Film History Quotes

“I never approved of talkies. Silent movies were well on their way to developing an international language.”

“Foxy Brown is a landmark character because she's the first black female action hero.”

“Blaxploitation films were the first time we saw black people in charge.”

“I'm a big fan of classic Hollywood. The glamour, the stories, the stars – it was a magical time.”

“I don't think that the cinema would have been created without D.W. Griffith.”

“There was a time in this business when they had the eyes of the whole wide world. But that wasn't good enough for them. Oh, no! They had to have the ears of the world, too. So they opened their big mouths and out came talk, talk, talk!”

“Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo.”

“Bela Lugosi was the first 'dark' movie star. He was the first person to bring a sense of sensuality to the screen.”

“I was the first to be tied to the railroad tracks.”