The Roaring '20s

Motion pictures really started to flourish in the 1920s. And this website focuses on the progression of film from 1920 and throughout the decade. Back then most movies were made mainly on the West Coast and some were made in New Jersey, so not much has changed. Genres were established in the '20s and have stuck throughout the years. There were five big studios: Warner Brothers, Paramount, RKO, MGM, and Fox Film Corporation. Three minor studios were established and they were Universal, United Artists, and Columbia. Looks like things have changed because a Cloumbia and Universal are major studios now and I've never heard of RKO and United Artists. And most people are unaware that the largest output of feature films in the US occurred in the 1920s and 1930s,averaging about 800 film releases in a year, nowadays, it is remarkable when production exceeds 500 films in a year.This website also focuses on the movie stars of that era and it is interesting and kind of wierd to see how the stars are different compared to current stars. A lot has changed, but not much has swayed from the foundations of film.

Let the Credits Roll

If you were to sit and watch the credits roll at the end of a movie you could be sitting there for what seems like hours. Half of the time the titles of some positions are so random and make no sense, but they all help in the movie making process and deserve credit. But if you were to compare the the credits from a movie in the '20s, '30s and so on, the list keeps getting longer. The article Coolnes: The Evolution of Movie Credits shows the credits from movies over the years. It's pretty ridiculous how may people are now involved.