motion pictures
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Yet her fame derives not from directing, but rather from acting in more than 200 motion pictures from the mid-1920s until shortly before her death, at age 67, in 1977.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
“One of the best mechanisms for an idea is not just documentaries but motion pictures that have an underlying message that pulls on their heartstrings,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026
Early motion pictures were obsessed with movement, Wanamaker says.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025
In the 100 years since, the glamorous building style - evocative of neon-lit jazz bars and the golden age of big motion pictures - rapidly spread around the world.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025
There was a time before television, before motion pictures, before radio, before books.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
