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Library of Congress - Motion Picture and Television Reading Room - http://www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/
Information about the library's motion picture collections and archival materials. |
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Inventing Entertainment - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edhome.html
The Library of Congress' online exhibit of the early motion pictures and sound recordings of the Edison Companies. Includes biography and information about Thomas Edison and his experiments in motion pictures. |
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The Greatest Films - http://www.filmsite.org/
Interpretive, descriptive review commentary and historical background for hundreds of classic Hollywood and other American films in the last century. |
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Origins of Animation - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/oahtml/oahome.html
Development of early American animation represented by collection of 21 animated films and 2 fragments, spanning the years 1900-1921. Part of the American Memory Project, Library of Congress. |
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Who's Who of Victorian Cinema - http://www.victorian-cinema.net/
A biographical guide to those who, behind and in front of the camera, collectively invented cinema in the 1890s. |
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Film History By Decade - http://www.filmsite.org/filmh.html
Series of web articles to provide a comprehensive survey of the history of cinema. |
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IMDb - This Day in Movie History - http://imdb.com/OnThisDay
Births, deaths and marriages of movie stars and celebrities. |
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Cinema History - http://www.tc.umn.edu/~yahnk001/film/cinema.htm
Chronicles the history of motion pictures and films from the silent era to the end of the 20th century. |
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Museu del Cinema - http://www.museudelcinema.org/
One of the few museums where you can journey through the 500 years of the history of images, seeing what were the predecessors and the origins of the cinema. Site available in Spanish, English and Catalan. |
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Earlycinema.com - http://www.earlycinema.com/
An introduction to the first decade of film, with biographies, filmographies, technology, films, essays and additional resources. |
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Film and History - http://www.uwosh.edu/filmandhistory/
Interdisciplinary journal of film and television studies. Subscriptions, events, announcements, links, and contact information. |
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The German-Hollywood Connection - http://www.germanhollywood.com/
A guide to the impact on Hollywood by film people from Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. |
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Classic Films - http://www.moderntimes.com/palace/index.html
Features articles, images, audio clips, links and comprehensive bibliography on Hollywood's Golden Era. |
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Greenbriar Picture Shows - http://greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.com/
This site provides rare images, original ads, and behind-the-scenes glimpses of classic Hollywood films, along with insightful commentary. |
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Women in Cinema - http://www.people.virginia.edu/~pm9k/libsci/womFilm.html
A reference guide to women in motion pictures and feminist films, and covers such topics as feminism, the women's movement, and women's issues as portrayed in movies. |
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Cinematographica - http://www.xs4all.nl/~wichm/cinemat.html
Information about collecting vintage movie equipment, an alternative timeline for cinema history, list of equipment manufacturers, manuals, images, and links. |
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Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research - http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wcftr/film.htm
The motion picture history collections includes film, other visual records and manuscript collections documenting a full century of cinema. |
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The Monster That Ate Hollywood - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/hollywood/
PBS program explores the changing face of Hollywood and how the movie business, and movies themselves, have changed over the past 25 years. |
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The Picture Show Man - http://www.pictureshowman.com
Dedicated to exploring the history of motion pictures from 1890 to 1960, in all of its aspects, and to encouraging others to share in that exploration. |
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Sixties Cinema - http://www.sixtiescinema.com/
Features brief profiles and photographs of women in film throughout the 1960s. |
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Vitaphone - http://www.freewebs.com/vitaphone1/
Devoted to early sound and color movies and late silents from the period 1925-1935. Includes feature films, animations, shorts, and soundtracks. |
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Incomplete History of the Blind as Portrayed in Movies and TV - http://www.firsttvdrama.com/show2/history/index.php3
Reviews for television shows and films which feature blind persons. |
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Classic Film Safari - http://classicfilmsafari.tripod.com/
Personal site providing information about classic films from 1930's through 1950's. |
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Pictures at a Revolution - http://www.picturesatarevolution.com/
A book by Mark Harris that tracks five movies on their five-year journey to Oscar night in the spring of 1968. Synopsis, chapter excerpt, author biography, and links. |
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PapaRotsy's E-zine - http://paparotsy.tripod.com/
Collection of articles focusing on the history of adult material in motion pictures and videography. Also includes lists of film performers who have died from or are living with AIDS. |
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The Hollywood Thirties - http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Lot/4344/
A personal homepage devoted to the history and trends of the movies of the 1930s, as well as information on leading actors/actresses of the era. |
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Hollywood Lost and Found - http://www.hollywoodlostandfound.net/
Hollywood history, film facts, movie props and sound effects trivia. |
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Classic Movies History Articles - http://www.classicmovies.org/articles/history.htm
A collection of articles from Classic Movies.org focused on historical events, such as the Hollywood Blacklist and the opening of the movies to African-American actors. |
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Buckey's Film History and Resources Page - http://members.tripod.com/~cinefan/home.html
Provides articles, news and commentary on film history, include sections on film preservation and conservation. |
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The Production Code of the Motion Picture Industry (1930-1968) - http://prodcode.dhwritings.com/
For four decades, American theatrical movies were governed by a self-policing agency which restricted the content that audiences would see. This web site catalogs instance of content that was shaped by "The Code" or which circumvented or violated the restrictions. |