The Film Parade (1933)
Pioneer filmmaker J. Stuart Blackton was intrigued by the idea of a film about the history of the movies as early as 1915. He finally released a 52-minute feature called The Film Parade that was shown in New York and favorably reviewed by "Variety" in 1933. He continued tinkering with the film for the rest of the decade, and later filmmakers and distributors used Blackton's footage for stock or to produce their own variously titled and truncated versions. -UCLA Film & Television Archive
Director: J. Stuart Blackton
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Kent Stevenson as Self - Narrator (voice) |
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Charlie Chaplin as (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Marlene Dietrich as (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Tom Mix as (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Gilbert M. Anderson as (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Theda Bara as (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Clara Bow as (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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John Bunny as (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Francis X. Bushman as (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Harry Carey as (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Marguerite Clayton as (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Mathilde Comont as (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Norma Shearer as (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Gloria Swanson as (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Directing | J. Stuart Blackton | Director |
| Writing | Howard Gaye | Writer |
