Orbán Lajos, the film-magician from Cluj – Silent Movies made by amateur filmmakers between 1920–1935, in the Shadow of the Janovics Jenő Studios Cover Image

Orbán Lajos, a kolozsvári filmvarázsló – 1920 és 1935 között készült amatőr némafilmes alkotások a Janovics Jenő stúdiói által készített filmek árnyékában
Orbán Lajos, the film-magician from Cluj – Silent Movies made by amateur filmmakers between 1920–1935, in the Shadow of the Janovics Jenő Studios

Author(s): Orsolya Tóth
Subject(s): Media studies, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Medea Egyesület
Keywords: Cluj; silent film; amateur; filmmaker; photographer; real; Orbán Lajos

Summary/Abstract: Happy kids running around, cabs around the statue of King Mathias in Cluj, oxcart in front of the city hall – moving images that we couldn’t see without Orbán Lajos, amateur filmmaker born in 1906, but hidden in the rarely transmitted blocks of old newsreels. The aim of my thesis is to present a field of the silent film industry that was not analyzed before: the film-life after the golden era in Cluj. The research material was provided by the Orbán family – amateur filmmakers living in Cluj.

  • Issue Year: VII/2012
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 63-70
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Hungarian
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