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 The 1940s were a turbulent time in history, obviously the biggest war in the history happened in this decade. A lot of people during this time turned to film, looking for a distraction from the real world. The three most important movies of the decade are: Citizen Kane and The Best Years of Our Lives. These films were made in black and white, even though technicolor was improving, but its still was really costly to make movies in color. Citizen Kane, considered to be one of, if not the best movie of all time, made by Orson Welles, who also played the lead in the movie, is a story about Charles Foster Kane. It's a story told backwards, from the death of the character to his start as in the world of Press. The movie comments on the morał corruption that wealth and power bring. It's praised for its use of non-linear story telling and camera tricks. The Best Years of Our Lives directed by William Wyler, tells a story of three soldiers that have returned from war and have to rejust...

 In the begining of the 1930s was a decade of poltical termoil and economics problems, like the Great Deppresion, so it makes sense that the popularity of movies was going to skyrocket as more people turned to them to find an escape from the hardships of the real world. This period of time in film is most well-known for its most iconic movies: King Kong, The Wizard Of Oz, Frankenstein and Gone With The Wind. King Kong, Frankenstein and The Wizard Of Oz still, to this inspire remakes and spinoffs of their classic stories. Movies in this era lean in to fantastical elements of its stories. For example King Kong tells a story of a gigantic gorilla terrorizing New York. Frankenstein is an adaptation of the work of Mary's Shelley work under the same title. Its a story about a scientist that tries to create the perfect human, but in his quest to play God, he creates a monster. Wizard Of Oz (wich is the most watched film ever) is a musical telling a story of Dorothy, a girl from kansas, th...

 The early 1920s was for the silent films, its heyday as well as its climax. The most well-recieved and successful film of the decade was Sherlock Jr. directed by Buster Keaton. The story follows an employee at a cinema that dreams of becoming a famous detective, his detective skills are put to the test when he is framed for stealing his girlfiends watch and has to prove his innocence. The film drew the audience in with its use of physical comedy and witty humour. In this decades the first non-silent film was realesed- The Jazz Singer directed by Alan Crosland. This movie is credited with being the first to use synchronized dialog and a score. The musical tells a story of Jackie who dreams of becoming a famous opera singer, wich his father dissaproves of. When he has a chance at making his dream come True his father falls ill and Jackie is forced to choose between Broadway and signing to his father at a synagoge. A huge step was made in this decade in terms of Technology in film. h...

 In this decades the first ever horror films were made and some of the most first comedies were created. Horror movies like Dantes inferno made by Francesco Bertolini and the student of prague directed by Paul Wegener were revolutionary. Dantes inferno is considered to be the best adaptation of the book divine comedy by Dante Alighieri, it features the first ever nude male scene. The student of prague is fantasy horror telling the story of a student signing making a pact with a sorcerer. It is one of the first art fims ever. The most well-known comedies of this decades were: the immigrant, a dogs life, shoulder arms. All of them started Charlie Chaplin and were the most commercialy successful films of the decades. This decade was the start of the popularity of movies in the 20th century. https://frametrek.com/best-movies-of-the-1910s/

 In late 19th century and early 20th century, films started to get longer and began telling stories. The Great Train Robbery made by Edwin S. Porter is considered to be the first narative fictional film ever. It is also the first in the genre of American Western. It had a runtime of, at the time impressive, 10 minutes and  contained 14 scenes. In that time the first ever science fiction movie was created. A trip to the moon created by french filmmaker George Méliès tells a story of humans landing on the moon and being abducted by aliens, known as Selenites. They manage to escape and land in the ocean where they are celebrated as famed explorers. The film is one of the first ever to use practical effects and ilusions. These films had a huge impact on the industry moving forward, and paved the way for more ambitious filmmakers. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.denofgeek.com/movies/a-tribute-to-the-first-ever-science-fiction-film-a-trip-to-the-moon/%3famp https://www.guinnessworl...

 The oldest film made using a motion picture camera is the Roundhay Garden Scene. It was made in 1888 and lasts a total of 2.11 seconds. Its directory Louis Le Prince filmed at the estate of Joseph and Sarah Whitley in Roundhay leads near Yorkshire. It features the Whitley family walking around and laughing. It was filmed at 12 frames per second. Other films that came after it like the dickinson greeting, with a runtime of 3 seconds, Blacksmith Scene with a runtime of 34 seconds and the most famous one - Lumière Brothers’ 10 short films were all silent, black and white, and very short. They were all depicting scenes from real life like a train ariving at a platform or Blacksmiths doing their job. None of them had any story or dialoge in them. https://www.oldest.org/entertainment/movies/