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Doctor Zhivago Francis Ford Coppola: The Godfather Kinetoscope
Why do movie theatres serve popcorn?
Seven Samurai King Kong Orson Welles: Citizen Kane Lady in the Lake Stagecoach Raging Bull
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Motion-picture projector.
motion picture summary
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Publicity still from the motion picture film "The Terminator" (1984); directed by James Cameron. (cinema, movies)
Match the Quote to the Movie Quiz
Empty movie theater and blank screen (theatre, motion pictures, cinema).
Oscar-Worthy Movie Trivia
Publicity still with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman from the motion picture film "Casablanca" (1942); directed by Michael Curtiz. (cinema, movies)
Best Picture Movie Quote Quiz
USA 2006 - 78th Annual Academy Awards. Closeup of giant Oscar statue at the entrance of the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, film movie hollywood
Pop Culture Quiz
Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady.
Star Trekking
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Saint Lucia Day. Young girl wears Lucia crown (tinsel halo) with candles. Holds Saint Lucia Day currant laced saffron buns (lussekatter or Lucia's cats). Observed December 13 honor virgin martyr Santa Lucia (St. Lucy). Luciadagen, Christmas, Sweden
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Watergate scandal. Richard M. Nixon. President Nixon gives a press conference and talks to the press, March 12, 1971.
9 American Political Scandals

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Why do movie theatres serve popcorn?
Learn how popcorn became a popular snack to eat at the movies.
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Study film-making techniques employed in an adaptation of John Millington Synge's The Well of the Saints
Using as its example the film adaptation of John Millington Synge's play The...
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How talkies replaced silent films
Learn how Hollywood movies transitioned from silent to sound.
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Follow a director as he films a motion picture adaption of Eugène Ionesco's The New Tenant
The practical concerns of a movie director shooting on location are explored in this...
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Take a look at a video clip from Winsor McCay's “Gertie on Tour”
Video clips from Winsor McCay's Gertie on Tour (1921).
Video: Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Washington, D.C.
Explore the life and inventions of George Eastman through a tour of the museum on his estate
A discussion of George Eastman and the museum established on his estate, from Picture...
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Examine how to direct a film adaption of Walter van Tilburg Clark's short story “The Portable Phonograph”
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Images

Doctor Zhivago
David Lean (sitting atop a ladder) during the filming of Doctor Zhivago...
© 1965 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
Francis Ford Coppola: The Godfather
Salvatore Corsitto (left) and Marlon Brando in The Godfather (1972), a film...
© 1972 Paramount Pictures Corporation
Kinetoscope
Interior view of the Kinetoscope, a device developed chiefly by Thomas Edison's technician...
The Bettmann Archive
Seven Samurai
Shimura Takashi (left) and Mifune Toshirō (second from right) in Seven Samurai...
© Toho Pictures
King Kong
A scene from King Kong (1933), directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B....
© 1933 RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Orson Welles: Citizen Kane
Star and director Orson Welles in the film Citizen Kane (1941).
RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Lady in the Lake
(From left) Robert Montgomery, Lloyd Nolan, and Audrey Totter in a publicity still...
© 1947 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.; photograph from a private collection
Stagecoach
Scene from director John Ford's Stagecoach (1939), shot in Arizona and Utah's...
Walter Wanger Productions
Raging Bull
Robert De Niro (left) in Raging Bull (1980), directed by Martin Scorsese.
© 1980 United Artists Corporation
D.W. Griffith: Intolerance
The temple of Babylon sequence from Intolerance (1916), directed by D.W....
Courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art/Film Stills Archive, New York
Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken in The Deer Hunter
Robert De Niro (left) and Christopher Walken in The Deer Hunter.
Universal Pictures Company, Inc.
scene from Diamonds Are Forever
Sean Connery (centre left) and Lana Wood (centre) in Diamonds Are Forever...
© 1971 United Artists Corporation; photograph from a private collection
On the Waterfront
Eva Marie Saint and Marlon Brando in a scene from the film On the Waterfront...
© 1969 Columbia Pictures Corporation, all rights reserved.
Laurence Olivier in a scene from Hamlet
Hamlet, played by Laurence Olivier, contemplating death while holding Yorrick's skull,...
© Archive Photos
Buster Keaton in Go West
Buster Keaton in Go West (1925).
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
Buster Keaton: The General
Buster Keaton and Marion Mack in The General (1927), a film directed by...
© 1927 United Artists Corporation
Still from Le Voyage dans la Lune
Image from the film Le Voyage dans la Lune (1902; A Trip to the Moon),...
© 1902 Star Film
Georges Méliès: Le Voyage dans la Lune
Image from the film Le Voyage dans la Lune (1902; A Trip to the Moon),...
Courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art/Film Stills Archive, New York
Robert Wiene: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Still from Robert Wiene's classic Expressionist film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari...
From a private collection
Laurence Olivier in Henry V
Henry V, as portrayed by Laurence Olivier (1944).
© 1944 Two Cities Films
Anna Karina and Eddie Constantine in Alphaville
Anna Karina and Eddie Constantine in Alphaville (1965), directed by Jean-Luc...
Pathé Contemporary Films; photograph from a private collection
Mae West
Mae West in Klondike Annie (1936).
© 1936 Paramount Pictures Corporation
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
An orc in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), directed by Peter Jackson.
© 2002 New Line Cinema Productions, Inc.
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
(From left) Unidentified, Gary Cooper, and Frank Capra on the set of Mr. Deeds...
Columbia Pictures Corporation/The Museum of Modern Art Film Stills Archive, New York City
2001: A Space Odyssey
Stanley Kubrick (foreground) directing a scene in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey...
© 1968 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
Rebecca
Alfred Hitchcock (centre) and George Sanders (right) in Rebecca (1940).
© 1940 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation; photograph from a private collection
La Strada
Federico Fellini and Giulietta Masina on the set of La Strada (1954).
Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica
The Last Emperor
Scene from The Last Emperor (1987), directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.
Columbia/Rpc/Hemdale Film/Kobal/Shutterstock.com
Apocalypse Now
Robert Duvall (center) in Apocalypse Now (1979).
© 1979 Omni Zoetrope; photograph from a private collection
Brian De Palma: Carrie
Piper Laurie (holding knife) and Sissy Spacek in the movie Carrie (1976),...
© 1976 United Artists Corporation; photograph from a private collection
Nanook of the North
Scene from Nanook of the North (1922), documentary film directed by Robert...
Courtesy of International Film Seminars, Inc.; photograph, the Museum of Modern Art/Film Stills Archive, New York City
Drifters
Scene from Drifters (1929), directed by John Grierson and produced by the...
Courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art Film Stills Archive, New York
Toy Story
Publicity still from Toy Story (1995), the first computer-animated feature...
© 1995 The Walt Disney Company. All rights reserved.
scene from Shrek
Shrek (right) with his sidekick, Donkey.
© 2001 DreamWorks LLC
Marlene Dietrich and Arthur Kennedy in Rancho Notorious
Marlene Dietrich and Arthur Kennedy in Rancho Notorious (1952).
© 1952 RKO Radio Pictures Inc.; photograph from a private collection
La La Land
Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling in the 2016 movie musical La La Land.
Dale Robinette—Summit Films and Lionsgate Entertainment
All That Jazz
Ben Vereen (centre left) and Roy Scheider (centre right) in All That Jazz...
© 1979 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation; photograph from a private collection
Promotional poster for High Noon
High Noon (1952), directed by Fred Zinnemann, earned seven Academy Award...
Stanley Kramer Productions/United Artists Corporation; photograph from a private collection
The Disorderly Orderly
Jerry Lewis in The Disorderly Orderly (1964), directed by Frank Tashlin.
© 1964 York-Jerry Lewis Productions and Paramount Pictures Corporation; photograph from a private collection
Jamie Foxx accepting the Oscar for best actor
Jamie Foxx at the 77th Academy Awards ceremony in 2005 accepting the Oscar for best...
© A.M.P.A.S.
Frames from If You Could See the Earth
Figure 9: Twenty-four frames, the length of film projected each second, from If...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Motion-picture projector.
Lanny Ziering—Brand X Pictures/Corbis
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