In the first of a new series on early cinema, we celebrate the landmark year of 1915, when the industry as we know it was born. Plus, five films from 1915 to watch (which aren’t Birth of a Nation)
The films of a century ago may look like a foreign landscape, but 1915 was the year when cinema, as we now know it, was born. Blockbusters, widescreen and Technicolor can all trace their origins back 100 years. It was a massively exciting year to be a filmgoer, with several landmark films released.
Ever since Florence Lawrence became the first named film actor – she was previously known as the “Biograph Girl” after the studio she worked for – the cult of stardom had been taking over the movie business. By 1915, even though he had only been in the business for a year, Charlie Chaplin was the biggest star in the world. In this year he...
The films of a century ago may look like a foreign landscape, but 1915 was the year when cinema, as we now know it, was born. Blockbusters, widescreen and Technicolor can all trace their origins back 100 years. It was a massively exciting year to be a filmgoer, with several landmark films released.
Ever since Florence Lawrence became the first named film actor – she was previously known as the “Biograph Girl” after the studio she worked for – the cult of stardom had been taking over the movie business. By 1915, even though he had only been in the business for a year, Charlie Chaplin was the biggest star in the world. In this year he...
- 8/24/2015
- by Pamela Hutchinson
- The Guardian - Film News
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