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Sprachprofi - Free online Latin course (lessons in classical Latin for guided self-study) The Annals of Tacitus: I, 1-2 (Urbem Roman - Mallent) Ancient Civilizations. Digital History. Back to Hollywood's America Hollywood as History Of all the products of popular culture, none is more sharply etched in our collective imagination than the movies. Most Americans instantly recognize images produced by the movies: Charlie Chaplin, the starving prospector in The Gold Rush, eating his shoe, treating the laces like spaghetti. James Cagney, the gun-toting gangster in Public Enemy, shoving a grapefruit into the side of Mae Clarke's face.

Paul Muni, the jobless World War I veteran in I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, who is asked how he lives and replies, "I steal. " Movies are key cultural artifacts that offer a window into American cultural and social history. The Birth of The Movies Beside Macy's Department Store in Herald Square New York City there is a plaque commemorating the first public showing of a motion picture on a screen in the United States. Back to top The Pre-History of Motion Pictures These early devices were not very satisfactory. American Film in the Silent Era. Digital History. Exhibition.

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