TENSE – TIMELY – TREMENDOUS
An advertisement for ‘The Birth of A Nation‘ by D. W. Griffiths, which was being shown at the King’s Cinema, South Methven Street, Perth in February 1918. [Please note that … Continue reading TENSE – TIMELY – TREMENDOUS
Tag: cinema
PEARL & DEAN
Folk of a certain age, of whom I am one, will no doubt remember PEARL & DEAN adverts at the local cinema. This hole ousia post shares a timeline of … Continue reading PEARL & DEAN
BREAKOUT
BREAKOUT: and ‘PROGESS’ hardly broke its stride! To play this short film please click here or on the image above. Music credit: Mickey Raff – an acoustic cover of ‘Breakout‘ … Continue reading BREAKOUT
Kinema takes the biscuit
The cine backdrop to this short film is one of the earliest taken in Scotland. It was recorded in 1897 by Peter Feathers, 6 Castle Street Dundee, and records a … Continue reading Kinema takes the biscuit
‘like watching a movie that can never be paused’
This is from The Heart of Things [An Anthology of Memory and Lament] by Richard Holloway.
auditions in PROGRESS
My latest short film is for Callum Reid: auditions in PROGRESS: To watch this short film please click here. Music credit: Liberation by Harold van Lennep
‘Life, loss and the words that have helped’
Last weekend, the Sunday Post shared a review of Richard Holloway’s latest book: The review finished with a poem written by Richard Holloway that concludes his latest book. A poem … Continue reading ‘Life, loss and the words that have helped’
True father of cinema
William Friese-Greene (1855 – 1921) was a prolific English inventor and professional photographer. He is known mainly as a pioneer in the field of motion pictures, having devised a series … Continue reading True father of cinema