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Tank House

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{{about|the Oberlin College cooperative|architectural feature|tankhouse}}

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'''Tank House''', also known as '''Tank Cooperative''' is an 1897 [[Queen Anne style architecture|Queen Anne]] living and dining cooperative owned and maintained by [[Oberlin College]]. Originally the Tank Home for Missionary Children, the house underwent a series of renovations before becoming the co-op it is today.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tank Hall Building Information|url=http://www.oberlinheritage.org/cms/files/File/inventory/collegeeast110.pdf|accessdate=13 September 2013}}</ref> In 1962, it became the property of [[Oberlin Student Cooperative Association]], the second largest student cooperative in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://osca.csr.oberlin.edu/about/history.html |title=OSCA History|publisher=Oberlin College |date= |accessdate=2012-12-18}}</ref>

==History==
The house was built by the Oberlin Missionary Home Association in 1897 to house the children of the missionaries abroad. It was designed by Cleveland architect F. A. Coburn, and Glen and Copeland, from Oberlin, were the builders. The Home was named after Mrs. Caroline L. A. Tank, who contributed a quarter of the cost of its construction as a gift from the estate of her late husband Nils Otto Tank, who was a wealthy son of a Norwegian gentryman and worked as a missionary in Dutch Guiana in the 1840s; he also founded a Moravian religious commune in northern Wisconsin. In 1922, after the Association had ended, the College acquired the property for use as a women’s dormitory. It became a co-op dormitory in 1963.

==Architecture==
The overall shape of this huge house is rectangular, but many dormers, towers, and bay windows break up the shape. On the front and part of the west side of the house is a recessed porch with spindle railing and square columns. A stairway leads up to the porch on the southwest corner of the building. The walls of the house are brick under the porch, but wood siding on the rest of the house. On the first story, many of the windows have sandstone sills. The house has a flat wooden stringcourse. On the second story is a central window facing the road surrounded by round fluted columns. There is a round tower on the second and third stories on the southwest corner of the house, topped by a bell-shaped roof. The top half-story of the house has many hipped dormers, some of which have small porches with roofs supported by round columns. The roof of the house and all the dormers is flared slightly at the bottom.

This building is set back from the road on a slight hill and has a large front yard. A sandstone path leads from the sidewalk to the front porch and to a large bike-rack on the west side of the house. There is a paved driveway on the east side of the house that leads to a small parking lot in the back. In front of the house is a massive ash tree.

==OSCA==
Tank, like the rest of the Oberlin cooperatives, is entirely student-run with all participating students working as cooks, buyers, administrators, and coordinators. Most decisions within Tank are made by modified [[consensus]]. Similar to [[Keep Cottage|Keep]] and Old Barrows, Tank has a tradition of meat-friendly meals while always having vegetarian and vegan options. Due in large part to its spacious lobby, wrap-around porch, expansive lawn and communal swings, Tank has long been a social anchor of the East Oberlin student community.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tank Hall Information|url=http://osca.wilder.oberlin.edu/coops/tank.html|publisher=Oberlin Student Cooperative Association|accessdate=8 September 2013}}</ref>

In the cooperative spirit, each member of the house has an assigned, equitable task requiring some five hours of cooking or house maintenance every week. The [[Oberlin Student Cooperative Association]] (OSCA) remains a nonprofit organization, and refunds unspent room and board to its members at the end of the school year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://new.oberlin.edu/office/housing/housing-options/co-ops/keep.dot |title=Keep Co-operative |publisher=Oberlin College |date= |accessdate=2012-12-18}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{Oberlin College |state=expanded}}

[[Category:Oberlin College]]

Tank House

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{{about|the Oberlin College cooperative|architectural feature|tankhouse}}

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'''Tank House''', also known as '''Tank Cooperative''' is an 1897 [[Queen Anne style architecture|Queen Anne]] living and dining cooperative owned and maintained by [[Oberlin College]]. Originally the Tank Home for Missionary Children, the house underwent a series of renovations before becoming the co-op it is today.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tank Hall Building Information|url=http://www.oberlinheritage.org/cms/files/File/inventory/collegeeast110.pdf|accessdate=13 September 2013}}</ref> In 1962, it became the property of [[Oberlin Student Cooperative Association]], the second largest student cooperative in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://osca.csr.oberlin.edu/about/history.html |title=OSCA History|publisher=Oberlin College |date= |accessdate=2012-12-18}}</ref>

==History==
The house was built by the Oberlin Missionary Home Association in 1897 to house the children of the missionaries abroad. It was designed by Cleveland architect F. A. Coburn, and Glen and Copeland, from Oberlin, were the builders. The Home was named after Mrs. Caroline L. A. Tank, who contributed a quarter of the cost of its construction as a gift from the estate of her late husband Nils Otto Tank, who was a wealthy son of a Norwegian gentryman and worked as a missionary in Dutch Guiana in the 1840s; he also founded a Moravian religious commune in northern Wisconsin. In 1922, after the Association had ended, the College acquired the property for use as a women’s dormitory. It became a co-op dormitory in 1963.

==Architecture==
The overall shape of this huge house is rectangular, but many dormers, towers, and bay windows break up the shape. On the front and part of the west side of the house is a recessed porch with spindle railing and square columns. A stairway leads up to the porch on the southwest corner of the building. The walls of the house are brick under the porch, but wood siding on the rest of the house. On the first story, many of the windows have sandstone sills. The house has a flat wooden stringcourse. On the second story is a central window facing the road surrounded by round fluted columns. There is a round tower on the second and third stories on the southwest corner of the house, topped by a bell-shaped roof. The top half-story of the house has many hipped dormers, some of which have small porches with roofs supported by round columns. The roof of the house and all the dormers is flared slightly at the bottom.

This building is set back from the road on a slight hill and has a large front yard. A sandstone path leads from the sidewalk to the front porch and to a large bike-rack on the west side of the house. There is a paved driveway on the east side of the house that leads to a small parking lot in the back. In front of the house is a massive ash tree.

==OSCA==
Tank, like the rest of the Oberlin cooperatives, is entirely student-run with all participating students working as cooks, buyers, administrators, and coordinators. Most decisions within Tank are made by modified [[consensus]]. Similar to [[Keep Cottage|Keep]] and Old Barrows, Tank has a tradition of meat-friendly meals while always having vegetarian and vegan options. Due in large part to its spacious lobby, wrap-around porch, expansive lawn and communal swings, Tank has long been a social anchor of the East Oberlin student community.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tank Hall Information|url=http://osca.wilder.oberlin.edu/coops/tank.html|publisher=Oberlin Student Cooperative Association|accessdate=8 September 2013}}</ref>

In the cooperative spirit, each member of the house has an assigned, equitable task requiring some five hours of cooking or house maintenance every week. The [[Oberlin Student Cooperative Association]] (OSCA) remains a nonprofit organization, and refunds unspent room and board to its members at the end of the school year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://new.oberlin.edu/office/housing/housing-options/co-ops/keep.dot |title=Keep Co-operative |publisher=Oberlin College |date= |accessdate=2012-12-18}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Oberlin College |state=expanded}}

[[Category:Oberlin College]]

Oberlin Student Cooperative Association

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{{Infobox Non-profit
| Non-profit_name = Oberlin Student Cooperative Association
| Non-profit_logo = [[File:Oberlin OSCA Logo.svg|200px]]
| Non-profit_type = [[Housing cooperative]], [[Food cooperative]]
| founded_date = 1952, Incorporated 1962
| location = [[Oberlin, OH]], [[USA]]
| key_people = Katherine Pardue, [[President]] 
Iris Hunt, [[Financial Manager]] , Rachel Beiser, [[Food safety|Food Safety Advisor]] 
| focus = [[Affordable student dining and housing]], [[sustainability]]
| homepage = [http://osca.csr.oberlin.edu The OSCA Homepage]
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The '''Oberlin Student Cooperative Association''' ('''OSCA''') is a $2.7 million [[non-profit corporation]] that feeds 615 and houses 174 [[Oberlin College]] students.<ref>Batdorff, Lee. [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-85910812/locally-grown-food-oberlin.html Locally grown food on Oberlin's menu; College's co-op wants short paths from farm to plate.] ''Crain's Cleveland Business.'' 13 May 2002. {{WebCite|url=http://www.webcitation.org/5yoNU2Hh5|date =2011-05-19}}</ref> It is located in the town of [[Oberlin, Ohio]], and is independent from but closely tied to Oberlin College. OSCA is the second-largest student [[cooperative]] in [[North America]]. It has the largest per-capita of any student co-op, considering that Oberlin College has approximately 2900 students.

==History==
[[File:Tank Hall, Oberlin.jpg|thumbnail|left|Tank Cooperative, OSCA's smallest living Co-op.]]
The first Oberlin co-op, Pyle Inn, opened in 1930 but due to poor funding, only existed sporadically. By 1949, however, students dissatisfied with the college's dining system chose to revive the concept of a cooperative food system. The Inter-Cooperative Council (ICC) was founded in conjunction between Pyle and the newly opened Grey Gables, with a mission to serve as an educational and social committee. By 1962, with the inception of [[Keep Cottage|Keep]], the ICC became the Oberlin Student Cooperative Association. With three nodes in their network, OSCA became the largest student-run cooperative in American history.

OSCA flourished for another twenty years, until it underwent a critical financial crisis in 1982. OSCA was audited by the IRS and nearly lost its tax-exempt status.<ref>{{cite web|title=OSCA Owners Manual 2013|url=http://osca.csr.oberlin.edu/download/student/OSCA%20Owner's%20Manual.pdf|accessdate=15 April 2013}}</ref> This setback caused a rift in the community and instigated the start of several major changes to the cooperative structure.

By 1989, the organization committed to practices of sustainability and environmentalism, purchasing local foods and cooking with more environmentally-friendly practices. In the spring of 2002, OSCA created the institution of COPAO, the Committee on Privilege and Oppression, which explores racial and socio-economic inequality within the cooperative system.<ref>eds. Emma Blose, Rachel Marcus, ''Seitan'', pg 26. OSCA Publications, November 2003.</ref>

===Former member co-ops===

Kosher Halal Co-op (KHC), as a part of OSCA, provided at-cost Kosher and Halal food to roughly 30 members every year, as well as an expanded membership for major holidays such as Passover and Eid Al-Adha. Priority was given to students who follow these dietary laws, but all were welcome to join. KHC also prepared a Friday night meal that was open to the larger Oberlin College community. The College’s Rabbi served as a religious advisor to the co-op and was an integral member of the community.

==Operations==
OSCA pays rent to the College for use of its buildings. In exchange, it operates almost completely autonomously. Student members vote by OSCA's [[consensus process]] on all rules, both for the system as a whole and its individual housing and dining coops. Members also implement and enforce virtually all decisions.

OSCA employs four employees: a Business Coordinator, a Financial Manager, a Food Safety Advisor, and an Office Assistant. OSCA members fill all other positions within the co-ops. For example, the President of OSCA, Education Coordinator, head cook, and kitchen prep are all positions filled by Oberlin student members of OSCA. Members of OSCA do all of the cooking, cleanup, food buying, composting, and other tasks within their individual co-ops. Each co-op decides at the beginning of each semester how much time members need to put in (usually about five hours a week). For those who hold jobs outside of the co-op, most co-ops will offer “time aid” to significantly reduce the number of co-op hours required. Every member of OSCA must clean up after one meal a week.<ref>[http://osca.csr.oberlin.edu/about/introduction OSCA, "Introduction to OSCA"]</ref>

Every spring, OSCA members vote for the corporation's officers for the next year. Excluding the Chair of the Board, these officers, along with the two Operations Managers, the two Cleanliness and Maintenance Coordinators, one of two Education Coordinators, the Financial Manager, the Business Coordinator, the Office Assistant, the Food Safety Advisor and the OSCA/Oberlin College Liaison make up the General Management Team, or the GMT. The GMT deals with the day-to-day operations of the co-ops. The Board of Directors is made up of two representatives from every co-op as well as the Chair of the Board. These members then elect which staff positions should also sit on the Board.

There are no meal cards or cafeteria trays in co-ops. [[Communal meal]]s are prepared at least for lunch at 12:20 pm and dinner at 6:20 pm, and the kitchens are open 24/7. Guest policies are set by members so they can bring friends and professors to meals. Many co-ops are vegetarian and vegan-friendly, and allergy awareness among the membership is always a priority.<ref>http://osca.wilder.oberlin.edu/needs/dietary.html|accessdate=May 2, 2010 {{WebCite|url=http://www.webcitation.org/5yoNVGLwt|date =2011-05-19}}</ref>

==Principles==
<blockquote>
:The [[Rochdale Principles|principles]] which guide modern cooperative organizations including OSCA were formulated in 1844 by a group of textile workers in [[Rochdale]], [[England]] who were fed up with the exploitative nature of the market during the British [[Industrial Revolution]]. They decided to pool their money and open a small retail store which operated on principles which have become the foundation of modern co-ops. <ref>http://www.rochdalepioneersmuseum.coop/about-us/the-rochdale-principles</ref> The principles laid down by the [[Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers]] have since been adapted to fit the modern cooperative context. In 1995, the International Cooperative Alliance adopted a revised list of the cooperative principles, which OSCA uses today. <ref>http://www.cooperationcommons.com/cooperationcommons/blog/howard-rheingold/100-international-cooperative-alliance-principles-for-coops</ref>

The Cooperative Principles as Followed By OSCA

# Voluntary and Open Membership – Voluntary membership without artificial restriction. This includes restrictions against any race, sexual orientation, religious, or political belief, gender or social position.
# Democratic Member Control – Cooperatives are democratic organizations controlled by their members who actively participate in setting policies and making decisions. The elected representatives are accountable to the membership. Members have equal voting rights (one member, one vote).
# Members Economic Participation – Members contribute equitably to, and democratically control the capital of the cooperative. Members allocate surplus capital for any or all of the following purposes: Developing the cooperative – possibly setting up reserves, part of which at least would be indivisible; benefiting members in proportion of which at least would be indivisible; benefiting members in proportion to their transactions with the cooperative; and supporting other activities approved by the membership.
# Autonomy and Independence – Cooperatives are autonomous, self-help organizations controlled by their members. If they enter into agreements with other organizations, including governments, or raise capital from external sources, they do so on terms that ensure democratic control by their membership and maintain their cooperative autonomy.
# Education, Training and Information – Cooperatives provide education and training for their members, elected representatives, managers and employees so they can contribute effectively to the development of their cooperative. They inform the general public about the nature and benefits of cooperation.
# Cooperation Among Cooperatives –Cooperatives serve their members most effectively and strengthen the cooperative movement by working together through local, regional, national and international structures.
# Concern for Community – While focusing on member needs, cooperatives work for the sustainable development of their communities through policies accepted by their members.

</blockquote>

==Facilities==
OSCA operates four coops with housing and dining facilities: Keep, Tank, Old Barrows, and Harkness. It also has four dining-only co-ops: Fairchild Co-op, Pyle Inn Co-op, Third World Co-op, and the Brown Bag Co-op. All of these coops are located inside of Oberlin College-owned buildings.<ref>[http://osca.csr.oberlin.edu/about/coops/ OSCA, "The Co-ops"] {{dead link|date=May 2011}}</ref>

===Brown Bag Co-op===
Brown Bag Co-op (BBC) is the only grocery-style co-op in OSCA. Because of its unique set-up, BBC is only available to upperclassmen who have off-campus housing.

===Fairchild Co-op===
[[File:NealCookingAtFairchild2.jpg|thumb|Co-opers cooking at Fairchild.|right]]
Fairchild: More colloquially known as “Fairkid,” this co-op is located in the basement of the Fairchild residence hall. Despite the relaxed atmosphere, Fairchild members are very passionate about their food politics, and strive to serve primarily vegan food that incorporates as many local and fair-trade elements as possible. Bananas have been banned on the premises since 1983 due to difficulty of finding fair trade providers that work against maltreatment of workers, and it is also very unlikely to encounter cane sugar in the co-op.

===Harkness Co-op===
Harkness opened in 1950 as a women’s dorm, and in September of 1967, Harkness became the fourth Oberlin housing and dining co-op. In 1979, Harkness became the first Oberlin co-op to use consensus, a decision process that soon spread throughout OSCA. Also in 1979, Harkness created the Contraceptive Co-op, which eventually transformed into today’s Sexual Information Center.<ref>http://osca.wilder.oberlin.edu/coops/harkness.html</ref> For many years, Harkness was also home to the Good Food Co-op, a consumer cooperative that was run and used by both Oberlin College students and Oberlin community members.<ref>http://www.oberlin.edu/external/EOG/Co-opHistory/GoodFood.html</ref> In the mid-90’s, Harkness became the first OSCA co-op to have an elected head cook system.

Centrally located on campus, Harkness houses 64 members, dines 109 and is traditionally vegetarian with vegan options.<ref>http://osca.wilder.oberlin.edu/coops/harkness.html</ref> Harkness has a reputation for being a hub of student activism on campus. Harkness is host of OSCA’s tofu making operation during the academic year. It is also home to the recently revitalized Oberlin Book Coop.<ref>http://bookcoop.org/</ref>

===Keep Co-op===
''Main article: [[Keep Cottage]]''
[[File: Keep Cottage, Oberlin, OH.jpg|thumb|Keep Cottage|right]]
Keep is known as one of the more energetic and youthful co-ops in OSCA, with one of the largest populations of freshmen members (or 'Keeple') in one co-op. It is also one of the most musical co-ops, with many a night filled with the sounds of banjo strumming wafting from the sprawling front porch. In addition, Keep is the home of the Bike Co-op, Oberlin’s co-op-run bicycle repair shop. Keep’s dining policies are vegetarian with an emphasis on environmental sustainability.

===Old Barrows Co-op===
As one of the oldest co-ops in OSCA, “Old B” has cultivated a dynamic and gourmet food policy. Their meals are known to be some of the finest in OSCA, and Old Barrows has also been known to have an in-house ice cream and yogurt maker. OSCA’s smallest housing co-op, Old B houses a quiet community of upperclassmen who have the option of determining the co-op as a safe space for women and/or transgender students.

===Pyle Co-op===
Located on the bottom floor of Asia House and comprising over 100 members, Pyle is conveniently located in the middle of campus and serves primarily vegetarian food with some meat as well, depending on who’s cooking. Members of Pyle are also known for their lively mealtime discussions and their weekly theme meals.

===Third World Co-op===

Third World Co-op (TWC) is a co-op that emerged from the Third World Liberation Front of the 90s. TWC is a safe space for students of color, low-income
students, international students, and first-generation college students. It is a community that promotes coalition building through work and dialogue among people of different socioeconomic, cultural, racial and ethnic backgrounds. Its mélange of different cultural foods and styles of cooking has earned it a reputation of having some of the best food on campus. It is the only co-op with a programming budget, which is used to bring speakers and plan activities relating to marginalized groups. Membership is by application.

===Tank Co-op===
''Main article: [[Tank House]]''

Tank’s membership, known affectionately as “Tankers,” is approximately 82 people, with a rather high proportion of older co-opers. Members of Tank enjoy a primarily vegetarian diet, with some meat. It’s common to see Tankers congregating on the porch and the lawn when the weather is nice. Tank also hosts an annual pig roast in the Spring, a tradition that brings many OSCA members to enjoy good times and good company.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://osca.csr.oberlin.edu The OSCA homepage]

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The House of the Devil (1896 film)

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{{Infobox film
| name = The Haunted Castle
| image = LeManoirdiable.jpg
| caption = A cavalier is subdued by spectres (centre) summoned by the devil (left).
| director = [[Georges Méliès]]
| producer = Georges Méliès
| writer = Georges Méliès
| starring = [[Jeanne d'Alcy]] Georges Méliès
| music =
| cinematography =
| editing = Craig Herring{{fact|date=June 2013}}
| studio = [[Star Film Company|Star Films]]
| distributor = Georges Méliès
| released = December 24, 1896
| runtime = 3 minutes
| country = [[France]]
| language = Silent
| budget = $108 (rumored){{fact|date=June 2013}}
}}
'''''The Haunted Castle'''''<ref name="Encore list">{{cite web |url=http://www.flickeralley.com/fat_melies_encore_05.html |title=Georges Méliès: Encore |publisher=[[Flicker Alley]] |accessdate={{start date|2011|9|1}} }}</ref> ([[French language|French]]: '''''Le Manoir du Diable''''' which means "The Manor of the Devil") is a 1896 three-minute-long [[Cinema of France|French]] [[film]] by [[Georges Méliès]] and number 78-80 on the [[Star Film Company|Star Films]] catalog.<ref name="Encore list" /> The film contains many traditional [[pantomime]] elements and is intended to amuse people, rather than frighten them. Nonetheless, it is considered by many to be the first horror film, as well as the first vampire film.<ref>{{Cite book | title = The Overlook Film Encyclopedia: Horror | editor-last = Hardy | editor-first = Phil | editor-link = Phil Hardy (journalist)| series = [[The Aurum Film Encyclopedia|The Overlook Film Encyclopedia Series]] | volume = 3 | publisher = [[Overlook Press]] | year =1994 |month=September | isbn=978-0-87951-518-8 }}</ref> ''The Haunted Castle'' is now in the [[public domain]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.archive.org/details/LaManoirDuDiable1896 |title=''The Haunted Castle'' online streaming |publisher=[[Internet Archive]] |accessdate={{start date|2011|9|1}} }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | title = A Trip to the Moon: Back in color (La Couleur retrouvee du Voyage dans la Lune) | last1 = Wemaere | first1 = Severine | authorlink1 = Severine Wemaere | last2 = Duval | first2 = Gilles | authorlink2 = Gilles Duval | publisher = [[Groupama Gan Foundation for Cinema]] and [[Technicolor Foundation for Cinema Heritage]] | year = 2011 | month = April | page = 192 | url =http://www.technicolorfilmfoundation.org/fileadmin/user_upload/fr/pdf/Melies/LIVRET_MELIES.pdf | format = PDF | accessdate = {{start date|2011|9|3}} | isbn = }}</ref>

In English, this film has been known as ''The Haunted Castle'', ''The Devil's Castle'', ''The Devil's Manor'', ''The Manor of the Devil'', and ''The House of the Devil''.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000091/releaseinfo#akas</ref><ref name="Steve Calvert">{{cite web |url=http://www.steve-calvert.co.uk/pub-dom/le-manoir-du-diable.htm |title=Le Manoir du Diable (1896) |work=steve-calvert.co.uk |accessdate=January 29, 2012}}</ref>

It was released on [[Christmas Eve]], [[1896 in film|1896]], at the Theatre Robert Houdin, 8 boulevard des Italiens, [[Paris]].<ref name="Steve Calvert"/>

==Plot summary==
The film opens with a large [[bat]] flying into a [[Medieval architecture|medieval]] [[castle]]. The bat circles the room, before suddenly changing into [[Mephistopheles]] ([[Georges Méliès]]). The [[demon]] produces a cauldron and an assistant, who helps him conjure a woman from the cauldron. The room is cleared shortly before two cavaliers enter. The devil's assistant pokes their backs before instantaneously transporting to different areas of the room, confusing the pair and causing one to flee. The second stays and has several other tricks played on him, such as furniture being moved around and the sudden appearance of a [[Skeleton (undead)|skeleton]]. The cavalier is unfazed, using a sword to attack the skeleton, which then turns into a bat, then into the devil character who conjures four spectres to subdue the man. Recovering from the women's attack, the man is visibly dazed and is brought the woman from the cauldron, who impresses him with her beauty. The devil then turns her into a withered old crone in front of the man's eyes, then again into the four spectres. The second cavalier returns and after a brief show of bravery, flees again, this time by leaping over the balcony's edge. After the spectres disappear, the [[cavalier]] is confronted face-to-face by the devil before reaching for and brandishing a large [[crucifix]], which causes the devil to vanish.

==Rediscovery and Rerelease==
The film was presumed [[lost film|lost]] until 1988, when a copy was found in the [[New Zealand Film Archive]].<ref>{{cite news|title=One of world's first films found intact in New Zealand|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19881021&id=yPwlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_PMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=892,6150995|accessdate=29 June 2013|newspaper=[[The Miami News]]|date=21 October 1988}}</ref>

''The Haunted Castle'' was released on February 16, 2010 as part of a DVD box set called "[[Georges Melies: Encore]]" by [[Flicker Alley]].<ref name="Encore list" />

In October 2013, the Oberlin Silent Film Ensemble at [[Oberlin Conservatory]] premiered a new score for the film.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0000091|title=The Haunted Castle}}
* {{Internet Archive short film|id=The_Haunted_Castle_1896|name=The Haunted Castle (1896)}}

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[[Category:Black-and-white films]]
[[Category:History of film]]
[[Category:1890s horror films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Georges Méliès]]
[[Category:Films produced by Georges Méliès]]