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[[Encyclopædia Britannica Films]] was an educational film production company in the 20th century owned by [ See also [[Encyclopædia Britannica Films]] and the [[animated cartoon|animated]] 1990 television series ''[[Britanni

...roject X]]'') and [[family film|family]] (''e.g.'', ''[[Earth to Echo]]'') films. ...or [[surveillance footage]]—according to an analysis of 500 found-footage films conducted by Found Footage Critic.<ref>{{cite web|title= Found Footage Film

...identify them if original titles are missing. Possible stop motion in lost films is even harder to trace. The principles of animation and other special effe ...nvented the stop-trick and popularized it by using it in many of his short films. He reportedly used stop-motion animation in 1899 to produce moving letterf

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...l|reel]]s.<ref>[[Bosley Crowther]] review: "'Tanks a Million,' a Hal Roach Comedy About Army Life as It Isn't, at Loew's Criterion," [[The New York Times]], ...fit a second feature into their daily programs. When Roach began producing films for [[United Artists]], he devised the idea of shorter-length featurettes t

...lternative title '''''A Sure Cure for Pokeritis'''''. The film, a domestic comedy, depicts a woman who stops her husband's gambling habit by having her cousi ...260{{sfn |Lowe D. |2004 |p=208}} have been proposed. Most of the studio's films are now [[lost film|considered lost]].{{sfn |Cullen F. |2006 |p=157}}

...ertie the Dinosaur''''' is a 1914 [[animation|animated]] [[short film]] by American cartoonist and animator [[Winsor McCay]]. It is the earliest animated film ...ar or two after the original. ''Gertie'' is the best preserved of McCay's films—some of which have been lost or survive only in fragments—and has been

{{Short description|American animator (1920–2013)}} ...|access-date=2020-12-12}}</ref> (June 29, 1920&nbsp;– May 7, 2013) was an American [[animator]] and [[special effects]] creator who created a form of [[stop m

...e Lawrence]]. It was released on April 25, 1908 by [[Vitagraph Studios|The American Vitagraph Company]]; a partial print of ''The Airship, or 100 Years Hence'' ...roducing, directing, and writing its films. He even starred in some of his films, although it is unclear whether he is in ''The Airship, or 100 Years Hence'

...in the leading role as Bungles. Perez was also the director for the four films. [[Elsie MacLeod]] was the only other credited actor in the series. * [[List of American films of 1916]]

...et George Do It''''' was a series of [[two-reeler]] American silent comedy films produced in the latter half of the 1920s. ...us Stern]] and [[Abe Stern]])<ref name=TravSD/> and was one of many silent comedy series issued by [[Universal Pictures]].

'''''The Blizzard''''' is a 1921 American [[silent film|silent]] [[comedy film]] featuring [[Oliver Hardy]]. * [[List of American films of 1921]]

.../mode/2up?view=theater "Calendar of Licensed Releases/ Her Crowning Glory (Comedy)"], listing, ''The Moving Picture World'' (New York, N.Y.), September 16, 1 ...n the DVD ''Treasures From American Film Archives program #2, 50 Preserved Films'' by the [[National Film Preservation Foundation]].

...' is a [[1919 in film|1919]] American [[Silent film|silent]] [[comedy film|comedy]] [[short film|short]] written and directed by and starring [[Larry Semon]] [[Category:1919 films]]

| voice = '''English'''<br> [[Harry Edison]] (1929–1930)<ref name="Sound Films">{{cite book|title=The Talkies|date = 22 November 1999|publisher = Universi '''Felix the Cat''' is a children's comedy [[cartoon]] [[Character (arts)|character]] created in 1919 by [[Pat Sulliva

...lso known as '''''Bunny and the Bunny Hug''''', is a short American silent comedy film. ...ited States, where it was presented as a split-reel with another Vitagraph comedy, ''Three to One''. It was released in London on August 25, 1913,<ref>To-day

...otsies and Tamales''''' is a 1919 American [[silent film|silent]] 2-reel [[comedy film]] featuring [[Oliver Hardy]]. * [[List of American films of 1919]]

'''''No Wedding Bells''''' is a 1923 American [[silent film|silent]] short [[comedy film]] featuring [[Oliver Hardy]].<ref name="silentera">{{cite web |url=htt * [[List of American films of 1923]]

...Inc.|isbn=978-1-58115-301-9|page=16}}</ref><ref>Magill's Survey of Silent Films, Vol2. FLE-POT p.562 edited by Frank N. Magill c.1982 {{ISBN|0-89356-241-6} [[Category:1906 films]]

...dard picture film]], which has led Blackton to be considered the father of American animation.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Lente|first=Fred Van|url=https:// * [[List of American films of 1900]]

'''''Captain Jenks' Dilemma''''' is a 1912 silent comedy short film produced by the [[Vitagraph Company of America]] and distributed ...Collection at the Library of Congress'' (<-book title) p.26 c.1978 by the American Film Institute</ref>

...[[United States|American]] [[Short film|short]] [[silent film]] [[romantic comedy]], directed by [[Frederick A. Thomson]] and written by [[Wallace Reid]]. [[Category:American films]]

'''''Indiscretions of Betty''''' is a 1910 American short silent comedy film released by the [[Vitagraph Company of America]]. The film features th [[Category:1910 films]]

{{Short description|American short film comedy series}} ...name comes from "[[John Q. Public|Joe Doakes]]," which was then a popular American slang term for the average man.

...50px|Comedians Charlie Dale (left) and Joe Smith ([[Smith and Dale]]) in a comedy sketch for Soundies movie jukeboxes (1941)]] --> '''Soundies''' are three-minute [[United States|American]] musical films, produced between 1940 and 1947, each displaying a song, dance, and/or band

{{Short description|American animation studio}} ...binding, 1990)</ref><ref>Leonard Maltin; ''Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons''; Penguin Books; {{ISBN|0-452-25993-2}} (1980, 1987)</re

'''''Dunces and Dangers''''' is a 1918 American film directed by [[Larry Semon]]. [[Category:1918 films]]

.../members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=40527 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:''A Tin-Type Romance''](Wayback)</ref> * [[List of American films of 1910]]

'''''The Simple Life''''' is a 1919 [[silent film|silent]] film comedy short directed by and starring [[Larry Semon]]. It was produced and distrib [[Category:1919 short films]]

* [[Format Films|Format Productions]] (1964–1967) ...n accompanying series, ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'', during the [[golden age of American animation]].<ref name=bcdb>"[https://archive.today/20130117184230/http://ww

'''''Jerry's Mother-In-Law''''' is a 1913 silent short comedy film directed by [[James Young (director)|James Young]] and starring [[Mr. {{short-silent-comedy-film-stub}}

...pers, scripts, photographs, promotional graphics, and some twenty thousand films and videotapes of motion picture and television productions. ...post-World War II Soviet films from the 1950s to the 1970s, and Taiwanese films from the late 1970s to the 1990s.

'''''Our Wives''''' is a [[1913 in film|1913]] comedy short [[silent film]], written by [[Anthony E. Wills]], and directed by [[J [[Category:American black-and-white films]]

'''''The Thieving Hand''''' is a 1908 [[cinema of the United States|American]] [[silent film|silent]] [[short film]]. It is credited for its astounding ...(2000), compiled by the [[National Film Preservation Foundation]] from 18 American film archives. The film's print is preserved by the [[George Eastman House]

{{short description|1911 American silent film short}} ...American [[Silent film|silent]] [[Black and white film|black and white]] [[comedy film]] produced by [[Vitagraph Company of America]] and distributed by [[Ge

...Hollywood cinema but 1930s brought about a change in the history of these films with the popularity of independent filmmakers. ...st which took the whole story along. Travelogues are defined as nonfiction films that use a place as their primary subject.{{sfn|Ruoff|2006|p=17}} They ofte

...1933 <ref>''Motion Picture Herald'' (May 13, 1933, page 73), lists first 6 films completed</ref> (filmed September 1932) * Liebman, Roy ''Vitaphone Films – A Catalogue of the Features and Shorts'' 2003 McFarland & Company

...png|thumb|right|Cover of Charles Urban Trading Company Film Catalog "Urban Films"]] == List of Films ==

...rt film]]s by the comedy group [[Stella (comedy group)|Stella]]. The short films were produced and written by [[Michael Showalter]], [[Michael Ian Black]], ...released on DVD in 2002, but is no longer being produced. Since the short films are not currently available on DVD, they are often distributed freely onlin

{{Short description|Series of Animated puppet films from the 1930's}} The Puppetoons series of animated puppet films were made in Europe in the 1930s and in the United States in the 1940s. The

...gspot.com/2013/08/stop-motion-explosion-iii-thur-aug-15.html|title=Oddball Films: Stop-Motion Explosion III - Thur. Aug 15 - 8PM}}</ref> ...t to melt while an [[animation camera]] on a [[time-lapse]] setting slowly films the process. For example, consider Vinton's early short clay-animated film

..., a collection of 60,000 advertising, educational, industrial, and amateur films acquired over decades. ...otage - home movies, outtakes from industrial videos, b-rolls from feature films - has been inducted in the [[Library of Congress]].

| studio = [[Vitagraph Studios|American Vitagraph Company]] ...tel ''''' is a 1907 American [[Silent film|silent]] [[Short film|short]] [[comedy film]] written, produced, and directed by [[J. Stuart Blackton]]. One of th

{{Short description|Series of American short films}} {{Use American English|date=January 2022}}

{{Use American English|date=September 2021}} ...[[Shorty Hamilton]], and the general name for the series of similar short films it started.

{{short description|1918-1929 American animated film series}} ...book |last1=Maltin |first1=Leonard |title=Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons |date=1987 |publisher=Plume Books |isbn=0-452-25993-2 |pa

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...s in an era of skyrocketing marketing and production costs for traditional films has made them an attractive option for studios, with the selling point bein ...das, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', April 20, 2003.</ref> In 2003, [[Comedy Central]] aired its feature length reality movie ''[[Windy City Heat]]'', s

...producer [[Adi Shankar]]. It began as a YouTube series of unauthorized fan films before evolving into a full-fledged entertainment brand. === ''Bootleg Universe Unauthorized One-Shot Short Films'' ===

...rner Broadcasting System]] in the late 1990s. The films parodied popular [[films]] or [[television programs]] that were currently being broadcast on [[Turne The [[American Humane Association]]'s Film and Television Unit monitored the filming of ''

...ideo and historic archive footage derived from American Newsreels, Feature Films, Industrial shorts, home movies, out-takes and cartoons. ...Lauro and Richard Plagge in 1991. Lauro had previously worked for Archive Films as a researcher and Plagge for FOX MOVIETONE NEWS when they decided to form

...01 }} at several film festivals</ref><ref>See: Hybrids (fiction/nonfiction films) at External links</ref> ...e.html Definition of documentary – New Frontiers in American documentary] (American Studies at The University of Virginia)</ref><ref>[http://www.transartinstit

...te web |last1=Jackson |first1=Sally |title=Investigating the first cricket films |url=https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/do-frenchmen-play-cricket |publisher=[[ | [[List of films with live action and animation|Live action and animation]]

Ken Nordine (April 13, 1920 – February 16, 2019) was an American voice-over and recording artist, best known for his series of word jazz alb == Films and television ==

'''''The Magnificent Six and 1/2''''' was a British comedy film series for the [[Children's Film Foundation]]. Based on [[Hal Roach]]' ...the gang if they spend the night in a haunted house. Produced by [[Century Films]] with Roy Simpson and directed by Harry Booth, the series debuted in Febru

...7DPJWdXd4C&dq=%22UPA%22+%22Private+Snafu%22&pg=PA374|title=Military Comedy Films: A Critical Survey and Filmography of Hollywood Releases Since 1918|last=Er