Movies Came Out In (1929) Winner: The Broadway Melody – Watched recently, and was impressed to learn that this is the first “sound” film to winner the Oscar for best picture. The film is actually pretty lousy. The plot is: The Mahoney sisters from the vaudeville circuit try to make it big time on Broadway, …
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Ceremony Year (1929)
Movies Came Out In (1928) Winner: Wings – The first silent picture that I’ve ever watched. Considering that it’s almost 100 years old, it really wasn’t that bad. It was basically a propaganda film post WW1 and I can understand why audiences liked it. It was entertaining enough, a bit long at 2.5 hours, but …