Motion Pictures – Commonplaces

PIANO PLAYER IS DOOMED

January 30, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

SAN BERNARDINO DAILY SUN SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 1927 THEATER USED AS INVENTION DEMONSTRATION General Electric’s Device Has Crack of Pistol at Time Smoke Is Seen PIANO PLAYER IS DOOMED Show How Music of Symphony Orchestra May Be ‘Put’ on Film of Photoplay (By Associated Press) SCHENECTADY, N. Y, Jan. 29. – Talking motion pictures in … [Read more…]

Film of the Jeffries – Johnson Prize Fight, July 4, 1910

July 13, 2016 by sergneri Leave a Comment

MAYOR BARS PICTURES OF FIGHT San Francisco Call, July 7, 1910 Mayor Declares Exhibition to Be Just as Unlawful as Battle Itself Movement Against Films Assumes National Proportions, but Trust Smiles Motion Films Can Not Be Displayed in City, is Declaration of McCarthy BOARD OF CENSORS IN FAVOR OF EXCLUSION Nationwide Movement – May Wreck … [Read more…]