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ARCHIVE CLASSIC MOVIES - Visit to download and view old classic and not so classic feature films and serials. Lots to choose from and lots of fun to be had. Like the other sites listed here, the Curator gives it two thumbs up, maybe three. |
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ALEX GRIDENKO - RUSSIAN COLOR PHOTO RESTORATIONS - Inspired by the work done at the United States Library of Congress (see link below) to restore full color photographs made in Czarist Russia between 1905 and 1915, Alex Gridenko has painstakingly restored another 60 astonishingly beautiful photos made by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii. Do not pass up this or the Library of Congress photos!!! Incidentally, your Curator has restored a number of the Russian photos himself. They are beautiful but quite exhaustive work is involved to repair substantial damage to the original glass plates. |
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INTERNET ARCHIVE - SABUCAT TRAILERS - Sabucat Productions has now made available a collection of original trailers dating back into the 1920s and up into the 1970s. The trailers are free for the download in a variety of formats suitable for everything from dial-up connections to high speed data services. This is a fun place to spend a few hours. See Sabucat's own website at the link listed below. (When you've downloaded all the Sabucat trailers you want, buzz on over to the home page and see all the other goodies that you can download or view. Wow!) |
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VITAPHONE - A good site dedicated to documenting the history of Vitaphone, the sound on disc system that existed side by side with sound on film from 1927 to 1933. Includes a good listing of color films between 1917 and 1935. NOTE: TURN YOUR SPEAKER VOLUME DOWN REAL LOW!!! |
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WILLIAM WYLER - William Wyler, the indisputed best director of performance, is discussed on this site. Wyler's actors won more Academy Awards than any other. |
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HISTORY OF TELEVISION - A fun, informative, and often surprising history of television going back into the 1920s. Lots of photos of old mechanical sets and transmission gear. |
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FROM SCRIPT TO DVD - GENERAL INTEREST - Interviews. Reviews. Retrospectives. And lots of lists. Coate & Kallay's eclectic mix of filmmaking and film history, and a bit of home theatre coverage thrown in for good measure. |
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SUPER DIMENSION 70 - New technology applied to old technology may produce the most stunning realism seen on a movie screen. Check out the SDS 70 web site. And beware, they're keeping an eye on you. |
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SHANKWEILER'S DRIVE-IN - The oldest drive-in in the U.S.A., or the world for that matter, and it's still running. The website includes the history of this theatre in addition their current schedules. |
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ROBERT A. HARRIS - Up until now we considered most of the zillions of websites dedicated to coverage of DVD to be lacking in solid content. Not so with the king of film restorers, Robert A. Harris' regular contributions to "The Digital Bits" website. Common Sense, an amazingly rare commodity, is the benchmark of Harris' excellent writings. |
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PACIFIC TITLE and ART STUDIO - Legendary title production company with a rich history dating back to 1919. The site could use better coverage of the classic titles they created, so drop them a line and bitch a bit. In the mean time there's stuff to be seen on the site now. |
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LEONARD MALTIN'S MOVIE CRAZY - America's favorite movie nerd has a great site and lots of content. Give it a shot and you'll probably go back for more. |
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FLASH GORDON - This site stirred up memories of the Curator's youth when he watched Flash, Dale & Zarkov battle Ming the Merciless. Lots of facts, photos and many, many great music snips. Never grow up! |
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AIRLINE HISTORY MUSEUM AT KANSAS CITY - Nothing represents the great widescreen era any more than the most beautiful aircraft ever built, the Lockheed Super Constellation. While the subject may be off-topic it will be of interest to many of our visitors who remember the fifties with great fondness. |
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BRITISH SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS - A new site that is growing with new sections and a wonderful history of the society formed in 1949 on the basis created by the American Society of Cinematographers in 1919. |
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CINEMA TREASURES - Keeping tabs on the great movie palaces, surviving and not, around the world. |
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BIG MOVIE ZONE - IMAX coverage in depth, and more, if that's possible. |
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FILM-TECH - If you're more interested in Xenon lamps than a Troy Donohue filmography, then Brad Miller's FILM-TECH web site will have lots to offer you. |
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TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES - Our favorite movie channel and now it's supported with one of the best web sites on the Internet. Download or subscribe to online monthly schedules, view multimedia, test your trivial memory, and a lot more fun. Hard to believe that this is part of the AOL empire. |
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THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE IN COLOR PHOTOS - Features photographs taken across the vast Russian Empire circa 1907 - 1915. Astonishing beauty from a camera that required three exposures on glass plates. Part of the U.S. Library of Congress collection. |
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THE UNITED STATES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS - Get yourself a high speed Internet connection and set aside several hours browsing through this remarkable collection. Among other things the site features early motion pictures and sound recordings. Sorry, no usherettes. |
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HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF CINEMATOGRAPHY - Cinematography's roots are traced back to the dawn of man in this fascinating and extremely unusual web site. |
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CHARLES URBAN BIOGRAPHY - Excellent biographical information on Charles Urban, pioneer movie mogul and developer of Kinemacolor. Highly recommended. |
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CINERAMA ADVENTURE - Details on Cinerama and some of the many astounding facts unearthed in the three year preparation of this feature length documentary. A good companion site to the coverage we provide on Cinerama. |
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ROLAND'S CINERAMA SITE - Roland Lataille has amassed a vast collection of printed material on Cinerama and its imitators. |
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PHILIPS DP 70 PROJECTOR - Thomas Hauerslev provides a special page dedicated to the Philips DP70 Todd-AO projector. Well illustrated and exhaustively researched, including an excellent history of the early days of Todd-AO. If that picture of our friend Thomas doesn't scare you off then you'll really enjoy this site. |
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IN 70MM - Thomas Hauerslev's companion web site for his 70mm Newsletter. The only thing melancholy about this Dane stems from not having enough 70mm. |
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30 LINE TELEVISION RECORDINGS - Early television recordings from 1927 - 1935 are featured in this fascinating site. That television was recorded in the 1920s is a bit of a miracle, but that disc recordings could be decoded 70 years later is even more miraculous. |
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THEATRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA - There was a time when going to the movies meant so much more than sitting in a crackerbox cinema. The THSA site is loaded with photos and text covering some of the magnificent movie palaces built in the 20's and 30's. If you're over 40 years old, you'll probably find this site a bit nostalgic. |
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CINEMA SIGHTLINES - The Internet's most impassioned plea for a little more showmanship in our theatres. A new site that's still under construction. Look for additions regularly. |
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EASTMAN KODAK - Professional Motion Imaging section of the Kodak website. Includes a vast array of informative articles on current and past products. Lot's of browsing potential. |
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ANIMATO - A
site dedicated to serve the animation and stop-motion
enthusiast! Contains do-it-yourself instructions on how
to build animation equipment (including a stop-motion
motor for Bolex cameras), useful links and general
animation-related information. A joy to browse just to see
"Albert", the talented worm, ("mato" is
"worm" in Finnish). |
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THE MEEKER MUSEUM ONLINE -
Forget Garbo, Garland and Gable. The Meeker Museum exists
primarily to remind you that movies are fun mainly
because of people with names like Tuesday, Tab, Ty,
Kerwin, and Ralph (Meeker). |
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STEVE'S VACANT LOT -
A cutaway view of Steve's Head. Not nearly as frightening
as it sounds. Lots of cinema hardware pictures, (rare and
fascinating), big choo choo stuff, and the family. Worth
the trip. |
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SWEDISH WIDESCREEN SITE -
in both English and Swedish versions. An eye-popping and
informative site dedicated to widescreen and large format
history. Make sure you're
running a recent browser update so you can see some real
HTML magic. |
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SABUCAT PRODUCTIONS -
These folks are Trailer Trash! (In the best sense of the term). Samples are available in Windows Media and Real Video formats. Sabucat is the world's largest resource for theatrical movie trailers, most of which can be obtained on a royalty free basis. |
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THE MOVIE PAL -
Searching the Internet for a film related site? Whether you're doing research or just feeding your hunger for fun stuff about the movies, you will surely find links to sites that meet your needs. Links From Hell! |
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SCOTT NORWOOD'S CINERAMA
SITE - Contains the text and illustrations
of the original world premiere souvenir program for THIS
IS CINERAMA |
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PICTUREVILLE CINEMA -
at The National Museum of Photography, Film &
Television - Bradford, England. Sensational operating
theater specializing in running large format and Cinerama
films. |
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RODEO DRIVE-IN -
The heyday of the drive-in theater may be gone, but as
Joe Bob Briggs says, "The drive-in will never
die." Take a tour of the Rodeo and see what's going
on behind the scenes of a working drive-in. |
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TIM REED'S DRIVE-IN THEATRE WORKSHOP - An informative and fun site. Whether you want to reminisce or build and operate your own drive-in theatre, you'll get a lot of enjoyment here. |
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DRIVE-INS DOWN UNDER - The drive-in was introduced to Australia in the mid fifties and was as popular as its American counterparts. David Kilderry hosts an excellent site covering the drive-in and a bit more. |
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AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER -
The Journal of the American Society of Cinematographers. The site has a new address, new look, and much more interesting content than ever before. Access material from issues dating back several years. Someone is to be congratulated.
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AUSTRALIAN CINEMATOGRAPHER'S SOCIETY -
A fun, informal site on the Australian fraternal society that has produced some of the best cinematographers over the past few decades.
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SOCIETY OF OPERATING CAMERAMEN - Guess what
these guys do for a living? Give up? Click the link button at left to find out.
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SOCIETY OF MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION ENGINEERS -
Not where you want to go to find out about what happened to Troy Donohue and Suzanne Pleshette.
Technical.
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EARLY COLOR MOTION PICTURE PROCESSES -
The WideScreen Museum's sister site, just in case you missed the link. Examples of early two and three color processes.
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HISTORY OF FILM SIZES -
Don't tell Jim Cameron that there was a 3mm film format, also 75mm and many others. This interesting site provides a nice history of a variety of common and very uncommon film gauges, amply illustrated with pictures of film, cameras, and projectors.
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HOMAGE TO SEATTLE'S MARTIN CINERAMA -
Former theatre employee John Mills presents his memories of the grand era of a beautiful Super Cinerama theatre.
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ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS & SCIENCES -
The envelope please!
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AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE -
The organization whose annual Lifetime Achievement Awards nearly always foreshadow the imminent death of the recipient. |
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HISTORY OF COLOR TELEVISION -
If you think you know something about the development of
color television in the United States then you just might
be in for a surprise. This well researched and illustrated
web site covers developments by RCA, CBS, and others. A bit
of nostalgia for us older techno-freaks. |
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FILM COLLECTOR'S REFERENCE CENTER -
Resource for collectors of films in all gauges. Buy, sell, trade. |
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DTS - DIGITAL THEATRE SYSTEMS -
Vitaphone for the new millenium |
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DOLBY LABORATORIES -
As in the brassiere industry, the Double D means there's good stuff to be had. |
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TECHNICOLOR -
Once known as "The Greatest Name in Color". This corporate site provides current product information and historic narrative, though you'll find the stuff in our own "Old Color" section to be more accurate. Please excuse our lack of modesty. |
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The Factor Files -
Jarrod Factor offers an interesting site featuring his gripes about showmanship and a good glossery of theatre tech terms along with music and other works he's done. Worth a look. |
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WIDESCREEN and LETTERBOX ADVOCACY PAGE -
The webmaster doesn't care for my describing this site as being a militant letterbox advocacy page but it is. And we need more people telling the story before the great unwashed masses force Blockbuster to carry only pan & scan videos. |
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BRITISH KINEMATOGRAPH SOUND and TELEVISION SOCIETY - Technical society dedicated to all media relating to the moving image. Great charts and educational materials may be purchased online.
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