The town rat, and the country rat

Duration: 12

Year Published: 1923

Creator: Directed by Wladyslaw Starewicz.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: silent

Credits: Starewicz, Władysław, 1882-1965.; La Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695.; Aesop.; City rat and the country rat.

Description: "A film of puppets made by Starewicz (from Aesop's Fables)."; Although introductory title cites film as being based on Aesop's Fables, most sources state that film was based on a work by La Fontaine.; Most sources cite production year as 1923, although some cite 1926.; Some sources cites production entity as Saturnfilm, others as Lunafilm.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.; "A simple country rodent is dazzled, duped and debauched by his city-slicker cousin, abetted by scantily clad dancing-girl rats." -- PFA clippings files; Silent with English intertitles.; PFA 1604-01-2607. CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected on viewing table: Jan 1998; print is physically in fine condition but it is clearly a multi-generation print with very poor image quality: little detail, no definition, and a lot of grain; still viewable; perhaps image is better when projected; a researcher had previously cited print as having faded color, but film is definitely b&w (not tinted or toned) and cataloger suspects poor image quality was mistaken for color

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE