Techniques Falsely Credited to Famous Movies
Submitted by lukeprog on Tue, 10/05/2004 - 11:57
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- Multiple Flashbacks credited to Citizen Kane (1941), but found in The Power and the Glory (1933).
- Deep Focus credited to Citizen Kane (1941), but found in Working Girls (1931), Rebecca (1940), and others.
- Wiping Shot on a Miniature credited to Citizen Kane (1941), but found in King Kong (1933) and Algiers (1938).
- Quick, cut, realistic dialogue techniques credited to Citizen Kane (1941), but found in The Half-Naked Truth (1932), His Girl Friday (1940),
- Opening & Closing on a Mansion credited to Citizen Kane (1941), but found in Rebecca (1940).
- Shots Framed to Include Ceilings credited to Citizen Kane (1941), but found in several 30s films, including Hitchcock's.
- Lengthy Shots credited to Citizen Kane (1941), but found in Rebecca (1940) and Shop Around the Corner (1940).
- Fake Newsreel Masquerading as the Real Film Until It's End credited to Citizen Kane, but found in The Bellamy Trial (1929).
- Showing the Same Scenes from Several Perspectives credited to Roshomon (1950), but found in Through Different Eyes (1929).
- Male & Female Strangers Sharing Lodgings, Using Blanket to Create a Wall credited to It Happened One Night (1934), but found in Scarlet Dawn (1932).
- Everything in His Girl Friday (1940) is obviously found in The Front Page (1931).
- Opening with a scam ("sting") credited to The Sting (1973), but found in Hold Your Man (1933).
- New Politician Finds His Honesty Conflicts with Washington Politics credited to Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), but found in Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932)
- The First Sound Movie is often cited as being The Jazz Singer (1927), but sound films existed as early as 1902. The Jazz Singer is just the first 'talkie,' though the film is still 75% silent.
Author Comments:
Several of these swiped from here.
Is the Jazz Singer the first big 'talkie' because I heard 'Lights of New York' was the actual first 'talkie' but no one seems to mention that movie. Either way, Jazz Singer is still a really good movie.
I could be wrong, but as far as I know Lights of New York was the first film with synchronous dialogue ('talkie') running through the WHOLE film. It came a year later, in 1928. The Jazz Singer had a couple synchronous dialogue sequences, but was mostly silent. So, I guess you could say Lights of New York was the first 'full talkie' or something.
I must be slow on the draw as of late...
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Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
Meaning, you were going to say the same thing?
oh, lol - I just replied to the Listology Response Notification before reading the page (and thus, seeing your comment below).
Ah, ok, I see. I didn't actually know, I just read that title in a book somewhere that said it was the first talkie. Thanks for clearing that up. For some reason I thought Jazz Singer was released in '29, guess I haven't looked close enough at it on IMDB and that's why I thought Lights came first because it was out in'28.
The talkie Lights of New York was released a year later than The Jazz Singer. The confusion is often generated by an earlier silent film also titled Lights of New York (1916).
Of course, I think the later Lights was 100% 'talkie' while Jazz Singer was not, so that also might be what you are recalling.
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs