New York State Writers Institute - Classic Film Series

Frogland

November 7, 1997 (Friday) at 7:30 p.m.

Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue
(Free and Open to the Public)

(French, 1923, 6 minutes, black & white, 16 mm)
Directed by Ladislas Starevich

A kingdom of frogs appeals to the god Jupiter for a new leader and gets more than it bargained for in this early stop-action claymation film.

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A special screening of classic silent short 16 mm films interspersed with "Soundies," campy and risqué 1940s prototypes of today's music videos.