100 Years at the Movies (1994)Commemorates the centennial of American movies with a montage of clips and music scores from the most important movies of the century. Director:Chuck Workman |
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100 Years at the Movies (1994)Commemorates the centennial of American movies with a montage of clips and music scores from the most important movies of the century. Director:Chuck Workman |
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Julie Andrews | ... |
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Fred Astaire | ... |
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Dan Aykroyd | ... |
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Lauren Bacall | ... |
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Warren Beatty | ... |
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Wallace Beery | ... |
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Ingrid Bergman | ... |
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Humphrey Bogart | ... |
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Ward Bond | ... |
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Clara Bow | ... |
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Marlon Brando | ... |
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James Cagney Jr. | ... |
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The first commercially available movie in the United States aired on Broadway in New York City on April 14, 1894. The footage shown there was viewed through a narrow slot in a former shoe store. This short film celebrates the first 100 years of American movies from that time. With certain themes often tying them together, clips from landmark American movies are shown in somewhat chronological order, the clips played over an orchestral score, which is often itself based on landmark movie scores. Seventeen movies are specially mentioned, these seventeen perhaps not the best or most influential movies, but rather ones that provide insight to movies from that era. Written by Huggo
This was put together in 1994 to celebrate the first 100 years of the movies. It starts with the silents and moves all the way up to 1994 ending with "Schindler's List". For a movie fan like me it's pure magic and loads of fun figuring out which clips come from what movie (I'm proud to say I got 95% of them). They reference and show classic clips from just about every famous film in Hollywood. Some go by a little TOO fast but I can understand that. Also the clips of music from various movies is fantastic. My favorites are the title music from "Gone With the Wind" and "Rocky" and "We're in the Money" from one of the Gold Diggers films. My only complaints (and they're tiny ones)--some of the clips are WAY out of place. I caught "American in Paris" in the 1940s section! And where was "Gigi"? It was one of the few musicals to win an Academy Award as Best Picture. There were other omissions but these stood out. Still it's a great short. Anybody who has even a passing interest in movies will love this. A 10 all the way!