Miss Mend : an adventure serial in three parts /

An action-packed adventure serial in three feature-length episodes, produced in Russia with the goal of rivaling, and possibly even surpassing, the most entertaining American movies of the 1920s. Instead of the avant-garde works of Sergei Eisenstein and Dziga Vertov, Russian audiences were enchanted...

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Corporate Authors:	Mezhrabpom-filʹm, Turner Classic Movies (Television network), Film Preservation Associates, Flicker Alley (Firm)
Other Authors:	Ot︠s︡ep, Fedor Aleksandrovich, 1895-1949, Barnet, Boris Vasilʹevich, 1902-1965, Shepard, David, Masino, Jeffery, Israel, Robert, Glan, Natalia, Fogelʹ, Vladimir Petrovich, 1902-1929, Ilʹinskiĭ, Igorʹ, 1901-1987, Shagini︠a︡n, Mariėtta Sergeevna, 1888-1982, Olenina, Ana, Pozoorovkin, Maxim
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Silent films with English intertitles and music playing.
Published:	[Los Angeles, Calif.] : Flicker Alley, [2009]
Edition:	Deluxe ed.
Series:	Blackhawk Films collection. Turner classic movies.
Subjects:	Working class women > United States > Drama. Reporters and reporting > United States > Drama. Biological warfare > Prevention > Drama. Foreign films. Motion pictures, Russian. Silent films. Film adaptations. Feature films. Fiction films.

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Summary:	An action-packed adventure serial in three feature-length episodes, produced in Russia with the goal of rivaling, and possibly even surpassing, the most entertaining American movies of the 1920s. Instead of the avant-garde works of Sergei Eisenstein and Dziga Vertov, Russian audiences were enchanted by fast-moving American films starring serial queens like Pearl White, swashbuckling heroes like Douglas Fairbanks, and comedians from the Keystone Cops to Lloyd, Keaton and Chaplin. Based on a 1923 pulp novel allegedly written by the American "Jim Dollar" (actually the nom-de-plume of a Russian woman, Marietta Shaginian). The film's heroine, Vivian Mend, is an elegant urban professional who earns her own living and raises a child without the help of any man. Includes some pointed comments on labor relations, racism, excessive wealth, gratuitous violence and even rape.
Item Description:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1926. A foreign film (Russia). "Turner Classic Movies presents a Flicker Alley Digital Edition from the Blackhawk Films Collection"--Opening credits. "Special contents of this edition ©2009, Film Preservation Associates"--Disc label. Title on title page of booklet: Miss Mend and soviet americanism. Authors of booklet are Ana Olenina and Maxim Pozoodrovkin. Special features: 2 documentaries (on disc 2): Miss Mend : a whirlwind vision of an imagined America; The music behind Miss Mend : the invisible orchestra. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (285 min.) : sound, black and white, tinted ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (15 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm.)
Format:	DVD; Stereo; NTSC.
Audience:	Not rated.
Production Credits:	Directors, Fedor Otsep, Boris Barnet ; producers, David Shepard, Jeffery Masino ; music, Robert Israel.
ISBN:	189396745X 9781893967458