Or: How These Unforgettable Films Escaped The ‘Marvel Crowd’ – A four-part series on some of cinema’s more important but lesser known movies (part 2) ~ By Cinephile Julian Boyance
It’s a film that tells the story of an adventurous summer had by four sisters, headed by Gelsomina, the eldest and heir to the special and strange little realm created by her parents.
When the first Academy Awards were handed out on May 16, 1929, movies had just begun to talk. That first ceremony took place during an Academy banquet in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.