Post by persistenceofvision on Nov 12, 2019 21:17:13 GMT
13 FIRSTS in Movie History.
01. The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight (1897 docu) - The first film shot in widescreen and at 1hr.40 mins, the first known feature film ever made.
02. The Jazz Singer (1927) - The first talking picture!
03. Kidnapping by Indians (1899) - the first Western
04. Becky Sharp (1935) - First Technicolor feature.
05. Roundhay Garden Scene (1888) - The world’s earliest surviving motion-picture film, showing actual consecutive action is called Roundhay Garden Scene. It’s a short film directed by French inventor Louis Le Prince. While it’s just 2.11 seconds long, it is technically a movie. According to the Guinness Book of Records, it is the oldest surviving film in existence.
06. Carmen Jones (1954) - First black leading lady to be Oscar-nominated (Dorothy Dandridge).
07. First moving pictures - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmuo45NR6qE
08. La fée aux choux - first film directed by a female director (Alice Guy)
09. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) - Oldest surviving animated feature.
01. The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight (1897 docu) - The first film shot in widescreen and at 1hr.40 mins, the first known feature film ever made.
02. The Jazz Singer (1927) - The first talking picture!
03. Kidnapping by Indians (1899) - the first Western
04. Becky Sharp (1935) - First Technicolor feature.
05. Roundhay Garden Scene (1888) - The world’s earliest surviving motion-picture film, showing actual consecutive action is called Roundhay Garden Scene. It’s a short film directed by French inventor Louis Le Prince. While it’s just 2.11 seconds long, it is technically a movie. According to the Guinness Book of Records, it is the oldest surviving film in existence.
06. Carmen Jones (1954) - First black leading lady to be Oscar-nominated (Dorothy Dandridge).
07. First moving pictures - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmuo45NR6qE
08. La fée aux choux - first film directed by a female director (Alice Guy)
09. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) - Oldest surviving animated feature.