#Stars at Work and Play’

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“#Stars at Work and Play’” Some of the most interesting stories that come out of Old Hollywood happened off the silver screen and in the everyday lives of legendary stars. Home movies provide the best visual look into stars’ lives in a less curated and controlled way than feature films and press media. The Academy…

#The History of Hollywood’s First Female Director

Admin6 years ago04 mins

“#The History of Hollywood’s First Female Director” Welcome to The Queue — your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we’re watching a video about the under-discussed impact of actress, director, producer, and screenwriter Lois Weber. I once heard someone say that if you watched films from before the 1960s,…

#The Past and Present of Censorship in America

Admin6 years ago026 mins

“#The Past and Present of Censorship in America” This is part of our series Origin Stories, a biweekly column that uses film history to understand the hot topics of today. This entry looks at the history of censorship in America. Censorship becomes the debate du jour at least once a year. Recently, streaming platforms removing racist content from…

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#The Evolution of Watching Movies at Home

Admin6 years ago016 mins

“#The Evolution of Watching Movies at Home” This is part of our series Origin Stories, a biweekly column that uses film history to understand the hot topics of today. In our last installment of Origin Stories, we talked about how Americans watched films outside of movie theaters from the late 1800s to the 1950s. As we…