Alexander Black :

Duration: 12

Year Published: 1938

Creator: grandfather of picture plays directed by Adolph Zukor and Malcolm Black.

Format: 16mm

Color: Color & B&W

Sound: silent

Credits: Zukor, Adolph, 1873-1976, direction.; Black, Malcolm, direction.; Black, Alexander, 1859-1940.

Description: Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only. CBPF.; PFA 1604-01-14210. Restricted: For PFA exhibition only.; A family collaboration between Alexander Black and his son Malcolm, this film frames an excerpt from Adolph Zukor's 1919 Paramount Screen Magazine film The evolution of the picture play, made on the twenty-fifth anniversary of Black's first picture play performances, with 1938 Kodachrome footage of Alexander Black addressing the camera and reading a 1919 letter from Zukor affirming Black's status as a cinema pioneer.; PFA 1604-01-14210. Excellent condition ; B-wind.; PFA 1604-01-14209. Excellent condition ; B-wind ; lower perf ticks; minor side track and support linear scratches caused at lab

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE