Film Historian Prints

A 1920's film director with hand-cranked camera and megaphone.

Hollywood 1860 - "The Dickens screenplay's good but I'd like to bring in Thackery for a rewrite.."

Hollywood - the early years

Play it again, Sam.

Some catholic like it hot

An old-fashioned camera operator cranking a movie camera

Pola Negri

Basil Rathbone Caricature

"All those movie stars in the olden days, puffing away, where are they now, young man?"

Gloria Swanson caricature

Lumiere brothers caricature

Carole Lombard caricature

'It'll be hard convincing him to go digital. He just got over the adjustment to talkies.'

"First they made movies that were silent. Then they made movies that talked. Now they make movies that stink."

"How can we tell if this old movie poster is valuable?"

Gregory Pecks

Ava Gardner caricature

". . . How many more times? 'Frankenstein' is the name of my creator. . . I don't have a name!! Have we got that straight??"

"I did not ram Preston Sturges down their throats."

"It's a good thing no one ever found out about this."

Stubborn Al's Video

'...tonights main feature is silent and in black and white.'

Ronald Reagan

At a silent moment - I don't know Slim, it's quiet.. a little too quiet.

'They're alright if you like Charlie Chaplin inflight movies.'

Uses of a Dead Cat in History: Rank Films

The Pride of Frankenstein

Movies through the decades.

'Way back in the early 1900s, Dinosaurs ruled Hollywood.'

Movie Monster Exhibit: Unavailable due to much needed repair work.

"Now here's where she gets the military secrets."