The Big Parade: Love and Chewing Gum
Karl Dane, John Gilbert and Tom O'Brien. Photo: MGM The story of this film begins with the play ”What Price Glory”, which opened on Broadway in 1924. Written by Maxwell…
The Crowd: One of Many
Photo: MGM When The Jazz Singer premiered in 1927, it changed the history of cinema. But it wasn’t quite overnight. There were plenty of people in Hollywood who found it…
Wizard of Oz: Lions and Witches and Wizards, Oh My!
Photo: MGM L. Frank Baum’s classic novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” was filmed in 1910 and 1925… but those movies are largely forgotten. It isn’t often that a film…