After Chaplin’s course with the film studio Essanay, he signed a new contract with a different motion picture company – Mutual Film Corporation. Mutual is known for producing some of the greatest Charlie Chaplin films. Mutual Film Corporation was founded in 1912 – by a team of American businessmen. Similar to other … Read more
Charlie Chaplin was an English comedian actor – who was well known for his work in the early 20th century. He started his career at an early age of nine. Being known for his work, he was offered a contract by Mack Sennett – to work for Keystone Studios. Keystone Studios was … Read more
One good thing about Chaplin’s career was he never missed out any opportunity. Starting out as a rookie – Chaplin learned to write and direct his own films. After a profitable contract with Mutual Studios – Chaplin signed a new contract with First National Pictures, which became one of the first million-dollars … Read more
Another studio that shared success with Charlie Chaplin was Essanay Studios. Established in 1907 – in Chicago, the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company gained recognition for the exemplary comedy films of Charlie Chaplin. Warner Bros later on acquired it in 1920. In 1915, during World War I, Chaplin signed a contract with Essanay … Read more
Behind each and every scene that you watch in a movie is an unimaginable amount of effort put in by a team of people working behind the camera. No one alone can strive to make the movie a huge success – sometimes, the characters are so dull and lifeless that no matter … Read more
The 2000s will always be remembered for ushering a new era of superhero movies by introducing the likes of The Dark Night and The Iron Man. The decade however also had some major train wrecks that put Hollywood to shame and went down as some of the worst-performing movies in the box … Read more
The Star System was a common practice between the 1920s and 1960s and led to the immense success of Hollywood. Under this system, the stars of Hollywood were hired by the studios and were associated with them under contracts. A screening test was conducted, and as a result, promising young actors were … Read more
Hundreds of movies are released every year, among which some are remembered and praised for several years while others are forgotten sooner than ever. While some movies break records in the box office, others only manage to recover the amount invested in them. We hear all about the movies that break records … Read more
No two days in the film industry are the same. Among hundreds of movies released, some are so unfortunate that they end up in the trash and fail to earn their producers and directors any profit. A movie is known as a financial flop when it is not able to pay back … Read more
A box office bomb is a movie that has failed to cross a threshold of profit for its distributor, studio, and production company. The costs and profit margins in the film industry are often kept secret; therefore, losses are only rough estimates and not the exact amounts. There are often speculations made … Read more
Every year a multitude of films are released by numerous production houses. Some of these movies go on to create history with their success, but some drastically fail to meet the expectations. In the filming industry, such a movie is known as a movie bomb. A movie bomb is a motion picture … Read more
Few things in this world are more frustrating than buying tickets to a movie after watching trailers for months in anticipation and then getting severely traumatized by the large-scale display of heavily funded stupidity. With nothing better to do, you look around. At least others have popcorns. Your frustration turns to anger. … Read more