The Coney Island Amateur Psychoanalytic Society

Number of Movies: 10

Overview

Documentation of The Coney Island Amateur Psychoanalytic Society from 1926 and 1934. All ten films on a single 40-minute reel.

Featured Cast

Featured Crew

Zoe Beloff

Directing

10 Movies

The Midget Crane

October 15, 2009

(Fictional history): Year: 1926 Filmmaker: Albert Grass Transfer note: copied at 18 frames per second from a 16mm black and white Kodak safely film original. Running time: 2 minutes 41 seconds Silent

(Fictional history): Year: 1945 Filmmaker: Molly Lippman Transfer note: copied at 18 frames per second from a Regular 8mm black and white Kodak film, and Regular 8mm Kodachrome original. Running time: 3 minutes 46 seconds Silent

The Lonely Chicken Dream

October 19, 2009

(Fictional history): Year: 1954 Filmmaker: Beverly d'Angelo Transfer note: copied at 24 frames per second from a 16mm Kodachrome original with magnetic stripped sound. Sound: from the album "Wild Percussion and Horns A'Plenty" Dick Schory's New Percussion Ensemble Running time: 3 minutes 5 seconds

The Bobsled

October 22, 2009

(Fictional history) A film by Eddie Kammerer (1972), 16mm sound

The Lion Dream

October 16, 2009

Teddy Weisengrund, a member of the Coney Island Amateur Psychoanalytic Society, recreates one of his dreams on film and analyzes it according to Freud's theories.

(Fictional history): Year : 1964 Filmmaker: Robert Troutman "Bobby Beaujolais" Transfer note: copied at 18 frames per second from an 8mm Kodachrome camera original with magnetic stripped sound. Music: "The Man that Got Away" and "Somewhere over the Rainbow" sung by Judy Garland on the album, "Judy at Carnegie Hall" Running time: 5 minutes 10 seconds

The Abandoned Ark

October 13, 2009

(Fictional history) A film by Stella Weiss (1962) 16mm silent

The Bear Dream

October 14, 2009

(Fictional history): This film was made by in 1937 Arthur Rosenzweig, a member of the Coney Island Amateur Psychoanalytic Society. Here he recreates one of his dreams on film and analyzes it according to Freud's theories.

The Praying Mantis

October 17, 2009

(Fictional history): Year: 1931 Filmmaker: Charmian de Forde Music: Duke Ellington, "Mooche", "Black and Tan" Transfer note: copied at 24 frames per second from a 16mm black and white Kodak print with variable density optical sound track. Running time: 6 minutes 22 seconds

(Fictional history): Years: 1926,1927,1934 Filmmakers: not known Transfer note: copied at 18 frames per second from a 16mm black and white Kodak safely film original. Running time: 5 minutes 28 seconds Silent

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