The film began on 1880s with the
invention of first camera movie. Motion pictures were developed to
one of the most important tools of communication and entertainment,
and mass media in 20th and 21st century. In 1930s most of the films
were silent.
The movie theatre was considered a
cheaper, simpler to provide entertainment to the masses. Movies
became most popular visual art form of the late victorian age. It was
simpler because the cinema people would travel long distances to see
amusement parks. Now the advent of the cinema will change. The first
decade of the cinema's existence, inventors improve the machines for
making and showing films.
Films from
the silent era :
The frenchman
louis lumiere has the inventor of motion picture camera in 1895.
Lumiere's achievement should always be considered in the context of
this creative period. In 1915 to 1936 only silent movies. The films
of silent era are:
- 1915 – Birth of a nation – DW Griffith – USA
- 1919- Broken blossoms- DW Griffith- USA
- 1919- The cabinet of Dr. Caligari – Robert wiene – Germany
- 1922- Nosferatu- FW Murnau- Germany
- 1922- Nanook of the north- Robert j. Flaherty
- 1924- The last laugh- FW Murnau
- 1925- Strike- Sergei eisenstein
- 1925- Potemkin- Sergei eisenstein
- 1925- The gold rush- Charlie chaplin
- 1925- The street of sorrow- GW pabst
- 1926- Metropolis- Fritz lang
- 1927- Sunrise- FW murnau
- 1929- The blue angel- Josef von sternberg
- 1930- All Quiet on the western front- Lewis milestone
- 1931- M- Fritz lang
- 1931- City lights- Charlie chaplin
- 1936- Modern times- Charlie chaplin
Classic Films
from the Hollywood Studios 1934-1946 :
- 1934- It Happened One Night- Frank capra
- 1936- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town- Frank capra
- 1937- Captains Courageous- Victor fleming
- 1939- Stagecoach- John ford
- 1939- The Wizard of Oz- Victor fleming
- 1939- Gone With the Wind- Victor fleming
- 1940- The Grapes of Wrath- John ford
- 1940- His Girl Friday- Howard hawks
- 1940- The Philadelphia Story- George cukor
- 1940- Rebecca- Alfred hitchcock
- 1941- Citizen kane- Orson welles
- 1941- Maltese Falcon- John Huston
- 1941- Meet john doe- Frank capra
- 1941- How green was my valley- John ford
- 1941- Shepherd of the hills- Henry hathaway
- 1941- Suspicion- Alfred hitchcock
- 1942- Casablanca- Michael curtiz
- 1942- The magnificent ambersons- Orson welles
- 1944- The maltese falcon- John huston
- 1945- It's a wonderful life- Frank capra
- 1945- The lost weekend- Billy wilder
- 1946- Notorious- Alfred hitchcock
- 1946- The big sleep- Howard hawks
- 1946- My darling clementine- John ford
