First Feature Length Film
Another fact from "The Guinness Book of Film Facts and Feats". The 1912 film From the Manger to the Cross is often cited as (one of) the first feature film(s) ever made. Here (p.17) it lists the earliest feature films made in the US, and From the Manger ranks fourth, with Oliver Twist being released in 7 months earlier in June 1912.
But it appears that both of those films were well beaten to the tile of first ever feature length film by a 1906 Australian Film about Ned Kelly, The Story of the Kelly Gang. Also ahead of the From the Manger is the 1909 French film L'Enfant Prodigue (which sounds like another bible based film and was the first European feature length film). Interestingly, there's no mention at all of The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ, which some have also claimed was the first feature length film.
But it appears that both of those films were well beaten to the tile of first ever feature length film by a 1906 Australian Film about Ned Kelly, The Story of the Kelly Gang. Also ahead of the From the Manger is the 1909 French film L'Enfant Prodigue (which sounds like another bible based film and was the first European feature length film). Interestingly, there's no mention at all of The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ, which some have also claimed was the first feature length film.
2 Comments:
At 9:01 am, September 16, 2007, Anonymous said…
This time I want to speak about
the scene visualiations of this
film with James Tissot's Bible
ilustrations. As far as I know,
the moment when John the Baptist
says "Behold the lamb of God" is
same made by Tissot and same made
by Olcott, the director of the
film.The same situation is with
the nailing on the cross.In Tissot's bible Jesus in tied on
his chest and nailed, and on the
movie he's only tied on his hands.
At 8:54 am, November 09, 2007, Matt Page said…
Thanks for those details,
Matt
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