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2024-06-16
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Redding 1877 1881 1882 1909 1954
The iconic film of Mark Twain walking in front of Stormfield, his house in Redding Connecticut, where he would later die. TFG Film & Tape has performed a digital restoration to the 1909 Edison film of Mark Twain. The image has been flipped left to right to correct the camera-to-subject orientation. It has had it's speed corrected from the camera frame rate of the day. The detail has been enhanced dramatically bringing out visuals never before seen. The fluctuations in the exposure have been reduced markedly making the image much more pleasing to watch. We hope you enjoy the results! According to Mark Twain researcher Robert Slotta, who has studied the origins of this film for several years, it all began as a simple intro to a feature film Thomas Edison wanted to make based on Twain's 1881 novel, "The Prince and the Pauper" (published in America 1882). Twain reluctantly agreed as long as the material was never used for any other purpose. The intro consisted an edited version of the first three scenes of this film. Scenes included: Twain standing in the doorway, the walk around the house, and the second walk around was another "take" to cover a late camera start on the part of the cinematographer. Since there was still unexposed film left over, it was at the film crew’s urging that the scenes with Twain and his daughters, Clara and Jean, be photographed as a gift with the promise that footage was strictly for their own private enjoyment. One copy of the raw 35mm footage shot that day was given to Twain. Upon his death, that print fell into in the possession of his daughter, Clara. Fast forward to 1954 and Mark Twain historian Caroline Harnsberger, who had become good friends with Clara. It was she who, along with shooting new color movies of Clara, was able to have a 16mm reduction print made from the 35mm nitrate print. It is a copy of that reduction print that you see here, today. This particular print was in the hands of the Mark Twain museum in Hartford, Connecticut. Other 16mm prints do exist at various museums around the country including the George Eastman House but all are due to the unheralded efforts of one, Caroline Harnsberger. Contact us for help with your film restoration projects. TFG Film & Tape 860-529-1877
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NINFA GIANFALA soprano RICHARD STRAUSS: Morgen; Zueignung with Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, Peter Paul Fuchs, conductor. Ninfa Gianfala grew up in New Orleans where she began her musical studies. Her vocal endowment attracted the New Orleans Opera Guild which sent her to New York City to study with Lotte Leonard at Juilliard School of Music, with scholarships from both Juilliard and the New Orleans Opera Guild. She returned briefly to New Orleans and later received her Masters of Music Degree from Louisiana State University where she performed lead operatic roles. She was soloist with the Baton Rouge Symphony and the New Orleans Summer Pops Orchestra conducted by Skitch Henderson. Her teachers at LSU were Dr. Earl Redding and Dr. Peter Paul Fuchs. After a return to New York, Gianfala won the Metropolitan Opera Auditions which gave her a place on the Met's Young Artist Roster and opportunity to study voice with Marinka Gurewich. She was the winner of the William Matheus Sullivan Award judged by Giovanni Martinelli and Fausto Cleva from the Metropolitan Opera. This culminated into a concert performance for them and a select audience at Town Hall. Her accompanist was Charles Wadsworth. She also won the American Guild of Musical Artists Award. The soprano has concertized in New York City and throughout the Southern United States. In addition to singing and pianistic accomplishments, Ninfa Gianfala has a number of musical compositions to her credit, including a musical called "Malachi". She has also written country, pop (mainstream), gospel, and orchestral compositions. She received a commendation from former President Ronald Reagan for her original composition "Miss Liberty Miss Liberty" which was written for the Statue of Liberty Celebration in New York City.
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