Welcome to The Tinsel Factory! This week, we’re going through a speed run from the origin of film up to the late 1940’s. (I get way more confident as time goes by)  
Recommended Viewing: Library of Congress: 
Edison Films: www.youtube.com/watch?v=daKHH7AdN8U&list=PLD28424FAA9414F49 
Lumiere Films: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nj0vEO4Q6s 
Trip to the Moon (1902): www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNAHcMMOHE8 
Great Tain Robbery (1903): www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3jrB5ANUUYn 
Birth of a Nation (1915): www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebtiJH3EOHo 
The Toll of the Sea (1922): www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNPAB0biktc
 The Jazz Singer (1927): Available to rent on major platforms 
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937): Available on Disney+
Singin’ in the Rain (1952): Available on HBOMax 
Triumph of the Will (1935): Available to rent on Prime Video WARNING: This is a Nazi propaganda documentary 
The Great Dictator (1940): Available on HBOMax 
Casablanca (1942): Available on HBOMax 
Millions Like Us (1943): www.youtube.com/watch?v=assxbzB7P0Y 
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946): Available to rent on iTunes or Prime Video

Sources: Wikipedia - of course Birth Movies Death southtree.com https://www.bestmoviesbyfarr.com/articles/movies-from-the-great-depression/2015/06 Encyclopedia Britannica https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRheZ_MUYiY Film History: An Introduction, Second Edition, by Kristin Thompson and David Bordwell https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/movie-moments/ TCM’s A History of Movies

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