Movies in a Nutshell - 1

SO, with all the movies i own and all the movies I've seen, it's been recommended to me that I should start sharing some of my knowledge, especially about the movies that most people haven't seen. There is so much that goes into the movie industry and its history that it's hard to really grasp some of the numbers. The first movies came out in the 1880's and the first sound movies came out in the 1920's (even though the first documented sound film was made around 1900). Most would assume that the first all color movie would have been the Wizard of Oz or some other movie from 1939, but really it was a movie called "The World, The Flesh And The Devil" from 1914. Color was very expensive, so they didn't really get much attention until the late 1930's. Before that, there were movies with color parts or different forms of black and white (some had colored tints added to make them more blue, purple, red, pink, etc.) The film industry has a long and illustrious career that now is a multi-billion dollar and multi-national conglomeration. There are thousands of scripts written and submitted each year to any number of major and minor companies, and just a handful that have an interest from the companies, and just a handful of them that actually get made. Even then, there are more companies that make movies now than before (with thanks to the overseas markets and the independent companies). According to the MPAA (the Motion Picture Association of America) there were 610 films released in the US in 2008, which was up from 2007. Considering that's just a handful of a handful that were submitted, you can see how big this industry is and how it has to pull back in some cases. If they make another Cleopatra or Heaven's Gate movie, they could bankrupt the whole company. But on the other hand, they could have another Wizard of Oz or Gone with the Wind. Some movies make it, and some just don't. Usually, there isn't a reason why a movie fails. Some great movies are lost and forgotten, and some survive and do well.

My ultimate goal in these posts are to show you the movies that usually fall between the cracks, as well as explain information about the history that most don't know or choose to ignore. I'm not going to say that all the movies I talk about are movies that are for everyone, because they aren't. Some are obscure for a reason, but on the other hand, sometimes they are just as good as the best too. When it comes down to it, either we like movies or we don't. Either way, it's what the public wants that makes a movie a hit or not. Movies usually end up in three categories: peak early and fade away, peak late and take years to peak, or they peak and never drop down. Of course, that's assuming the movie peaks at all. Some just don't. The flops. The dread of the movie establishment. But it happens. It happens little and it happens big. But such is the industry. Making a movie is like a roll of the dice in craps. One never knows.