Bibliograph

The dragon painter, A Milestone Film release ; a preservation and restoration project of The National Center for Film and Video Preservation at The American Film Institute, in conjunction with the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House and the Museum of Modern Art ; Haworth Pictures Corporation presents ; Directed by Wiliam Worthington ; scenario by E. Richard Schayer

Type

Label

The dragon painter, A Milestone Film release ; a preservation and restoration project of The National Center for Film and Video Preservation at The American Film Institute, in conjunction with the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House and the Museum of Modern Art ; Haworth Pictures Corporation presents ; Directed by Wiliam Worthington ; scenario by E. Richard Schayer

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

The dragon painter

Oclc number

213883699

Responsibility statement

A Milestone Film release ; a preservation and restoration project of The National Center for Film and Video Preservation at The American Film Institute, in conjunction with the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House and the Museum of Modern Art ; Haworth Pictures Corporation presents ; Directed by Wiliam Worthington ; scenario by E. Richard Schayer

Runtime

Series statement

Milestone cinemathequeScreen snapshots, Issue no. 20

Summary

Restoration of "The dragon painter", full-length 1919 feature in which Hayakawa plays Tatsu, a wild youth living in the mountain forests of Japan, spending all his time painting. Although Tatsu creates beautiful art, local villagers believe that he is insane, as he claims that he has a beloved princess fiancée who has been turned into a dragon. When an renowned-but-aging artist hears of the young hermit's talent, Tatsu is brought to civilization with the hope that he will both become the student of the old artist and marry the elderly man's daughter to continue the family lineage and traditions. English intertitles are newly-translated from the French intertitles found on a tinted nitrate print located in France, the only known surviving copy of the filmRestoration of "The wrath of the gods, or, the destruction of Sakura-Jima", Thomas Ince's full-length 1914 feature film as a restored tinted print featuring Hayakawa as the patriarch of a family carrying a curseScreen snapshots: "An Impromptu Comedy. Charles Murray, 'Fatty' Arbuckle and Sessue Hayakawa stage an original comedy for 'Screen Snapshots.'"--Opening intertitles

Table Of Contents

The dragon painter / Haworth Pictures Corporation presents ; directed by William Worthington ; camera, Frank D. Williams ; scenario by Richard Schayer ; composer, Mark Izu ; [produced by Sessue Hayakawa]The wrath of the gods or the destruction of Sakura-Jima (1914) / scenario by Thomas H. Ince and William Clifford ; produced by Thomas H. Ince ; directed by Reginald Barker ; special effects by Raymond B. West ; a film of the George Eastman House Motion Picture Study Collection ; musical score composed by Marco Lienhard (60 min.)

Technique

live action