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The 20th Century was a time of massive advances and change. During this time a new literature
was born - film! Many colleges and universities offer survey courses in film. Let's consider this
type of course to be Cinema 101. In such a class one would study the most important films --
the works of Eisenstein, Chaplin, Keaton, Ford, Hawks, Welles, Fellini, Goddard and others.

This is good and I salute the institutions of higher education who recognize the importance of
studying and analyzing these works. However, I suggest this introduction is lacking by way of
ignoring lesser works. Remember, in his own time William Shakespear was considered to be
a low-brow writer of works for the common man.

Thus I propose my concept of Cinema 101.5, a supplement to the study of the great serious
films. I believe these lesser films should be remembered, preserved, analyzed and most of
all ENJOYED.

This stated, let me point out my "old school" belief that serious reference and analytical texts
are still found in books and at present are not suited to the Internet. The Internet is after all
primarily a public visual medium. In briefly searching the web for sites related to the three
men listed above I found numerous sites with incorrect information, but almost none with any
enlightening commentary.

So in conforming with the media this site is a visual site primarily featuring high quality images,
many of which are quite rare. If you seek futher information I suggest your local library or book
store AND your local video store.

ENJOY THE PICTURES!

For ease of navigation (and for aesthetic reasons) I have divided this site into four sections.