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History
 Websites presented in alphabetical order American Masters: Elia Kazan 
 This site about director Elia Kazan is a companion to a documentary about blacklisting in the movie industry. Includes an essay about Kazan, a timeline of his career, filmmaker interview clips, and video clips of footage not included in the original documentary. Also includes links to related sites. The documentary is part of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) American Masters series. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/kazan_e.html Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Notable People, Political Parties & Theories, United States History Last updated Oct 1, 2004 Bright Lights Film Journal
Originally a print publication, this online journal "is a popular-academic hybrid of movie analysis, history, and commentary, looking at classic and commercial, independent, exploitation, and international film from a wide range of vantage points from the aesthetic to the political." Includes interviews, actor profiles, and film, film festival, and book reviews. Searchable archives. http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Magazines Last updated Aug 10, 2009 Earlycinema.com: An Introduction to Early Cinema
This site features a timeline, information on motion picture pioneers (such as Thomas A. Edison, W.K.L. Dickson, Birt Acres, R.W. Paul, the Lumiere Brothers, Georges Melies, Cecil Hepworth, Edwin S. Porter), and a discussion of early film technology (such as Zoetrope, Praxinoscope, Kinetoscope, Cinematographe, Mutoscope, and Vitascope). Also includes a glossary. http://www.earlycinema.com/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video Last updated Mar 13, 2007 French New Wave
Overview of this film movement that was generally thought to be at its peak in France between 1958 and 1964. Discusses the major filmmakers, including Francois Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, and Alain Resnais. Includes a list of recommendations for specific films, including classics and more recent films thought to be influenced by the movement. From an online movie rental site that specializes in independent and offbeat films. http://www.greencine.com/static/primers/fnwave1.jsp Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, History By Place, Recreation Last updated May 4, 2005 The History of the Discovery of Cinematography
"An illustrated chronological history of the development of motion pictures covering 2500 years leading to the discovery of cinematography in the 1800's." Contains related print and Web resources. Created and maintained by a film historian. http://www.precinemahistory.net/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Recreation Last updated Nov 30, 2006 The Hollywood Ten
Short biographies and related websites of the blacklisted "Hollywood Ten," the first individuals who, in 1947, refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). The 10 were Alvah Bessie, Herbert J. Biberman, Lester Cole, Edward Dmytrk, Ring Lardner, Jr., John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Adrian Scott, and Dalton Trumbo. From Gary Handman, a librarian at the University of California, Berkeley. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/blacklist.html Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Political Parties & Theories, Recreation, United States History Last updated Jan 10, 2006 Inventing Entertainment: The Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies
This searcable and browsable site showcases the life and work of Thomas A. Edison, the "Wizard of Menlo Park," who patented 1,093 inventions, including the phonograph, the incandescent bulb, and some that became the basis for today's motion picture and sound recording industries. Features early motion pictures and sound recordings, photographs, a biography, and a timeline of significant events. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edhome.html Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Internet, Music, Notable People, Science, Technology Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Italian Cinema: A Bibliography of Books and Articles in the UC Berkeley Libraries
Bibliography of books, articles, and videos on Italian film, covering themes such as neorealism, horror films, political filmmakers, and women in Italian cinema. Includes sections on filmmakers such as Michelangelo Antonioni, Bernardo Bertolucci, Federico Fellini, and Sergio Leone. From the Media Resources Center, University of California, Berkeley. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/italianfilmbib.html Topics: Film, Movies, & Video Last updated Sep 26, 2007 Jean-Luc Godard
Background information about Jean-Luc Godard, the French New Wave director of films such as "Breathless," "Weekend," "Band of Outsiders," and "Alphaville." Includes a biography, filmography, articles, and links to other resources (some in French) on the director. From the British Film Institute (BFI). http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/godard/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, History By Place, Recreation Last updated May 4, 2005 Moments of Italian Cinema
This multimedia presentation highlights "trends, genre, works, [and] authors of Italian cinema." Covers genres such as neorealism, Italian comedy, political cinema, and Westerns, and directors such as Michelangelo Antonioni, Roberto Benigni, Bernardo Bertolucci, Federico Fellini, Sergio Leone, and Ennio Morricone. In English, Italian, and Spanish. From RAI International, an Italian public television network. http://www.italica.rai.it/eng/cinema/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video Last updated Aug 6, 2007 Origins of American Animation
The American Memory Project has released 21 short, animated films, and 2 fragments from 1900-1921 (available in RealMedia, MPEG, and QuickTime formats). The bibliographic records are browsable by title, subject, or date as well as searchable by keyword. "The films include clay, puppet, and cut-out animation, as well as pen drawings." Be sure to read the Notes on the Origins of American Animation . The essay explains the history of each film in the collection, plus a general history of early animation. While they are entertaining and amusing, remember that "...these films also reveal the social attitudes of early twentieth-century America." From the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/oahtml/oahome.html Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Film: Genres & Themes, Recreation Last updated Jan 5, 2004 Public Information Films
Use this website from the British National Archives to view public information films. "The first selection of films from 1945 - 1951 features some fascinating events from Britain's [post-World War II history]." Includes a timeline, background about this period that was characterized by austerity and financial instability, and short movies on subjects such as surviving the fuel crisis, using a hankie when sneezing, the Berlin Airlift, and the Festival of Britain. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/films/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, History By Place Last updated Jan 11, 2006 Silent Era
Devoted to the era of silent films, this site contains information on festivals and conventions; profiles and filmographies of selected actors, actresses, and directors; a Film List of sound films and stereoscopic films of the silent era; an annotated list of films presumed to be lost; reviews of DVD and video releases; and recommended books. See Info for news, links, and a list of archives, museums, libraries, and historical societies holding related collections. http://www.silentera.com/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Film: Genres & Themes Last updated Aug 7, 2001 The UCLA Film and Television Archive Collections
This overview of the film, television, news, and audio collections at the University of California, Los Angeles, Film and Television Archive features brief background about topics such as animation, Cecil B. DeMille, Film Noir, the Pre-Code era, Jean Renoir, "soundies" ("considered the precursors to music videos"), television commercials, and Hearst Metrotone newsreels. Also includes a link to a database of the collection. http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/collections/collections.html Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Libraries & Archives by Type, Television Last updated Mar 15, 2007 Who's Who of Victorian Cinema
This website, which is based on a book of the same name published by the British Film Institute, is a "biographical guide to some of the leading figures in Victorian cinema." Biographies are browsable by name, country, and group (such as cameramen and inventors). Also features a technology overview, a bibliography, a chronology, and images of cameras, projectors, and other motion picture equipment used in the period. http://www.victorian-cinema.net Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Recreation Last updated Sep 4, 2005 |
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