1. Cinema History
Silence is Golden
Edward Bowen
Introduction to Motion Pictures

2. History of Motion Pictures
1916
•Congress holds hearing on the possible federal
censorship of content in movies; nothing is decided.
•There are approximately 21,000 movie theaters in the
United States with an average seating capacity of 500.
•“Easy Street” Charlie Chaplin
http://youtu.be/wD1-TNKhwWQ
http://youtu.be/eyxMc1mG5Ns

3. History of Motion Pictures
1919 – “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Germany – Robert Weine)
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-the-cabinet-of-dr-caligari-1920
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cabinet_of_Dr._Caligari

4. History of Motion Pictures
1919 – “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Germany – Robert Weine)
http://www.openculture.com/2013/10/the-cabinet-of-dr-caligari-see-the-restored-version.html

5. History of Motion Pictures
1919 – “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Germany – Robert Weine)
Silent were never truly silent, and seldom were truly black and white.
http://zauberklang.ch/filmcolors/timeline-entry/1216/

6. History of Motion Pictures
1919 – “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Germany – Robert Weine)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhHi-G3A8-Y

7. History of Motion Pictures
1919 – “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Germany – Robert Weine)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odCaLSKbu3o

8. History of Motion Pictures
1919 – “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Germany – Robert Weine)
German Expressionism
http://www.theartstory.org/movement-expressionism.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Expressionism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expressionism

9. History of Motion Pictures
1919 – “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Germany – Robert Weine)
“Son of Frankenstein (1939)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91_LKlPaRcA
http://the-animatorium.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-influence-of-german-expressionsim.html

10. History of Motion Pictures
1919 – “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Germany – Robert Weine)
“The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (2006)
http://youtu.be/vheUoyU2KUQ

11. History of Motion Pictures
1920 – “The Mark of Zorro”
http://moviessilently.com/2013/04/15/the-mark-of-zorro-1920-a-silent-film-review/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mark_of_Zorro_%281920_film%29

12. History of Motion Pictures
1920 – “The Mark of Zorro”
http://youtu.be/yaBud6ii5Wk

13. History of Motion Pictures
1920 – “The Mark of Zorro”
http://youtu.be/mE9qTexixh0

14. http://youtu.be/uG_T1a9BUNM
The Mark of Zorro (1920)

15. History of Motion Pictures
1922 – “Cops”
http://youtu.be/QmV4D_YCm6s
http://youtu.be/e8rf_w7w0IQ

16. History of Motion Pictures
1925 – “The Battleship Potemkin” (Russia – Sergei
Eisenstein)
http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/336286/Battleship-Potemkin-Movie-Clip-Rotten-Meat.html
http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/336287/Battleship-Potemkin-Movie-Clip-I-ll-Shoot-You-All-Like-Dogs-.html
http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/336285/Battleship-Potemkin-The-Movie-Clip-Odessa-Steps.html

17. History of Motion Pictures
1925 – “The Battleship Potemkin” (Russia – Sergei
Eisenstein)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLEE2UL_N7Q

18. History of Motion Pictures
1925 – “The Battleship Potemkin” (Russia – Sergei
Eisenstein)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH1tO2D3LCI

19. History of Motion Pictures
1926 – “The General” (Clyde Bruskman, Buster Keaton)
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-the-general-1927
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/dvdextras/2008/11/buster_keatons_the_general.html
http://www.filmsite.org/gene.html
http://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2014/jan/23/the-general-buster-keaton-film-video-review
https://silentlocations.wordpress.com/2014/09/26/how-buster-keaton-filmed-the-general/
http://sensesofcinema.com/2014/cteq/the-general/
http://youtu.be/fZisDzuI-gA

20. History of Motion Pictures
1926 – “The General” (Clyde Bruskman, Buster Keaton)
http://youtu.be/aM1aiXGxmts

21. History of Motion Pictures
1926 – “The General” (Clyde Bruskman, Buster Keaton)
http://youtu.be/mXtBEbuoGWI

22. History of Motion Pictures
1926 – “The General” (Clyde Bruskman, Buster Keaton)
http://youtu.be/n3xh108cLbo

23. History of Motion Pictures
1928 – “Steamboat Bill, Jr. ” (Charles Reisner, Buster Keaton)
http://youtu.be/hPKXGEFiADA

24. http://youtu.be/97oNS9FlEcg
The General (1926)

25. http://youtu.be/q4EgsKc3kzs
The General (1926)

26. http://youtu.be/NbhpAk8JD4Y 6:14
The General (1926)

27. History of Motion Pictures
1927 – “Metropolis” (Germany - Fritz Lang)
http://metropolis1927.com/ http://www.filmsite.org/metr.html
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-metropolis-2010-restoration-1927
http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A05E2D8143BE13ABC4F53DFB566838C639EDE
http://vigilantcitizen.com/musicbusiness/the-occult-symbolism-of-movie-metropolis-and-its-importance-in-pop-culture/
http://erkelzaar.tsudao.com/reviews/H.G.Wells_on_Metropolis%201927.htm
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/fantastic_explanations_of_the_movie_trickery_in_fritz_langs_metropolis_1927

28. History of Motion Pictures
1927 – “Metropolis” (Germany - Fritz Lang)
http://youtu.be/fM0cvLx1TKk

29. History of Motion Pictures
1927 – “Metropolis” (Germany - Fritz Lang)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PAdQ5anhZE

30. History of Motion Pictures
1927 – “Metropolis” (Germany - Fritz Lang)
http://youtu.be/7aVHA40T-jo 58:09

31. History of Motion Pictures
1927 – “Sunrise”
http://www.filmsite.org/sunr.html
http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2011/nov/16/my-favourite-film-sunrise
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-sunrise-1928
http://www.angelfire.com/film/sunrise/sunfilm.html
http://backlots.net/2012/09/19/the-aesthetics-of-sunrise-1927/

32. History of Motion Pictures
1927 – “Sunrise”
Scenes from “Sunrise” http://youtu.be/f1Mf8ffYroM

33. History of Motion Pictures
1927 – “Sunrise” The Making of Sunrise, Part 1
http://youtu.be/90busFDO_pY

34. History of Motion Pictures
1927 – “Sunrise” The Making of Sunrise, Part 2
http://youtu.be/p1UCmVqT8eE

35. History of Motion Pictures
1927 – “Sunrise”
http://youtu.be/PP8zeSTjsiQ

36. History of Motion Pictures
1927 – “Sunrise”
http://youtu.be/d26Fvjfi2bw

37. History of Motion Pictures
1927 – “Sunrise”
http://youtu.be/I8Gvo9qF7Xw

38. History of Motion Pictures
1927 – “Sunrise”
http://youtu.be/653WlZ-UHQ4

39. History of Motion Pictures
1927 – “Sunrise”
http://youtu.be/SrW8p1pDoos

40. History of Motion Pictures
1927 – “Sunrise”
http://youtu.be/4HVt_LOYEWw

41. History of Motion Pictures
1924 – “The Last Laugh”
http://youtu.be/L4JBWkAIwqc

42. History of Motion Pictures
1927 – “The Jazz Singer”
http://www.filmsite.org/jazz.html
http://time.com/3457278/the-jazz-singer/
http://www.musicals101.com/1927-30film.htm
https://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/The-Jazz-Singer-First-Talkie-Film0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jazz_Singer

43. History of Motion Pictures
1927 – “The Jazz Singer”
http://youtu.be/W1EMT7qi1uw
http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/299765/Jazz-Singer-The-Movie-Clip-You-Ain-t-Heard-Nothin-Yet-.html

44. History of Motion Pictures
1927 – “The Jazz Singer”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIaj7FNHnjQ

45. History of Motion Pictures
1927 – “The Jazz Singer”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/01/history-of-blackface_n_4175051.html
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2007/11/11/dont_look_away/?page=full
http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/135933/Donald-Bogle-Bill-Cosby-on-Blackface-A-TCM-Featurette-.html
http://www.film.com/movies/whats-the-big-deal-the-jazz-singer-1927