History of Hollywood: A Documentary in 11 Parts
Hollywood is a famous district in Los Angeles, California, United States situated west-northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios...
View ArticleOn this Day in Movie History: January 23, 1943
One this day January 23, 1943: One of the most revered movies of all time, “Casablanca,” opened in general release on this day. When the Allies invaded Casablanca as part of Operation Torch, Warner...
View ArticleOn this Day in Movie History, April 9, 1953: House of Wax Released
On this day, April 9, 1953, Warner Brothers, the first of the major Hollywood studios to introduce 3-D motion pictures, premiered “The House of Wax” at the Paramount Theatre in New York City. The...
View ArticleOn this Day in Movie History, April 20, 1926: Vitaphone Gives Voice to Film
On April 20, 1926, Western Electric, the manufacturing arm of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T), and the Warner Brothers film studio officially introduced Vitaphone, a new...
View ArticleOn this Day in Movie History, May 30, 1908 : Mel “the Man of a Thousand...
It was on this day, May 30,1908, Melvin Jerome “Mel” Blanc was born. Although he began his nearly six-decade-long career performing in radio commercials, Blanc is best remembered for his work with...
View ArticleLet Us Ask You
Raising money for a film festival is something new to us. When we started, we were told that the way to raise funds today was to use the crowd funding concept. We had a number of alternatives to...
View ArticleA Plea to Jackson, Michigan Residents
Twenty four days ago we started a campaign on Indiegogo that was to raise funds to start a film festival for Jackson, Michigan a reality. Twenty four days have passed, and we have had but one...
View ArticleOn this Day in Movie History, November 1, 1968: MPAA Film Rating System...
It was on this day, November 1, 1968 the MPAA film rating system went into effect with four ratings: G, M, R, and X, with three organizations serving as its monitoring and guiding groups: the MPAA,...
View ArticleJoin Us for Our Salute to Military Members, May 26
Be our guest. Join us May 26, as the South-Central Michigan Film Alliance presents their Salute to the Military Members. This FREE! Sunday matinee will feature four short films, a documentary, and...
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