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Film Year Looks Back into the Past



A Corner in Wheat (1909) directed by D.W. Griffith, starring Frank Powell, Grace Henderson, James Kirkwood, Linda Arvidson, Henry B. Walthall

"1909 – part one describes how Pathé Freres, a French film company, came to dominate the American film market in the early years of the 20th century. The company's factory-style system and extensive resources guaranteed a steady flow of movies to rapidly expanding numbers of nickelodeons. Edison Company v.p. Frank Dyer once estimated that by 1908 Pathé films represented 60% of all movies in circulation."

That's "I" de Film Year ("I" de AltFG was unable to find his/her name), whose film blog tracks the history of cinema from its very beginnings to — thus far — 1910. Chock-full of fascinating information on the films "I" has watched, and highly entertaining.

As per the "About" page, Film Year is updated every Sunday.

Addendum: I've just discovered that the mysterious movie-watching "I" de Film Year is Mr. Thom Ryan of Portland, Or.

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5 Comments to Film Year Looks Back into the Past

  1. September 13, 2006 | Permalink

    Andre,
    "Now, what's up for 1911??"

    That would be telling… but here's a hint: it's very scary. :-)

  2. September 13, 2006 | Permalink
  3. September 13, 2006 | Permalink

    I was lucky to get on board this man's blog early on, and the only thing I regret is the pace of the posts, given his informative and interesting look at the history of film.

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