Jonaitis, Tony Collection

SummaryCollection contains dramas. "Romany Rye" (1914), starring Marion Leonard, is a story about life with gypsies. "In the King's Service" (1915), directed by Tom Santschi and starring Marion Thomas and Thomas Santschi as Rupert of the Royal Mounted Police, is a north woods drama about Jacques, his sister, and a bootlegger who sells liquor to Indians. Collection also includes the documentary film "Lobstering in Nova Scotia", produced by the National Film Board of Canada and VHS copies of original film footage shot by Tony Jonaitis in the 1980s.

Biographical/Historical NotesTony Jonaitis, a former NHF intern, found 35 mm. nitrate prints of these two Selig Polyscope productions while in Bar Harbor, Maine. Selig Polyscope, Wikipedia The prints were donated to the Museum of Modern Art Department of Film for preservation. NHF retains videotape transfers of the footage.

Conditions Governing Reproduction and UseAuthorization to reuse and/or reproduce must be obtained from Northeast Historic Film. See http://oldfilm.org/content/stock-footage-licensing for more information.