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Do you ever wonder when a certain event happened for the first time in history? Well, I do sometimes . So, I thought it would be fun to find some firsts in film history. Here are 10 of them. 1. The first ever motion picture to be made in Hollywood was In Old California (1910). Directed by D. W. Griffith for Biograph Company, the film was a 17-minute melodrama set in the early 19th century, when California was under Spanish and Mexican rule. It starred Frank Powell, Arthur V. Johnson, Marion Leonard and Henry B. Walthall. The short was considered lost for many decades, until a copy was found in 2004 and screened at the Beverly Hills Film Festival.   LEFT: Marion Leonard, Henry B. Walthall and Arthur Johnson in In Old California . RIGHT: D. W. Griffith in his office at Biograph Company in New York City.     2. The first ever movie to have a Hollywood premiere was Robin Hood (1922). Directed by Allan Dwan for United Artists and starring Douglas Fairbanks as the iconic...

On May 8, 1945, Nazi Germany signed the unconditional surrender of the Wehrmacht , thus ending World War II in Europe. The event came to be known as VE Day (Victory in Europe Day) and is celebrated every year in several European countries. Due to time differences, several former Soviet republics, including Russia and Belarus, celebrate VE Day on May 9. At the outbreak of the war, thousands of men from all Allied nations enlisted in the armed forces to join in the fight against the Axis Powers. Many of them were established Hollywood stars, who decided to put their careers on hold to serve their country in its time of need. Others were young men who became screen legends after the conflict. Here are 5 (more) Hollywood male actors who served in World War II, before and after they were famous.   1. Robert Montgomery (1904-1981) After World War II broke out in Europe in September 1939, Montgomery joined the American Field Service and drove ambulances in France until the evacuation of ...

In the past five years, I shared a year-end list of the films I saw throughout 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019 and 2020 . For 2021, I decided to do this monthly and share a list of the films I saw during each month of the year. These are the films I saw in April, which make up a total of 7 titles. As always, films marked with a heart ( ❤ ) are my favourites. Hillbilly Elegy (2020) | Starring Amy Adams, Glenn Close and Gabriel Basso Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) | Starring Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman Minari (2020) | Starring Steven Yeun, Han Ye-ri, Alan Kim and Youn Yuh-jung Nomadland (2020) | Starring Frances McDormand, David Strathairn and Swankie Pieces of a Woman (2020) | Starring Vanessa Kirby, Shia LaBeouf and Ellen Burstyn The Father (2020) | Starring Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman and Mark Gatiss ❤ The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) | Starring Eddie Redmayne and Sacha Baron Cohen  April was a slow month in regards to movie watching on my part. I only watched 7...