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Nov 12, 2019 22:08:22 GMT
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Post by divtal on Nov 12, 2019 22:08:22 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.
10. The Hurt Locker -- first Oscared Picture and Direction award won by a woman (Kathryn Bigelow).
11. 20th Century Fox shot the first pictures in CinemaScope ... How to Marry a Millionaire, and The Robe. "Millionaire," was the first film shot in that format, but the studio held its release until after "The Robe," presumably because of the dramatic content of the subject matter.
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.
10. The Hurt Locker -- first Oscared Picture and Direction award won by a woman (Kathryn Bigelow).
11. 20th Century Fox shot the first pictures in CinemaScope ... How to Marry a Millionaire, and The Robe. "Millionaire," was the first film shot in that format, but the studio held its release until after "The Robe," presumably because of the dramatic content of the subject matter.