Broadway Rhythm is an MGM Technicolor musical film. It was produced by Jack Cummings and directed by Roy Del Ruth. The film starred George Murphy and Ginny Simms. Other cast members included Charles Winninger, Gloria DeHaven, Lena Horne, Nancy Walker, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, the Ross Sisters, and Ben Blue, as well as Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Shirley Temple Inaugurates Streetcars (1937)
Child actress Shirley Temple and Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw inaugurate the Los Angeles Railway's new PCC streetcars during Transportation Week, March 25, 1937.
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
In My Merry Oldsmobile (1932)
A 1932 cartoon advertisement for Oldsmobile produced by the Fleischer brothers.
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The Vitaphone System (1926)
This film excerpt shows how the Vitaphone system worked. This is The Voice from the Screen presented by Edward B. Craft from Bell Telephone Laboratories. It was presented for the first time before The New York Electrical Society on October 27, 1926.
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Vitaphone was a sound film process used on feature films and nearly 1,000 short subjects produced by Warner Bros. and its sister studio First National from 1926 to 1930. Vitaphone was the last, but most successful, of the sound-on-disc processes. The soundtrack was not printed on the actual film, but was issued separately on 16 inch (40 cm) and, later, 12 inch (30 cm) phonograph discs recorded at 33 1/3 rpm, a speed first used for this process. The discs would be played on a turntable indirectly coupled to the projector motor while the film was being projected. Many early talkies, such as The Jazz Singer (1927), used the Vitaphone process. The name "Vitaphone" was created from the Latin and Greek words, respectively, for "living" and "sound". It was later associated with cartoons and other short subjects that had optical soundtracks and did not use discs.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Radio Shack Cell Phones Commercial (1990s)
Back in the late '80s and early '90s a cell phone was a novelty. So novel, in fact, that you needed a huge battery (just take a look at that battery pack!) and receiver pack to carry along with the phone.
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Angus- Movie Trailer (1995)
Angus is a 1995 comedy-drama film directed by Patrick Read Johnson and written by Jill Gordon. The majority of Angus was filmed in Owatonna, Minnesota at the Owatonna High School. The film stars Charlie Talbert and James Van Der Beek in their first film roles, as well as Chris Owen, Ariana Richards, and Academy Award winners George C. Scott, Kathy Bates and Rita Moreno.
The Bangles- Walk Like an Egyptian (1986)
"Walk Like an Egyptian" was a number one hit from the album Different Light by The Bangles in 1986.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Nutcracker MovieTrailer (1983)
Movie trailer for the ballet drama Nutcracker directed by Anwar Kawadri and starring Joan Collins, Finola Hughes, Paul Nicholas and Leslie Ash.
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