1930s
Disney’s movie ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ dazzled audiences for decades
Walt Disney’s first full-length animated movie, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, debuted in 1938. A technicolor marvel, it’s considered a classic work of animation.
Walt Disney’s first full-length animated movie, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, debuted in 1938. A technicolor marvel, it’s considered a classic work of animation.
Cowboy actor and hero of scores of western thrillers of the silent film era, Tom Mix, was killed on a highway detour in Arizona.
So this is Hollywood! (1922) If they hadn’t improved on the 1890 model bathing suit, Mack Sennet wouldn’t be where he is today. But if
Disney’s magical Mary Poppins arrived in 1964. See classic movie clips, hear some of the songs, plus find out more about the film & its stars!
Legendary beauty Lillie Langtry was a statuesque blonde with blue eyes, a perfect complexion and a ravishing figure. She was acclaimed by the social set, and became the mistress of The Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII.
In 1906, a short film called ‘A Trip Down Market Street’ ended up being a valuable record of San Francisco just before the huge earthquake and fire destroyed much of the city.
Find out about the movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s, get some behind-the-scenes from the actual jewelry store, and hear from Audrey Hepburn herself in this collection of articles from the 1960s.
Mickey Rooney, an actor at the age of 11 months, veteran trooper at 10, and screen star at 16, writes his autobiography.
What were the top movies of 1970? Here’s a list of the top ten films released in 1970, ranked by their box office gross earnings in North America. Below this list, you will also find the Academy Award nominees and the year’s Oscar winners.
Bringing you the finest in family entertainment, Disneyland is reaching for the stars like never before!
Here’s a look back from 1964 at the career of “American folk hero” Thomas Edison.
When it comes to marrying a Hollywood actor, the former Mrs Charlie Chaplin says don’t wed a genius because it won’t last. Celebrity couples are doomed to divorce.
‘The picture was thrown on the screen, and there was the exact shade of hair and eyes, the true flesh tints it was almost spooky, even a little string of pink beads about my neck, why, there they were just as pink as could be!’
TODAY “THE SEVEN PEARLS” WILL BE SHOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME. It has passed the acid test of exhibitors’ inspection, and been pronounced the most
Motion picture etiquette: Lantern slides (1912)
The mysterious — and mischievous — magician Houdini by Harriette Underhill All men are fascinating until you understand them, and that usually is so simple. But
The murder of 22-year-old Elizabeth Short in January of 1947 was one of the biggest news stories of the 20th century, and continues to fascinate people to this day.
This skepticism toward the genuineness of motion-picture ‘stunts’ finds its origin partly in the early pictures, where daring deeds were performed by a so-called extra, who doubled for the star for a mere pittance of five dollars a day.
Paramount announces its greatest program of motion picture entertainment Some of the silent movies featured: The Dictator Blood and Sand The Face in the Fog
The story of comedy duo George & Gracie George Burns and Gracie Allen started their screen career with the only contract of its kind with
Tom Mix becomes a roping Romeo The full breath of the big ranches with their stirring horsemen, their daring deeds, their ambitions, are combined with
The movies 1936 stars have lasted well — but new faces are coming up Each year, the Motion Picture Herald, a prominent movie trade paper,
Cineman of the year for his production, direction, writing, and performance of “Citizen Kane,” selected by three leading award committees as “the best motion picture
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