Let’s Go to the Movies

Duration: 400 ft.

Year Published: 1948

Creator: Academy of Arts & Sciences

Complete Record: history of motion pictures: The Hills of Old Kentucky - Mary Pickford Penny Arcade - Charlie Chaplin The Nickelodeon The Great Train Robbery Birth of a Nation - title card, scenes Electronics research - 1920’s Al Jolson sings in ‘The Jazz Singer’ John Barrymore as ‘Richard III’ with sound sound technology is discussed, ‘Key Largo’ and other movies, theater marquees, Hollywood, p.o., sound stage, good editions, splices, moviola, lighting techniques, sound tech, processing, frame by frame throng viewer, trim bin, cotton picking, harvest, redwood trees cut down, scientist with research circa 1930’s, posters are credited, rewinds, shipping job, more marquees, large room full of spinning 35mm reels, brief shots of most jobs in the motion picture industry