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What were the crime rates In the American Old West?
Hollywood filmography presented a violent and morally complex vision of the American West during circa 1850 to 1900, according to which the West was a place where life was insecure and where property ...
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How historically accurate is Les Miserables?
In essence, I'm asking about whether there are any historical inaccuracies in the movies/plays themselves. I'm pretty sure the book would have very few, due to the fact that it was written in a ...
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What is the oldest movie theater in the US that has been in continuous use as a movie theater?
It appears from Wikipedia that the oldest theater in continuous use is in Denmark, but since so much of the film industry is dominated by Hollywood, I was wondering what is the oldest movie theater in ...
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How historically accurate Life is Beautiful is when it comes to Jewish extermination?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Is_Beautiful
It is portrayed, in the movie, how that protagonist jew is sent to extermination camp in Italy.
I thought jews in Italy are not usually sent to ...
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Is the “Katyusha” scene from Deer Hunter historically accurate?
In the movie Deer Hunter movie we can see Russian Americans sing the song "Katyusha" during the wedding. One can clearly see, that this song fits well into the movie themes (the groom on this wedding ...
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Is the Innocence of Muslims movie historically accurate? [closed]
Innocence of Muslims, previously called Innocence of Bin Laden (working title: Desert Warrior. YouTube titles it as The Real Life of Muhammad and Muhammad Movie Trailer), is an amateur 2012 film that ...
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What differences led to Technicolor becoming the dominant color filming technology in Hollywood?
Apparently another technology, Kinemacolor, was invented first in the UK, but it never caught on in Hollywood. Kinemacolor was expensive, and had some other glitches involved, but the fact that it was ...
