The idea behind this blog is to look at what the motion picture industry trade papers were reporting on exactly 100 years ago and put those topics in historical context. Select the links below to see what was newsworthy a century ago.
February 16, 1918 – The Chaplin Studio
February 23, 1918 – The Star System
March 2, 1918 – The Million Dollar Theater
March 30, 1918 – Sennett After Keystone
April 6, 1918 – Griffith’s HEARTS OF THE WORLD
April 13, 1918 – Anita Stewart Lawsuit
April 20, 1918 – Nitrate Fires
May 4, 1918 – W.W. Hodkinson After Paramount
June 1, 1918 – Browning and Chaney
April 12, 1919 – John Jasper and Hollywood Studios, Inc.
April 19, 1919 – General Film and the Patents War
May 24, 1919 – United Artists and “Open Booking”
June 7, 1919 – Samuel Goldwyn and the “Eminent Authors”
July 26, 1919 – Adolph Zukor and Realart
August 23, 1919 – Actors’ Equity and the Screen Actors’ Guild
February 21, 1920 – Studios open production facilities in New York
March 6, 1920 – Jekyll and Hyde
May 15, 1920 – William S. Hart and THE TOLL GATE