Romantic comedies survived WW2 and the 20th Century nicely, becoming the staple entertainment items of Hollywood's 'Golden Age'. Cary Grant alone has made enough romantic comedies to last us for a while... THE AWFUL TRUTH, HIS GIRL FRIDAY, HOLIDAY, THE GRASS IS GREENER, OPERATION PETTICOAT, THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, MY FAVORITE WIFE, HOUSEBOAT... the list goes on and on...
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The Beginnings of Moviemaking in the United States
The Great Train Robbery was a film made in 1903 and was the first American film that had a story to tell its audience. It was made by Edwin S. Porter and it lasted for eight minutes. This was a silent movie and had a "cops and robbers" plot, like a lot of films that followed it. Printed subtitles were eventually added to the silent movies in 1912. These subtitles were flashed together with the action scenes to help the audience understand what was happening. In order to add more drama and excitement to the scenes, an untiring pianist would play throughout the movie. He would switch from fast music for exciting or dramatic numbers to a more sentimental and slow music as the mood of the picture changed...
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Bit Torrent and Hollywood, where are movies and P2P headed?
While Hollywood delivers summer flops instead of money makers, i.e. Mission Impossible 3 and Poseidon, savvy people in the entertainment business seem to be moving ever closer to changing the way we go to the movies. Bram Cohen, the founder and inventor of the Bit Torrent application, which enables extremely fast downloads of large files, like movies,..
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