1957
8 minutes
Animation, Archive Fiction, Comedy, Short Films
English
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Journey through a century of celluloid in this 1957 animated film that condenses 100 years of movie magic into ten minutes of biting satire. This "biography" of the silver screen is a whirlwind blend of historical fact and playful fiction, tracing the evolution of cinema from the ancient camera obscura to the Lumière brothers' revolutionary inventions, from silent comedy to the introduction of sound. The film humorously explores challenges in the film industry such as censorship and the advent of television, while not-so subtly critiquing Hollywood stereotypes. Created by the British studio Halas & Batchelor, best known for the 1954 animated feature Animal Farm, this fun cartoon uses traditional cell animation.
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Widely considered the best musical ever made, this tribute to Hollywood is about an actress who can't sing trying to move into sound films.
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Hopelessly in love with a receptionist who works at a film studio, the clumsy Buster sets out to become a renowned cameraman to impress her.
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Archive comedic animation in which a mathematician tries to convince people that the end of the world could be near.
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1950s animated adaptation of Edward Lear’s nonsense poem about the sweet adventures of a cat and an owl in a beautiful pea green boat.
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