News & Other Views
The Vitascope Premieres
Today is the anniversary of the first projected movie screening in the United States. Edison’s Vitascope debuted on April 23, 1896 at Koster and [...]
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News & Other Views
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Silent Movie Reviews
The Sneeze Felt Round the World
On this day in 1894, Fred Ott sneezed. Or he sneezed at least once. He did take a puff of snuff before sneezing, and [...]
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News & Other Views
Cinema Revisited: Georges Méliès and the Birth of Filmmaking
Who doesn’t want to jump on the exciting Melies revival bandwagon? No one, that who’s, and I count myself in those ranks. Here’s a [...]
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News & Other Views
Film Friday | Weekly Roundup
It’s been a quietish week here at PCF headquarters. Pretty Clever Film Gal has been busy, busy, busy! But we’ve got a blogroll now! [...]
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Online Movies
Edison Studio’s Frankenstein (1910)
The 1910 Edison Studios production of Frankenstein is the first film adaptation of Mary Shelley’s novel. Believed to be lost for many years, the [...]
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