Snow White was never “Disney’s Folly”: The Creation of a Myth
Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was an international phenomenon when it premiered in December 1937. The first full-length
Snow White was never “Disney’s Folly”: The Creation of a Myth
Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was an international phenomenon when it premiered in December 1937. The first full-length
Florence Lawrence and the Truth Behind “We Tell A Lie” (Famous Ads, 1910)
Link to my post in Bright Lights Film Journal.
White Slavery, Miscegenation, and Revenge in Modern Times. Excerpts from the Motion Picture Production Code (1930).
The Motion Picture Production Code was adopted by all of the studios in 1930, and more strictly enforced beginning in
For Sale: Mary Pickford’s Gown, 90% off. The story of the Screen Stars’ Shop
Mary Pickford started the Screen Stars Shop in 1930, selling used clothes and jewelry of Hollywood stars. It closed within a year.
The Biograph Girl Commits Suicide (Headline, 1938)
Florence Lawrence, once the most famous movie star in America, is alone and forgotten.
Florence Lawrence and the Birth of Movie Stardom (1910)
Florence Lawrence’s train arrives in St. Louis, March 25, 1910, 5:18 pm and is mobbed by several hundred fans, in the first publicly advertised appearance by a movie star
Box Office Poison (Famous Ads, 1938)
On May 3, 1938, an independent theater owner named Harry Brandt paid $300 to place an ad in the Hollywood Reporter. That ad could have ended the careers of Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Katharine Hepburn, Kay, Francis, Marlene Dietrich, Mae West, and Edward Arnold.
D.W. Griffith Takes Credit for Everything (Famous Ads, 1913)
In 1913, D.W. Griffith left Biograph Studios. A short time later, he placed ads in four trade papers, touting himself as the greatest filmmaker ever.
“Heroic Boy Saves 300 Children From Death,” and Other Tales of Courage
The stories of actual heroes, forgotten for the most part, who risked their lives in movie theaters to save others. Two of these heroes lost their lives.