A collection of reviews, historical overviews, and articles examining the place of Mormons and Utah in film history.
This post on early Utah independent filmmaking is the second historical overview in my series Celebrating 125 Years of Utah and the Movies. Visit the series page for other historical overviews and reviews of films shot in Utah or made by Utahns.
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This post is the first historical overview in my series Celebrating 125 Years of Utah and the Movies. Visit the series page or other historical overviews and reviews of films shot in Utah or made by Utahns.
The state of Utah is best known …
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On December 28, 1895, the inventors and photographers Louis and Auguste Lumiere ushered in the now ubiquitous art of projected film to a small, paying audience in the basement of the Grand Café in Lyons, France. One week later and an ocean away, President Grover …
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The Hollywood studio system was an intricate, and well-oiled machine in the 1930s and 40s, an oligarchy of a handful of studios that controlled the production, distribution, and exhibition of films with an iron fist. During their height, movie studios scrupulously controlled the careers and …
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