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10. First Synchronization of Sound and Film The Photo-Drama of Creation (1914) The Photo-Drama of Creation was an eight hour long film that documented the Christian creation story. Funded by the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, the film depicted Christian history until the supposed end of Christ’s 1,000 year reign. Taking two [...]

Some of the most overlooked personalities in the film industry are the men and women who sit in the director’s chair.  While most of the public is content with engaging themselves with the off-screen antics of actors and actresses, it is often the directors who outshine their fellow artists in terms of eccentricities and sheer [...]

Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States of America, was one of the most intriguing figures of his era.  Writer of the Declaration of Independence, he played a crucial role in early American history.  As president, he was involved with the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 and the Lewis and Clark Expedition.  A man [...]

In today’s society, it can be difficult for new directors to make a name for themselves.  With film schools pumping thousands of graduates every year, getting recognition as a promising new talent is essential to survive in the film industry.  Here is a list of ten directors who are relatively new to the game but [...]

While many may think that French cinema is dry, boring, and stale, those initiated into the country’s movie industry know that France has one of the world’s richest crime film heritages.  French cinema is brimming with tales of enigmatic heroes, daring heists, and malevolent criminals.  Inspired by Hollywood detective stories and film noir, French crime [...]

What is film noir?  Are they films about hard boiled detectives and seductive femme fatales?  Are they about troubled heroes with soiled pasts that keep catching up with them?  Are they all about black and white chiaroscuro lighting, dark offices with light shining in through the blinds, and cigarette smoke that takes on a life [...]

As one of the most influential directors of all time, many of Alfred Hitchcock’s films have become permanent classics of the cinema.  Psycho, Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, and The Birds are just some of his most popular titles. Audiences all over the world know his movies, but few people know just how many [...]

When Adolphe Sax made the first saxophone in 1841, he could never have imagined how popular it would become.  As the guitar is the main instrument of rock and roll, the saxophone is seen by many to be the main instrument of jazz.  Its players have frequently been some of the most progressive and experimental [...]