Karen Smalley
sound edited by: Devin McNulty
produced by: Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg, USA 2007
stills and production stills from The River
Rare original documents about the film and Frank Borzage's early films as ROM features

DVD 2
The Pitch o'Chance, 25'
directed and written by: Frank Borzage
cinematography by: L. Guy Wilky
cast: Helen Rosson, Frank Borzage, Jack Richardson, Lizette Thorne
produced by: Mustang Features, USA 1915
The Pilgrim 1916, 28'
directed by: Frank Borzage
written by: Edward A. Kaufman
cinematography by: L. Guy Wilky
cast: Frank Borzage, Anna Little, Jack Richardson, Dick La Reno, Mary Gladding
produced by: Mustang Features, USA 1916
Nugget Jim's Pardner, 25'
Directed and written by: Frank Borzage
Cinematography by: L. Guy Wilky - Cast: Anna Little, Frank Borzage, Dick La Reno, Jack Farrell
Produced by: Mustang Features, USA 1916
Nugget Jim's Pardner 1916
music accompaniment by Günter A. Buchwald (grand piano, violine and viola)
production stills showing Frank Borzage as actor and director in the beginning of his career

edited by: Cinémathèque Suisse, Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg, Filmmuseum München

4:3 (PAL) / 1.33:1 / music score / Dolby Digital 2.0 (Stereo) / English Intertitles / subtitles: German, French



tags: silent, zwijgend