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What are quota quickies?

What are Quota Quickies: Britian’s Ambitious Goal to Boost the UK’s Film Industry (1927)

Quota Quickies were the solution to a problem. Hollywood films dominate the cinema schedules, even here in the UK. In fact, American films are so common here that many UK cinema-goers don’t even think of them as “foreign films”. Before WW1, that wasn’t necessarily the… Read More »What are Quota Quickies: Britian’s Ambitious Goal to Boost the UK’s Film Industry (1927)

La Voyage Dans La Lune

Le Voyage Dans La Lune (1902) Film Review: A Whimsical Flight of Fantasy

In the early years of the 1900s, the film industry was picking up. Films were being churned out at an extremely high rate. They were cheaply made and lasted around a few minutes. Most were depicting real-life situations (“Actualities”) or single-scene sketches. This early filmmaking… Read More »Le Voyage Dans La Lune (1902) Film Review: A Whimsical Flight of Fantasy