The Mad Doctor Meets the Somnambulist

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What happens is the first commercially successful art film. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) was released in January 1920 becoming a German and international sensation. Initium cinematographici Germanici renovationis in annis 1920 notavit Motus Germanicus Motus in arte Germanica valde movit hunc cinematographicum.. Expressionist pictores traxit aedificia prona imparibus angulis, oddly shaped furniture,

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Aprilis, 27, 2013, on what would have been his grandfather and namesake’s 71st birthday, Ken “Trey” Zimmerman III became the first black belt in the Zimmerman Self-Defense System under his father Ken Zimmerman Jr. “Trey” began studying martial arts shortly before his fifth birthday. “Trey” has trained in Taekwondo, Judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Gojo Shroei Weapons System. His goals

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Quid “B” Membrana?

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“B” films resulted from Hollywood distribution companies implementing a double bill or two movies screening strategy at theaters they owned. Cum duci elit magna felis tincidunt transferre euntes et inter studia, Tiberius Catius 1930 et 1932, Hollywood studios, quae tamen imperium productionem et distributionem, came up with the idea of showing two films back-to-back to give customers more bang for their

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Sunset Blvd. (1950)

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Being both a fan and film historian, I was aware of Sunset Blvd.‘s reputation in film circles. Billy Wilder’s 1950 film tells the sad story of a forgotten silent film star Norma Desmond. William Holden is a screen writer, who stumbles upon her crumbling mansion and agrees to help fix her screenplay. Norma believes the screenplay will lead to a

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