moving pictures

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“The poor kid is actually thinking of taking up moving pictures seriously,” William C. deMille scribbled to his theater colleague, David Belasco.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

To mention the most popular moan, the silver screen has been losing its monopoly on displaying moving pictures since the arrival of TV in the 1940s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

He was among the first openly gay filmmakers and a pioneer in using soundtracks as counterpoints to moving pictures.

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2023

In the middle of the 20th century, skeptical intellectuals of the left, right and center mistrusted the power that moving pictures could wield over the masses, turning active citizens into passive spectators.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2022

They saw the first moving pictures on Edison’s Kinetoscope, and they watched, stunned, as lightning chattered from Nikola Tesla’s body.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson