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''The Hearts of Age'' is a home movie and no copyright was ever filed. The film is in the [[public domain]]. The once-rare film is easily seen today thanks to DVD extras and sites such as YouTube. |
''The Hearts of Age'' is a home movie and no copyright was ever filed. The film is in the [[public domain]]. The once-rare film is easily seen today thanks to DVD extras and sites such as YouTube. |
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The film was released by [[Kino International (company)|Kino]] on the first DVD in its ''[[Avant-Garde (DVD collection)|Avant Garde]]'' series, ''Avant-Garde: Experimental Cinema of the 1920s and '30s'' (August 2, 2005). From the film holdings of the Raymond Rohauer Collection, the DVD was produced from the film holdings of the [[Raymond Rohauer]] Collection by [[Bret Wood]].<ref>[[Glenn Erickson|Erickson, Glenn], [http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/16585/avant-garde-experimental-cinema-of-the-1920s-1930s/ ''Avant Garde - Experimental Cinema of the 1920s & 1930s'']. ''[[DVD Talk]], August 2, 2005. Retrieved 2014-02-19.</ref> |
The film was released by [[Kino International (company)|Kino]] on the first DVD in its ''[[Avant-Garde (DVD collection)|Avant Garde]]'' series, ''Avant-Garde: Experimental Cinema of the 1920s and '30s'' (August 2, 2005). From the film holdings of the Raymond Rohauer Collection, the DVD was produced from the film holdings of the [[Raymond Rohauer]] Collection by [[Bret Wood]].<ref>[[Glenn Erickson|Erickson, Glenn]], [http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/16585/avant-garde-experimental-cinema-of-the-1920s-1930s/ ''Avant Garde - Experimental Cinema of the 1920s & 1930s'']. ''[[DVD Talk]], August 2, 2005. Retrieved 2014-02-19.</ref> |
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==References== |
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| The Hearts of Age | |
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| Directed by | Orson Welles William Vance |
| Written by | Orson Welles |
| Starring | Orson Welles Virginia Nicolson William Vance Edgerton Paul Blackie O'Neal |
Release date |
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Running time | 8 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent film |
The Hearts of Age is an early film made by Orson Welles. The film is an eight-minute short that he co-directed with friend William Vance in 1934. The film stars Welles's first wife, Virginia Nicolson, and Welles himself. He made the film while still attending the Todd School for Boys in Woodstock, Illinois, at the age of 19.
Plot
The plot is a series of images loosely tied together, and is arguably influenced by surrealism.
Cast
- Orson Welles as Death
- Virginia Nicolson as the Old Woman/Keystone Kop
- William Vance as the Indian in blanket
- Edgerton Paul as the Bell-ringer in blackface
- Blackie O'Neal
Background
Many point to The Hearts of Age as an important precursor to Welles's first Hollywood film, Citizen Kane. Welles and Vance were college friends. The latter's only other film on record is another student short – an adaptation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in 1932.
Cast member Charles "Blackie" O'Neal became a screenwriter (The Seventh Victim) and the father of actor Ryan O'Neal.[1]: 61 [2][3]
Home media releases
The Hearts of Age is a home movie and no copyright was ever filed. The film is in the public domain. The once-rare film is easily seen today thanks to DVD extras and sites such as YouTube.
The film was released by Kino on the first DVD in its Avant Garde series, Avant-Garde: Experimental Cinema of the 1920s and '30s (August 2, 2005). From the film holdings of the Raymond Rohauer Collection, the DVD was produced from the film holdings of the Raymond Rohauer Collection by Bret Wood.[4]
References
- ^ Brady, Frank, Citizen Welles: A Biography of Orson Welles. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1989 ISBN 0-385-26759-2
- ^ "The Hearts of Age". Frye, Brian L., Senses of Cinema, Issue 38, February 2006. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Charles O'Neal". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
- ^ Erickson, Glenn, Avant Garde - Experimental Cinema of the 1920s & 1930s. DVD Talk, August 2, 2005. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
External links
- The Hearts of Age at IMDb
- The Hearts of Age at AllMovie
- The Hearts of Age at YouTube
- Mashup Recreation of The Hearts of Age
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