Cinema History Gifts

Gloria Swanson

He has died...but is he really, really, really dead?

"For the best picture not having won anything thereby being eliminated from this category..."

Screenwriters pitch movie to studio boss: 'It's a reinterpretation of Bicycle Thieves, that classic of Italian neo-realism. We're calling it, Dude, Where's My Chopper?'

"This is the perfect way to watch movies if you love mosquitoes and having a cold, wet butt."

'Believing any filming experience may help launch acting careers, some even stage their appearances before closed circuit cameras.'

"We just watched a hypermovie!"

Herman Mankiewicz

King Kong uses fly spray against the pesky planes on top of the Empire State Building

"I've seem an awful lot of movies ever since they cut them all down to two minutes."

Horror movies

"I like movies that resemble my life, so I don't feel like I'm wasting time watching a movie."

"I remember when the death of the hero meant the end of the sequels. Now it marks the beginning of the prequels."

"Snow White! It's the dancing, singing woodland creatures wondering if you want to go down the pub."

"Bloody hell!"

'There's nothing on.'

"I'm just a girl, standing in front of a buoy..."

"...You talking to me? Well, I'm the only one here... You talking to me?!" "Narcissus De Niro"

What's an Imax cave?

'Well, now we know why Dracula's been getting all the girls lately.'

Applause

"Housekeeping?!"

"That was totally....what's the word I'm looking for?"

"Gone with the wind with cats" "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." "Me neither, who cares—let's take a nap."

"Hugh fans!"

"Why didn't you simply open the window?"

"The Eggsorcist"

'Cool! Brownstar Wars!'

Sign in book shop window: 'Critics agree the book is much better than the movie.'

"I hurt a lot of people during my last twelve steps."

'Play it again, Sam.'

Waiter, what's this fly doing in my soup? A scene from an Esther Williams movie.

Standard endings for sci-fi movies...

Canadian film production

'It was great. I hated it.'