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| Pic is actually from 1925 (with a horrible cut and paste by me) |
Let's set the stage. Calvin Coolidge takes the oath of office and becomes the first President to transmit his inauguration speech live over the radio. 3M invents scotch tape (it's designed for automobile paint jobs, but soon becomes the gift wrapping staple we know and love). Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf. Fortunately, no one will ever listen to this guy, right? And in monument news, Mount Rushmore is dedicated (and Alfred Hitchcock gets an idea, yay!) and the Sphinx in Egypt is opened (and gave Michael Bay an idea, boo!).
In Hollywood, the film industry is settling into a groove. The year 1925 sees the formation of the Central Casting Corporation to supply extras for film productions. I'm assuming that's where we get the saying "he's right out of central casting"? Willis O'Brien provides the animation for The Lost World, a film where humans head to the Amazon to prove that dinosaurs still exist. That same year, The Lost World is also the first in-flight movie ever shown on a London-to-Paris flight. Sci-fi disaster flick as in-flight entertainment? Where do I sign up?
As far as movies I'll be watching, my mouth is absolutely watering at this line up. We have the aforementioned The Lost World. Chaplin's Gold Rush (yeah, I mistakenly said it was a 1924 film in my previous write-up). Lon Chaney's Phantom of the Opera (Universal monster alert!). Sergei Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin (really cannot wait to dig into it). Grass, a documentary about a nomadic migration (I know you are on the edge of your seat with that description, but I love documentaries). Buster Keaton's Seven Chances. Rudolph Valentino's The Eagle. And that's just the stuff on Netflix Watch Instantly! Beyond these, I'll be trying to see the original, non-chuck Heston Ben-Hur, The Black Cyclone (which, and I am not making this up, is a Western focused on a horse love triangle) and Little Annie Rooney (a Mary Pickford tale so I'm guessing I know what I'm in for already).
On paper, this is the strongest line-up of any year yet. Can't wait to dig in!
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