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=__BEFORE 1900 __=

Film History Information:
=__FILM HISTORY: 1900-1910 __=

Film History Information:
=__FILM HISTORY: 1910-1920 __=

Cultural and Historical Information:
This decade heralds the rise of automobiles and electricity for the lucky. Along with rapid changes in technology, people also witnessed the start and end of World War I. (CC) Halley's Comet Passes by in 1910 (CF)

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 * [[image:cain_catherine-birthofnation.jpeg caption="W.D.Griffith's Birth of a Nation"]] ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * [[image:http://www.timeout.com/film/img/dvd/60105/cover.w200.jpg width="190" height="223" caption="Intolerance"]] ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||

Film History Information:
The first feature length film was released in 1915, directed by D.W. Griffith. Birth of a Nation amazed people for it's filmmaking virtuosity, but also for it's blatant racism. Even though racism was common and civil rights hadn't raised awareness, people were outraged and apalled by the content of this film, and today many people say they can't watch it because it's sickening. (CC) In 1912William Fox established The Fox Film Foundation - soon to become one of Hollywood's foremost studios.(CF)

=__FILM HISTORY: 1920-1930 __=

Cultural and Historical Information:
Most people are unaware that the greatest output of feature films in the US occurred in the 1920s and 1930s.

Films:

 * [[image:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51H86EYW0FL._SL500_AA240_.jpg width="212" height="209" caption="Sunrise"]] || [[image:TheGoldRush_sam_straw_JPEG.gif width="167" height="247"]] ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * [[image:kingkongjuliamurra.jpeg width="161" height="217" align="center"]] ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||

Film History Information:
Western Electric and Warner Bros. agreed to develop a system to make movies with sound. ss

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=__FILM HISTORY: 1930-1940 __=

Cultural and Historical Information:
The 30s was also the decade of the sound and color revolutions and the advance of the 'talkies'. Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes president in 1932. C.P. Dry Tortugas National Park is established in 1935. Due to the Great Depression, unemployment rises to 25%. M. Frisch 1938 Great depression The Oklahoma Kid 1939 || ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Films:**
 * [[image:Washatko_Mariah_Gonewiththewindjpg.jpg align="center" caption="Gone with the Wind"]] || [[image:night_at_the_opera_1935.jpg width="231" height="187"]] ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * [[image:http://www.teachwithmovies.org/guides/wizard-of-oz-DVDcover.jpg width="167" height="229" caption="The Wizard of Oz"]] || Bringing Up Baby

Film History Information:
In 1937 Walt Disney's first full length animated film 'Snow white and the seven dwarfs' was released C.P. In 1935 the movie David Copperfield was first released. The 1930s and part of the 40s are considered to be the Golden Age Hollywood. M. Frisch

=__FILM HISTORY: 1940-1950 __=

Cultural and Historical Information:
1941:Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, U.S enters World War II mw World War 2 ends in 1945, along with the end of Nazi Germany. K.D.

Films:
|| || K.D. ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || The African Queen 1951 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * [[image:Washatko_Mariah_malteseFalconjpg.jpg caption="Maltese Falcon"]]
 * [[image:sunsetjuliamurra.jpeg width="178" height="211" align="center"]] || [[image:2699545726_55717a66b6.jpg width="173" height="263" caption="Double Indemmity-ARC"]] ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * [[image:african_queen_titler_500.jpg width="209" height="231"]]

Film History Information:
John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath came out. K.D. Bambi was released in 1942 mw

=__FILM HISTORY: 1950-1960 __=

Historical and Cultural Information:
In 1953 fighting in Korea ended. <span style="color: rgb(246, 14, 14)">(TF) First Credit Card. The number of drive-in theaters in the U.S. peaked near 5,000. <span style="color: rgb(245, 15, 15)">ss The Vietnam War started in 1959.<span style="color: rgb(239, 26, 26)"> K.D. The average house cost $16,000. <span style="color: rgb(231, 8, 8)">M. Frisch U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island <span style="color: rgb(246, 14, 14)">(KK)<span style="color: rgb(11, 10, 10)"><span style="color: rgb(244, 6, 6)"> McDonalds first franchise opens in 1955 in Illinios. <span style="color: rgb(253, 13, 13)">ECP
 * <span style="color: rgb(11, 10, 10)">The end of World War II. <span style="color: rgb(244, 6, 6)">mf

Films:
shane || ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * [[image:12angrymenjuliamurra.jpeg width="158" height="212"]] || [[image:trevor_fincher-rw.jpeg width="212" height="217"]](TF) || [[image:http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReviews21/a%20%20Elia%20Kazan%20Streetcar%20Named%20Desire%20Vivien%20Leigh%20Brando/covold%20Elia%20Kazan%20Streetcar%20Named%20Desire%20Vivien%20Leigh%20Brando.jpg width="157" height="194" align="center"]] || [[image:kody_koester-onthewaterfront.jpg width="131" height="194"]] ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * [[image:http://www.filmsite.org/posters/bridge4.gif width="168" height="258" align="right" caption="Bridge of the river Kwai"]] || [[image:spartacus_sam_straw.jpg]] || [[image:http://tbn4-beta.google.com/images?q=tbn:3qnzvod9TZHm-M:http://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/images/All_About_Eve-_pic_2.jpg width="83" height="126" link="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/images/All_About_Eve-_pic_2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/index.cfm%3Fobjectid%3D24B22722-FF00-454A-64DE688B1A1F62B4%26navid%3DEE3D2621-3048-7098-AFB2FEDAB8C0CD7E&h=428&w=283&sz=41&hl=en&start=10&um=1&usg=__oyFe29ffE-J49ZNmWrUg6FRzBv0=&tbnid=3qnzvod9TZHm-M:&tbnh=126&tbnw=83&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dall%2Babout%2Beve%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive"]]K.D. || [[image:ben_hur.jpg width="143" height="189"]] ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * [[image:Vertigo_sam_straw.jpg width="179" height="243"]] || [[image:shane_1953.jpg]]

Film History Information:
Warner Brothers debuted in 1955. <span style="color: rgb(250, 20, 20)">(TF) The //first// feature film released in Panavision was Billy Wilder's [|//The Apartment (1960)//]. The film was also the last B/W film to win the Best Picture Academy Award Oscar until [|//Schindler's List (1993)//]. <span style="color: rgb(249, 6, 6)">ss The mania for horror and science-fiction films also peaked in the late 50s. The film industry decided to move major film openings from mid-week to Fridays. The 50s brought a new generation to the film market: teens. <span style="color: rgb(230, 10, 10)">sh In 1956, Dick Clark started to host American Bandstand.<span style="color: rgb(200, 9, 9)"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(2, 13, 24)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(200, 9, 9)">K.D. Walt Disney's Cinderella opened in theaters.<span style="color: rgb(237, 7, 7)"> M. Frisch <span style="color: rgb(13, 12, 12)">Assassination was a bit of an issue at this time, amungst other violence such as war, it really became evedent that it would be reflected in film.<span style="color: rgb(240, 10, 31)">**//__brandon van price__//** <span style="color: rgb(13, 12, 12)">Violence was exceedingly common in this time frame. This was at a time when it was one of the more common screen ploys.<span style="color: rgb(249, 11, 35)">**//__brandon van price__//** = = =__FILM HISTORY: 1960-1970 __=

Historical and Cultural Information:
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Soviets establish missile bases in Cuba, Pres. Kennedy orders a naval blockade to divert any missiles from arriving in Cuba. <span style="color: rgb(249, 16, 16)">**//__brandon van price__//** <span style="color: rgb(13, 12, 12)"> In april of '69 the peak number of troops occured in vietnam. <span style="color: rgb(242, 7, 7)">**//__brandon van price__//** Nixon becomes president.<span style="color: rgb(247, 29, 29)">mw John Glenn becomes first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth. Nuclear Test Ban Treaty between U.S. and U.S.S.R. (Russia) stops above ground tests of nuclear weapons. <span style="color: rgb(250, 20, 20)">(KN) Weather inversion creates four day air pollution incident in New York City; 80 die. <span style="color: rgb(250, 15, 15)">(KN) The Cuban Missile Crisis happened in 1962. <span style="color: rgb(251, 4, 4)">K.D. U.S Senator John F. Kennedy announces his candidacy for the Democratic presidential election in 1960. <span style="color: rgb(234, 11, 11)">(C.P.) Routine U.S. naval patrols of the South China Sea begin. <span style="color: rgb(249, 6, 6)">C.P. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Sit-ins against segregation began when black college students demonstrated at the Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro in 1960 <span style="color: rgb(248, 22, 22)">(CF) <span style="color: rgb(13, 12, 12)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">In 1960 a gallon of gas was 25 cents <span style="color: rgb(249, 16, 16)">(KK) <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)"> **Films:** || ===<span style="color: rgb(13, 12, 12)"> === || <span style="color: rgb(13, 12, 12)"> || <span style="color: rgb(13, 12, 12)"> || <span style="color: rgb(13, 12, 12)"> || <span style="color: rgb(13, 12, 12)"> || <span style="color: rgb(13, 12, 12)"> || <span style="color: rgb(13, 12, 12)"> || || <span style="color: rgb(13, 12, 12)"> || <span style="color: rgb(13, 12, 12)"> || <span style="color: rgb(13, 12, 12)"> || <span style="color: rgb(13, 12, 12)"> || <span style="color: rgb(13, 12, 12)"> || <span style="color: rgb(13, 12, 12)"> || <span style="color: rgb(13, 12, 12)"> || || <span style="color: rgb(13, 12, 12)"> <span style="color: rgb(13, 12, 12)">K.D. || <span style="color: rgb(13, 12, 12)"> || <span style="color: rgb(13, 12, 12)"> || <span style="color: rgb(13, 12, 12)"> || <span style="color: rgb(13, 12, 12)"> || <span style="color: rgb(13, 12, 12)"> ||  || || <span style="color: rgb(13, 12, 12)">
 * <span style="color: rgb(13, 12, 12)">[[image:networkjuliamurra.jpeg width="220" height="287"]]
 * <span style="color: rgb(13, 12, 12)">[[image:nix_kristen-sound_of_music.jpeg width="153" height="196" caption="The Sound of Music"]]
 * <span style="color: rgb(13, 12, 12)">[[image:nix_kristen-aspaceodyssey.jpeg width="144" height="162" caption="2001:A Space Odyssey"]]
 * [[image:van_price_brandon-the_wild_bunck.jpeg caption="The Wild Bunch 1969"]]

|| Lawrence of Arabia 1962 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || Bonnie and Clyde 1967 || ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * [[image:bonnie_clyde_465x402.jpg width="300" height="285"]]

Film History Information:
Separate awards for Black and White and Color Cinematography were eliminated by AMPAS for 1967 (and after) films, because most films were being made in color. <span style="color: rgb(246, 14, 14)">(KN) The //first// star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was Joanne Woodward. <span style="color: rgb(233, 7, 7)">(KN) More than 700 foreign-language films were released in US theaters during 1962. <span style="color: rgb(250, 15, 15)">(CF) Midnight cowboy wins ves picture at the Oscar's and was the only x-rated movie to do so. <span style="color: rgb(238, 23, 23)">mw Hair opened on Broadway in 1967. <span style="color: rgb(234, 6, 6)">K.D. The movie "The Time Machine" (the original) was released in 1960. <span style="color: rgb(245, 10, 10)">C.P. The james bond movie "Goldfinger" was released in 1964. <span style="color: rgb(227, 2, 2)">C.P. At this time films began to grow bolder, recignizing that america was mature enough that they could handle a little more criticism of beleifs and standards. <span style="color: rgb(241, 9, 34)">**//__brandon van price__//** Films grew more violent, and more critical of society, feeding and growing off of fears joys and lusts. Useing these things started to become second nature. <span style="color: rgb(246, 14, 36)">**//__Brandon van price__//**

=__FILM HISTORY: 1970-1980 __=

Cultural and Historical Information:
1974 Hiemlich manuver developed. <span style="color: rgb(244, 21, 21)">**//__brandon van price__//** 1975 India tests its first nuclear bomb. <span style="color: rgb(236, 9, 9)">**//__brandon van price__//** The 70s opened with Hollywood experiencing a financial and artistic depression, the decade became a creative high point in the US film industry. President Carter signs treaty that says that Panama has control over the Panama Canal on Dec. 31, 1999 <span style="color: rgb(224, 6, 6)">mw IN 1977 RCA introduced the first VCRs in the United States. <span style="color: rgb(253, 8, 8)">sh *Eleven Israeli athletes at Olympic Games in Munich are killed after eight members of an Arab terrorist group invade Olympic Village. <span style="color: rgb(235, 10, 10)">mf *Supreme Court rules that death penalty is not inherently cruel or unusual and is a constitutionally acceptable form of punishment. <span style="color: rgb(239, 6, 6)">mf <span style="color: rgb(239, 6, 6)">[|Buffalo Creek disaster] in West Virginia. Negligent strip mining led to buildup of floodwaters that broke through ³tipple² dams, killing 125 people and leaving 4,000 homelss. <span style="color: rgb(240, 15, 15)">(KN) Elvis Presley's consert in Hawaii is watched by over one billion people around the world. <span style="color: rgb(241, 4, 4)">C.P. The Beatles break up, and 448 U.S. colleges and universities are closed or go on strike and killing of students by the National Guard at Kent State and Jackson State universities. in 1970. <span style="color: rgb(220, 9, 9)">(CF)
 * This is the decade for experimental movie makers called Movie Brats, during the Hollywood New Wave. ECP
 * Restricions on language, adult content, and violence had loosened up and these elements became more widespread in film making. ECP

Films:
||  ||   ||   || The Godfather II 1974 ||
 * || [[image:washatko_Mariah_all_the_presidents_menjpg.jpg align="center" caption="All the presidents men"]] || [[image:http://www.filmsite.org/posters/nash.gif width="162" height="212" align="right"]] ||  || [[image:annie_hall_straw_jpeg.jpg width="183" height="242"]] || ||   ||   ||
 * || [[image:nix_kristen-cabaret.jpeg width="131" height="197" caption="Cabaret"]] || [[image:http://www.timeout.com/film/img/dvd/66159/cover.w200.jpg width="190" height="233" caption="The Last Picture Show"]] ||  || [[image:taxi-driver.jpg caption="Taxi Driver- ARC"]] ||   ||   ||   ||
 * || [[image:http://www.basecine.net/caratulas/frenchconnection.jpg width="159" height="193" align="center"]] || [[image:http://images.allposters.com/images/153/AClockworkOrange.jpg width="152" height="193" align="center"]] ||  || [[image:china_town_1974.jpg]]
 * || [[image:van_price_brandon-the_godfather_part_II.jpeg width="115" height="144" caption="van_price_brandon-the_godfather_part_II.jpeg"]]

Jaws 1975 ||  ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ||  || [[image:The_Deer_Hunter.jpg]] ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||

Film History Information:
*Restrictions on language, adult content and sexuality, and violence had loosened up, and these elements became more widespread. <span style="color: rgb(249, 11, 11)">mf <span style="color: rgb(11, 10, 10)"> <span style="color: rgb(249, 11, 11)"><span style="color: rgb(14, 12, 12)">__1973__ saw the release of the most notorious horror picture of all time, namely "The Exorcist" by director William Freidkin <span style="color: rgb(244, 6, 6)">(KN) To maximize profits from weekend audiences, the industry decided to move major film openings from mid-week to Fridays.(1973) <span style="color: rgb(245, 20, 20)">(CF) <span style="color: rgb(11, 10, 10)">[|//Star Wars//] was nominated for ten Academy Awards (including Best Picture), and won in six (mostly technical) categories. <span style="color: rgb(245, 10, 10)">ss The ground breaking movie "The Sting" is released in 1973. <span style="color: rgb(249, 6, 6)">C.P.
 * The 70s decade was noted for films with creative and memorable subject matter that reflected the questioning spirit and truth of the times. <span style="color: rgb(242, 7, 7)">mf

=__FILM HISTORY: 1980-1990 __=

Cultural and Historical Information:
Space shuttle, Challenger explodes in 1986, killing 7 astronauts. <span style="color: rgb(248, 27, 27)">M. Frisch The CD revolutionized the music industry. <span style="color: rgb(242, 7, 7)">(TF) John Lennon was shot and killed in New York. The gunman, Mark Chapman, apparently shouted 'I am the Catcher in the Rye' just before dropping to the ground and firing the weapon. <span style="color: rgb(245, 5, 5)">(KN) Warren Beatty's DICK TRACY (1990) was the first 35 mm film with a digital soundtrack. <span style="color: rgb(240, 5, 5)">sh US Hockey Team wins gold at 1980 Olympics at Lake Placid,NY <span style="color: rgb(249, 11, 11)">(KK)

Films:
sophie's choice ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * [[image:trevor_fincher-pf.jpeg width="158" height="222"]](TF) ||  || [[image:sophies_choice_1982.jpg]]
 * [[image:nix_kristen-platoon.jpeg width="133" height="171" caption="platoon"]] ||  || [[image:frisch_molly_tootsie.jpg]] || [[image:kody_koester-raidersofthelostark.jpg width="192" height="259"]] ||   ||   ||   ||   ||

Film History Information:
Film budgets skyrocketed due to special effects and salaries of stars. <span style="color: rgb(231, 4, 4)">(TF) Friday the 13th" in __1980__ was one of the first comercial slasher pics to be released following the success of //"Halloween"// . <span style="color: rgb(253, 13, 13)">(KN) Films were developed for mass audience appeal, few 80s movies became classics. <span style="color: rgb(235, 10, 10)">M. Frisch

=__FILM HISTORY: 1990-2000 __=

Cultural and Historical Information:
Sadam Hussein invaded Kuwait. <span style="color: rgb(246, 4, 4)">(TF) In 1994, Republicans won a majority of congress for the first time in forty years. <span style="color: rgb(242, 2, 2)">(TF) Warren Beatty's DICK TRACY (1990) was tge first 35mm film with a digital soundtrack. <span style="color: rgb(239, 1, 1)">sh The Persian-Gulf War took place from 1990-1991. <span style="color: rgb(251, 4, 4)">K.D. Manuel Noriega, ruler of Panama, surrenders to U.S. troops and is arrested on drug-trafficking charges in 1990. <span style="color: rgb(246, 14, 14)">(CF) The average minimum wage in the 90s was $5.15/hr. <span style="color: rgb(250, 25, 25)">M. Frisch 1990 - Iraq invades Kuwait leading to 1991 Gulf War <span style="color: rgb(248, 13, 13)">(KK)
 * Many films cost over 1 million dollars to produce, and ticket price went from 4.25 to 5.00 by the end of the decade. <span style="color: rgb(235, 5, 5)">ECP

Films:
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 * [[image:trevor_fincher-spr.jpeg width="166" height="229"]](TF) || [[image:http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTg2NzMzMTI2Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMTcyNDc4._V1._CR0,0,216,216_SS90_.jpg width="90" height="90" link="http://www.imdb.com/rg/photos-title/summary/media/rm3522533888/tt0105695"]]
 * [[image:trevor_fincher-et.jpeg width="182" height="247"]](TF) || [[image:http://www.filmsite.org/posters/tita.gif width="167" height="254" caption="Titanic"]] ||  ||   || [[image:Ashley_toystory.jpg width="149" height="228" caption="Toy Story- ARC"]] ||   ||   ||   ||
 * [[image:http://www.dvdtown.com/images/displaymedia.php?id=3529&sizew=500&cat=3&type=1&page=0 width="195" height="217" caption="The Shawshank Redemption"]] || [[image:http://tbn4-beta.google.com/images?q=tbn:KK6plKgpcjBaIM:http://collectingtokens.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/silence_of_the_lambs_ver2.jpg width="96" height="142" link="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://collectingtokens.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/silence_of_the_lambs_ver2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://collectingtokens.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/leaping-lepidoptera/&h=755&w=509&sz=63&hl=en&start=2&um=1&usg=__HrIUu_bBe_7d5qDb5S8rro-HdLE=&tbnid=KK6plKgpcjBaIM:&tbnh=142&tbnw=96&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsilence%2Bof%2Bthe%2Blambs%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive"]]K.D. ||  ||   || [[image:frisch_molly_goodfellas.jpg width="117" height="161"]] || [[image:kody_koester-sixthsense.jpg width="123" height="158" caption="K.K."]] ||   ||   ||

Film History Information:
The average viewer spent seven hours a day watching TV. <span style="color: rgb(251, 4, 4)">(TF) The first DVD's emerged in 1997. <span style="color: rgb(234, 6, 6)">(TF) <span style="color: rgb(11, 10, 10)"><span style="color: rgb(3, 2, 2)">Johnny Depp's breakout hit film was Tim Burton's fantasy romance //Edward Scissorhands//, co-starring then-girlfriend Winona Ryder, and featuring the final film appearance of Vincent Price as his Inventor/father. <span style="color: rgb(230, 10, 10)">(CF) Beauty and the Beast was made in 1991. <span style="color: rgb(251, 9, 9)">K.D.   By 1998, the average film production cost over $100 million. <span style="color: rgb(239, 21, 21)">M. Frisch