1912 E3 - Alison Strauss

As Founding Director of HippFest, Scotland’s first and only silent film festival, Alison Strauss is especially knowledgeable about the history of Scottish filmmaking and -going, as represented by three of her picks. But the conversation, which concludes with outlandish animation, also addresses the preponderance of short films in an era of increasingly long ones.Alison works as Falkirk Council’s Arts Development Officer (Film and Media), programming the Hippodrome year-round. Alison is the ‘face of the Festival’ and leads on the artistic programme, commissioning, funding, research and development, and touring.Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1912!Films and resources mentioned:Bo’ness Fair 1912 (1912) - Louis DicksonMairi: The Romance of a Highland Maiden (1912) - Andrew PatersonHerring Harvest at Yarmouth (1912) - unknownHow a Mosquito Operates (1912) - Winsor McCayThe Cameraman’s Revenge (1912) - Wladyslaw StarewiczAnnual Baby Parade, 1904, Asbury Park, N.J. (1904) - Alfred C. AbadieThe Herring Harvest (1925) - unknownDrifters (1929) - John GriersonPatriotic Porkers (1918) - unknownLittle Nemo (1911) - Winsor McCay and J. Stuart BlacktonGertie the Dinosaur (1914) - Winsor McCayWho Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) - Robert ZemeckisTo Demonstrate How Spiders Fly (1909) - F. Percy SmithThe Tragic Error (1913) - Louis FeuilladeThe Mascot (1933) - Wladyslaw StarewiczThe Cinema and Cinema-Going in Scotland, 1896-1950 - Trevor GriffithsHippodrome Presentations