100 Years at the Movies (TV 1994)

Commemorates the centennial of American movies with a montage of clips and music scores from the most important movies of the century.

Director:

Chuck Workman

Stars:

Clara Bow, Rin Tin Tin, Eugen Sandow

Cast

Credited cast:
Clara Bow	...	(archive footage)
Rin Tin Tin	...	(archive footage)
Eugen Sandow	...	(archive footage)

Storyline

The first commercially available movie in the United States aired on Broadway in New York City on April 14, 1894. The footage shown there was viewed through a narrow slot in a former shoe store. This short film celebrates the first 100 years of American movies from that time. With certain themes often tying them together, clips from landmark American movies are shown in somewhat chronological order, the clips played over an orchestral score, which is often itself based on landmark movie scores. Seventeen movies are specially mentioned, these seventeen perhaps not the best or most influential movies, but rather ones that provide insight to movies from that era.

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Plot Keywords:

anniversary | film clip | film history | hollywood | birthday | 

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Genres:

Documentary | Short

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Company Credits

Production Co:

Turner Classic Movies (TCM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

9 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White Color

Did You Know?

Crazy Credits

Turner Entertainment gratefully acknowledges the distributors, production organizations, labor organizations, and the many individuals whose talent and gracious assistance made this 100th Anniversary celebration possible.

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Connections

Features All About Eve (1950)

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Soundtracks

"On the Waterfront"
(uncredited)
Composed by Leonard Bernstein

User Reviews

A century of movies in eight minutes

This Turner Classic Movies production of a century of (mostly) American film (up to Schindler's List) is fast-paced. It begins in chronological order, but then skips during the middle, but returns to chronological order at the end. There are notable omissions (No Citizen Kane, the movie named by the American Film Institute as the Best Movie of the last 100 year; The African Queen, the only film with the Best Actor and Actress of the last century according to the AFI voters - Bogart and Hepburn; or Some Like It Hot, the AFI's pick for funniest movie.) Also no mention of live action or animated shorts (the only animation is of Jerry the mouse dancing with Gene Kelly in Anchors Aweigh; in fact, no Disney film is not even seen.) But it keeps you riveted to see what movie clip will be shown next and you can play along at home.