History of Film

had a narrative, was comedic, had lots of roosters in it for the trademark of the Pathe Brothers

used a green wash for most of the film, movements are large like in Italian opera

Some tramps assault the telegraph office trying to rob $2000 delivered by train. The telegraphist girl, trying to help, telegraphs the next station and then the men are captured.

the first picture palace

simpler carryovers from the Nickelodeon era

the main character is Japanese, the film is not tinted

first mid-west palace, seated 2,400

first west coast palace, by Sid Grauman

A frail waif, abused by her brutish boxer father in London's seedy Limehouse District, is befriended by a sensitive Chinese immigrant with tragic consequences.

the main character's ethnicity and name are changed to Burmese, tinting is added to the film

by D. W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Charlie Chaplin

considered his response to Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation"

built by Sid Grauman on Hollywood Boulevard, decor plays off of spike in interest in Egyptian things

Sig Grauman's third Los Angeles theater, still used for cinema premiers

made films much more culture-specific, possible language barriers

had 6,000 seats, called "The Cathedral of the Motion Picture," had 5 stories, grand rotunda, stage show facilities, the largest movie theater in America

seated 5,000, modeled after a Persian court palace

vertical integration of film industry, takeover by the "Big Five": Famous Players-Laskey, Warner, Loew's, Fox, RKO.

The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman. Machines are dehumanizing, men trudge to work like lambs to the slaughter.