director: David Robinson

 
A further "trailer" for the promised 1999 rediscovery of British silent cinema introduces the fascinating personality of Adrian Brunel (1892-1958), the "intellectual" of the twenties' cinema and a close friend of Alfred Hitchcock (they formed the hate Club together). He is represented by a series of cruelly witty short parodies on the film genres of the time, together with his own feature The Man Without Desire, with Britain's most charismatic and legendary star of the twenties, Ivor Novello.
Plus a selection of Mitchell & Kenyon films.

THE BUMP (Minerva, GB 1920)
Dir.: Adrian Brunel; cast: Faith Celli, Aubrey Smith, Douglas Marshall; 35mm, 1894ft./577m., 25' (20 fps), National Film & Television Archive.

BOOKWORMS; A comedy in two volumes (Minerva, GB 1920)
Dir.: Adrian Brunel; cast: Pauline Johnson, Leslie Howard, Jeff Barlow, Henrietta Watson; 35mm, 1917ft./584m., 25' (20 fps), National Film & Television Archive.

THE CLEVER CORRESPONDENT (Mitchell & Kenyon, UK 1900)
35mm, 16 m., 1' (16 fps), The Cinema Museum.

CUT IT OUT (Gainsborough, GB 1925)
Dir.: Adrian Brunel; cast: Adrian Brunel, Henry Harris, J.O.C. Orton, Lionel Rich, Edwin Greenwood, Mrs Miles Mander; 35mm, 1225ft/373m., 16' (20 fps), National Film & Television Archive.

THE LONELY FATHER (Mitchell & Kenyon, UK)
35mm, 18 m., 1' (16 fps), The Cinema Museum.

LOST ON THE VELDT (Mitchell & Kenyon, UK 1901)
35mm, 18 m., 1' (16 fps), The Cinema Museum.

THE MAN WITHOUT DESIRE (Atlas Biocraft, GB 1923)
Dir.: Adrian Brunel; cast: Ivor Novello, Nina Vanna, Sergio Mari, Christopher Walker; 35mm, 6390ft./1948m., 90' (21 fps), National Film & Television Archive.

MICK AND MIKE FIND THE HIDDEN TREASURE (Mitchell & Kenyon, UK)
35mm, 72 m., 3' (16 fps), The Cinema Museum.

NURSE'S BROTHER (Mitchell & Kenyon 1902)
Dir: unknown; cast: unknown; 35mm, 57ft, 1 min. 16fps The Cinema Museum. Senza didascalie / No titles

OFF FOR THE HONEYMOON [I] (Mitchell & Kenyon, UK)
35mm, 79 m., 4' (16 fps), The Cinema Museum.

OFF FOR THE HONEYMOON [II] (Mitchell & Kenyon, UK)
35mm, 68 m., 3' (16 fps), The Cinema Museum.

POISONING THE WELL (Mitchell & Kenyon, UK 1901)
35mm, 27 m., 1' (16 fps), The Cinema Museum.

POLAR BONZO (Bonzo No.15) (New Era, GB 1925)
Dir.: William A. Ward, scenario Adrian Brunel; 35mm, 491ft./150m., 7' (20fps), National Film & Television Archive.

THE TYPICAL BUDGET (Gainsborough, GB 1925)
Dir.: Adrian Brunel; 35mm, 1000ft./305m., 13' (20 fps), National Film & Television Archive.

TOPICAL BONZETTE (Bonzo No.17) (New Era, GB 1925)
Dir.: William A. Ward, scenario Adrian Brunel; 35mm, 463ft./141m., 6' (20fps), National Film & Television Archive.

TWO-CHINNED CHOW (Atlas Biocraft, GB 1923)
Dir.: Adrian Brunel; 35mm, 620ft./189m., 8' (20 fps), National Film & Television Archive.

UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS (Sphere Film, UK 1927)
Dir.: Gustav Pauli, Ph.: Ted Coubray; cast: Charles Aubrey Ashford, Moatoa Doughty, Tui Fryer, A. Judde, Mrs. Judde, Barton Ginger, Jean Leckie; 35mm, 1375 mt., 60' (20fps). The New Zealand Film Archive / Nga Kaitiaki o nga Taonga Whitiahua.

WAITING FOR THE VERDICT (Mitchell & Kenyon, UK)
35mm, 230 m., 12' (16 fps), The Cinema Museum.

WOMEN TAKE WARNING (Mitchell & Kenyon, UK)
35mm, 49 m., 3' (16 fps), The Cinema Museum.

YES, WE HAVE NO - ! (Atlas Biocraft, GB 1923)
Dir.: Adrian Brunel; 35mm, 445ft./139m., 6' (20 fps), National Film & Television Archive.