Phil Hall’s 25 Most Important Corporate-Sponsored Films
At Film Threat: Phil Hall has posted an excerpt from his book The History of Independent Cinema, listing the 25 most important corporate-sponsored films of all time.
Among those listed are:
The Yanks Are Coming (1918). "The Dayton-Wright Airplane Co. produced this feature-length film about its de Haviland DH-4 aircraft, which was used by the U.S. Army Air Service in World War I. … [A government agency later tried to have the film withdrawn from circulation,] marking the first time the federal government tried to get a film banned."
Goodbye, Mr. Germ (1940). "The National Tuberculosis Association produced this two-reeler that mixed animation and actors in a fanciful tale of a doctor who cures a child [...]
by Andre Soares | November 24, 2009
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