Ah, pre-show warnings. They’re in every theatre. DON’T USE YOUR CELLPHONE IN THE THEATRE. They’re as common as popcorn now, and it would be odd for a movie theatre to be without them. But what about before cellphones? Believe it or not, early movie theaters (nickelodeons) also had warnings. One of them said “Please don’t […]
Silent Film
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Silent Film: How They Got Their Start – Mary Pickford
You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down. — Mary Pickford It’s no secret to anyone who knows much about what I have been working on with my current project that I absolutely adore Mary Pickford. A […]
Guess where I am? Los Angeles! It’s my birthday and, as I said in the last post, at Disneyland! So it’s just about the right time to talk about one of the most iconic places in movies–HOLLYWOOD! It can be hard to imagine a time when the capital of movies wasn’t Los Angeles. But the […]