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Evolution
(1923) United States of America
B&W : Six reels
Directed by Max Fleischer
Cast: (unknown)
Inkwell Studios production; distributed on State Rights basis by [?] Red Seal Pictures Corporation or Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated? / Produced by [?] Max Fleischer? Scientific supervision Edward J. Foyles. / No copyright registration. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Foyles was a staff member of the American Museum of Natural History. The film was granted a New York state exhibition license on 1 June 1923. [?] The film may have been rereleased in the USA at 4200 feet on State Rights basis in July 1925.
Educational.
Synopsis: A combination of live action footage and stop-action animation is utilized to illustrate the theory of evolution.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (American Film Institute / Murray Glass collection) [35mm reference positive (4030 feet) (FGE 5567)]; in the film holdings of EmGee Film Library [16mm reduction positive]; and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Africans - Amoeba - Ancient Rome - Animals: Anteaters, Bears, Chimpanzees, Deer, Elephants, Foxes, Gorillas, Horses, Rhinoceros, Lemurs, Monkeys, Orangutans, Otters, Raccoons, Sloths, Tigers, Wolves, Zebras - Animation [stop] - Aquaducts - Asians - Aztecs - Birds: Owls - Blankets - Buildings - Canyons - Caves - Clouds - Crabs - Dams: Hydroelectric - Dinosaurs - Fire - Fish - Ice - Insects - Lava - Microphotography - Mountains - Native Americans - Nests - Nudity - Oceans - Octopuses - Radio - Radio towers - Reptiles - Snakes - Snows - Sphinx - Stonehenge - Swamps - Tapirs - Transportation: Airplanes, Boats, Buses, Ships, Trains, Tugboats - Trees - Turtles - Volcanos - Water - Waterfalls - Waves
Listing updated: 26 September 2012.
References: Film viewing, film credits : FilmYearBook-1926 p. 39 : Website-AFI.
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