Benton made home movies on 16 mm film in the 1930s and ’40s. His grandson, Larry Gregg, filmed all of Morris Benton’s old movies on a screen, digitally edited them, and made several DVDs to share with his family. In addition to documenting family gatherings, especially his granddaughters...
By the 1950s, movies occupied a role in American culture that increasingly resembled the traditional press. At the same time, print journalism took on styles and functions that were like those historically associated with the movies. The demise of film censorship reflected not only more capacious ...
In spite of these differences, most werewolves in movies and old stories have something in common: They are dangerous, cunning and even evil, so they inspire fear and dread. So what is it about the idea of turning into a wild animal that's so intriguing and alarming? Why do these ...
Pterosaurs, like Pteranodon and the Pterodactyl subgroup, were flying reptiles. Synapsids had an opening behind their eye socket that also occurs in mammals. One of the most well-known synapsids is Dimetrodon, a lizard-like animal with a large sail on its back. So because of their bone ...
At school, he studies so hard that he often gets good scores in exams. However, I don't do well in studying. So he not only helps me with every subject but also tells me how to study in order to catch up others. With Tom's help, ...
This Bat Lantern was Made in the 1930s Up until the early 20th century, most people still believed in everything from ghosts to demons. This religious and faith-based nature made creatures such as bats a lot scarier than they are today, as they carried deep mythological s...
Later on in the movie, Holly explains that Tiffany's is more than a purveyor of fine things -- it's a haven. Had Tiffany & Co. purposefully selected a face for its brand, perhaps no better than Ms. Hepburn could've been found. Decades after the movie was made, images of the ...
U.S. city bearing its name on May 22, 1819, and arrived inLiverpool, England, 29 days later. While the Savannah only used its steam engine for approximately 85 hours (roughly 12 percent of the trip), the voyage made history, and the era of the steamship began [source:Columbia ...
In the grand scheme of things, sexual activity was deemed morally impermissible in Soviet times. To avoid censorship, filmmakers seeking to make romantic movies had to think twice before shooting steamy intimate scenes between characters. Let’s be honest, ‘sex’ was a dirty word in the Soviet...
The history books say that there were three Japanese filmmakers to emerge in the 1950s – Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujiro Ozu and Akira Kurosawa. Never mind that Mizoguchi and Ozu made many of their best movies in the 1930s. Open Culture, openculture.com