Cincinnati was first introduced to motion pictures in 1896 through the auspices of Heck & Avery’s Dime Museum on Vine Street. The uniquely American phenomenon of “dime museums” set the stage (as it ...

Did you know that one of Fort Myers most famous residents is indirectly responsible for Hollywood becoming a movie mecca? Thomas Edison spent winters in Fort Myers from 1885 until his death in 1931, ...

In Peter Bogdanovich’s “Nickelodeon” (1976), a comedy-drama about the early years of moviemaking, a novice actor played by Burt Reynolds finds himself in a bakery that fronts for an independent movie ...

[Editor’s Note: Ben Alpers, outstanding cultural historian, friend of EotAW, world traveler, and author of this book, checks in from Germany to drop some knowledge. Also, although the links in the ...

Since motion pictures were invented, audiences have loved how they tell stories. Movies enabled people to travel the world vicariously, and experience tragedy, love and nearly every other emotion.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Contains Gordon Hendricks's collection of clippings, correspondence, and research notes, and other professional papers related to his books and ...

The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman to appear in a motion picture within the United States. In the film, Carmencita is recorded going ...