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This is a list of photographs considered the most important in surveys where authoritative sources review the history of the medium not limited by time period, region, genre, topic, or other specific criteria. These images may be referred to as the most important, most iconic, or most influential—but they are all considered key images in the ...
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) – spy political thriller film based on a series of articles by FBI officer Leon G. Turrou, recounting his investigation of Nazi spy rings in the United States [443] Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) – historical drama film portraying settlers on the New York frontier during the American Revolution [444]
A Dispatch from Reuters (1940) – biographical drama film about Paul Reuter, the man who built the famous news service that bears his name [1] [2]; Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) – biographical historical drama film depicting the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States [3]
1940 Columbia Pictures: The Shadow: 15 Crime/ Superhero James W. Horne: Victor Jory, Robert Fiske, Veda Ann Borg Based on the radio program and pulp magazine series Terry and the Pirates: 15 Jungle James W. Horne: William Tracy, Granville Owen: Based on the "Terry and the Pirates" newspaper comic strip created by Milton Caniff: Deadwood Dick ...
1893 – Blacksmiths, the first film shown publicly on the Kinetoscope, a system given to Edison; Thomas Edison created "America's First Film Studio", Black Maria. 1894 – Carmencita was made. According to film historian Charles Musser the first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera was in the film. She may have been the ...
Fort Worth was a frequent stop for some of Hollywood’s biggest movie stars during the 1940s and 1950s. These photos from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s archive capture some of the glitz and ...
Monogram Pictures Corporation was an American film studio that produced mostly low-budget films between 1931 and 1953, when the firm completed a transition to the name Allied Artists Pictures Corporation. Monogram was among the smaller studios in the golden age of Hollywood, generally referred to collectively as Poverty Row. Lacking the ...
Mirror (Universal film series) (1922) was a 4-part series featured vintage newsreel footage like President McKinley Mustang (western shorts) (1925–1928) – two reel westerns with Edmund Cobb Nestor Studios (1912–1919) co-produced with Universal with its best comedies of the period with Eddie Lyons , Lee Moran and Billy Franey .