The Brilliant ‘Special Effects’ Used By Silent Movies
(via digg) These days, you can do pretty much anything with CGI . But back in the early days of
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The Myth of the Damsel on the Railroad Tracks
(via Atlas Obscura) Most people are familiar with that most clichéd of old cinema tropes: the damsel-in-distress, tied to the railroad tracks by
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8 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘Back To The Future’
(via Huffington Post) “Back to the Future” was released on this day in 1985. The classic film invented its own
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25 Things to Watch for During the 24-Hour A Christmas Story Marathon
(via Mental Floss) This Christmas, when you inevitably tune into catch at least one airing of Bob Clark’s holiday classic
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27 Festive Facts About Christmas Vacation
(via Mental Floss) On December 1, 1989, a new chapter of Griswold family dysfunction was unleashed upon the world when
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10 Fascinating Facts About Casablanca
(via Mental Floss) At no point during Casablanca does any character say, “Play it again, Sam.” Oh, you knew that
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10 Movie Sets You Can Still Visit
(via Listverse) Since movies in the old days weren’t heavily reliant on CGI, the majority of film sets were actual
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9 Horror Movies Inspired by Real-Life Events
(via Mental Floss) While most horror movies are complete works of fiction, the genre occasionally offers up stories that are
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How 10 Iconic Movie Monsters Were Created
(via mental_floss) Movie monsters have been through an evolution as wild and nuanced as Charles Darwin’s. Back in the days
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11 Legendary Facts About Enter the Dragon
(via Mental Floss) Enter the Dragon remains one of the greatest martial arts films ever made. It cemented the legend
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15 Actors Who Could’ve Played James Bond
(via Mental Floss) James Bond is one of the most coveted roles an actor can ever hope to land, and
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10 Surprising Facts About Burt Reynolds
(via Mental Floss) If your first memory of Burton Leon Reynolds is from the 1993 film Cop and a Half,
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