An end title card: “The end” in genuine Hollywood vintage writing on a silent movie card. Can be used for laughs, to signify closure or just because you like the typeface and the subtle apocalyptic message hidden in silent films!
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La Scala, Milan, during a performance Postcards
Italian School's La Scala, Milan, during a performance located at the Bibliotheque de l'Opera Garnier, Paris, France. The La Scala, Milan, during a performance was created around the 19th century.
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Richard Barthelmess Tol'Able David silent movie ad Tees
Richard Barthelmess vintage advertisement
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Hollywood Clapper Board Customizable Christmas Ornament
Use the art work on these items as a starting point. Add text to an already supplied background, or add a photo or uploaded image to to a background or creative frame, then show off your work. font size=”2″>Why pay an “artist” to use their supposed “template” where they provide NOTHING and you do all the work. Either create it yourself on Zazzle and pay less, or use some of my starter art and finish it your own way. Enjoy! Create!
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Popcorn Business Cards 01
Popcorn business cards. Customize to fit your needs.
Photography © The Phantom Panther
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A Trip to the Moon Print
Le Voyage dans la Lune /A Trip to the Moon (France, 1902), the screen's first science fiction story, was a 14 minute masterpiece created by imaginative French director and master magician Georges Melies (1861-1938) in his version of the Jules Verne story. The silent film's plot, a light-hearted satire criticizing the conservative scientific community of its time, was inspired by Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon (1865) and H. G. Wells' First Men in the Moon (1901). This film, Melies' 400th and most notable film, was made on an astronomical budget for the time of 10,000 Francs – risky, but worthwhile since it was hugely successful. Its popularity also led to it being illegally copied, released under others' names, and pirated (including one stolen by Edison's film technicians and distributed throughout the US). [For example, an illegal duplicate of the film was available in the USA from Siegmund Lubin under the title A Trip to Mars.] Melies wrote the whimsical script, acted in the film in the lead role, designed the sets and costumes, directed, photographed, and produced the film! He hired acrobats from the Folies Bergere to play the lunar inhabitants named Selenites, and the scantily dressed assistants (or pages) who launched the cannon were dancers from the Châtelet ballet. The image of the lunar capsule landing in the eye of the moon is a memorable sight and widely-recognized in cinematic history. As a film pioneer and producer of over 500 short films, Melies made up and invented the film medium as he directed. He developed the art of special effects in earlier films, including double exposure, actors performing with themselves over split screens, and use of the dissolve and fade. He also pioneered the art of film editing. The sets or scenery backdrops in the film are simple, painted flats. It has all the elements that characterize the science-fiction genre: adventurous scientists, a futuristic space voyage, special effects such as superimpositions, and strange aliens in a far-off place.