The Film Parade

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The Film Parade

Pioneer filmmaker J. Stuart Blackton was intrigued by the idea of a film about the history of the movies as early as 1915. He finally released a 52-minute feature called The Film Parade that was shown in New York and favorably reviewed by "Variety" in 1933. He continued tinkering with the film for the rest of the decade, and later filmmakers and distributors used Blackton's footage for stock or to produce their own variously titled and truncated versions. -UCLA Film & Television Archive

Release Date

1933-01-01

Year

1933

Duration

55m

Status

Released

Score

0.00

Production

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Cast

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Kent Stevenson

Self - Narrator (voice)

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Tom Mix

Tom Mix

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Gilbert M. Anderson

Gilbert M. Anderson

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Theda Bara

Theda Bara

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Clara Bow

Clara Bow

(archive footage) (uncredited)

John Bunny

John Bunny

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Francis X. Bushman

Francis X. Bushman

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Harry Carey

Harry Carey

(archive footage) (uncredited)