For years, there are more and more revelations of how Hollywood and the film industry functions. The modern film industry started in the 1890’s. The early period of film started from the 1890’s until the start of the sound era which is circa 1927. In 1898, there was the Robert W. Paul film called “Come Along, Do!” Paul was a British film pioneer. It featured more than one shot. It showed an elderly couple too. As Seen Through a Telescope came about in 1900. Also, by 1899, animation in movies existed. There was the 1902 short film Fun in a Bakery Shop where a lump of dough was made to smile over the course of a three frame sequence. During the early 20th century, feature films grew too. Many people have talked about the secret society influence in Hollywood. It is a fact that Hollywood does have ties to Freemasonry. For example, Walt Disney was a member of the Masonic youth organization called DeMolay. Many early entertainment business leaders were Freemasons like Louis B. Mayer, Tom Mix, Darryl F. Zanuck, and Cecil B. DeMille. The Scottish Rite Masonic Temple is found on Wilshire Boulevard in Tony Hancock Park. By World War I, new films came about from the racist Birth of a Nation in 1915 to others. Corporations grew in power. Films used more advanced forms of light. Film grew as an art. Cecil B. DeMille’s The Cheat in 1915 described American society.
The sound era started in 1927. The 1927 film Metropolis was ahead of its time. It described a futuristic urban dystopia where it follows the lives of Freder, the wealthy son of the city's ruler, and Maria, a poor worker, to overcome the vast gulf separating the classes of their city. It is based in 2026. The movie mentions economic inequality, corporate exploitation, and the plight of the workers. It shows a robot dancing, an inverted Pentagram, and other symbols in the film. Movies existed in China and Japan too. Sound spread. Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, and Olivia De Haviland were actors and actresses during this era from 1927 to 1959. World War II had war dramas and other films about romance too. 1941 movies like Citizen Kane revolutionized movies. It was directed by Orson Welles. The 1950’s saw McCarthyism and the House Un-American Activities Committees investigating Hollywood during the 1950’s. Many talented actors, writers, directors, and producers were blacklisted unfairly. People have the right to be Communist or not in a free society. Films back them dealt with the Cold War and other things. Asian films had a Golden Age. For long decades, there has always been an occult link to many Hollywood actors and actresses. One example is about Lucille Ball. She was involved in the occult, numerology, and astrology. Lucille Ball claimed that the spirit of late actress Carole Lombard came to her, advising her that her true destiny was in TV. Greta Garbo, Rudolph Valentino, Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich, Sammy Davis Jr., Jane Mansfield, Tina Louise, Peter Sellers, and others have dabbled either in automatic writing, psychics, or other forms of the occult. Mae West, who promoted many films with sexual themes in them, admitted to using psychics. Regardless if people believe in spirit possession or the occult or not, many Hollywood people and numerous corporate leaders believe in these things even back in the day.
The 1960’s saw a revolutionary aspect of filmmaking. There was a decline of the studio system. Yet, more African Americans started to have more representation in film, TV, and theater. Raisin in the Sun was a film that came about in the early 1960’s including Nothing But A Man. Films like Lilies of the Fields, Hurry Sundown, Gone are the Days, and the Learning Tree included very talented black actors and black actresses. There were social changes involving black people, women, other people of color, and other minorities. Progressive civil rights laws were passed, women rights were discussed openly in public, and other human beings protested for their rightful human rights. Dorothy Dandridge, Marilyn Monroe, and Sammy Davis Jr. were all friends. The early 1960’s saw the Kennedy years. JFK’s father had many ties to the elite. Joe Kennedy Sr. advised FDR. FDR was a 33rd Degree Freemason. Nicholas Roerich (who was a mystic) advised many in the FDR administration to place the Great Seal on the back of the dollar bill. The Great seal has the pyramid with the All Seeing Eye. Joe Kennedy Sr. was also a member of the Knights of Malta and the Pilgrim Society (which is a very powerful group). The Knights of Malta is an elite Catholic order with ties to many Western corporations back then and today. In fact, many administrations have members with ties to the Skulls and Bones, the Federal Reserve, the Pilgrim Society, the Bilderberg Group, British Royalty, etc. Joseph Kennedy stated: “If Kathleen and her husband were living, I’d be the father of the Duchess of Devonshire (first Lady-in-Waiting to the Queen) and the father-in-law of the head of all the Masons in the World...” (David E. Koskoff, Joseph P. Kennedy: A Life and Times). JFK was once heavily supported by the political establishment to be President. Later, JFK resisted many aims of that same establishment with his policies of promoting an end to loopholes in taxation, his support of the Nuclear Test Ban, his refusal to attack Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and his act to eliminate missiles from Turkey. Also, by the late 1960’s, the Church of Satan was formed by Anton Lavey. It is no secret that many Hollywood people and elite politicians were involved in sex parties, rituals, and other activities. That has been going on for thousands of years. By this time, more of that stuff was shown out in the open in public. JFK wasn’t perfect and we know of his adulteries. Likewise, John F. Kennedy was right to oppose the CIA on many issues, to promote the civil rights bill, and to tell Israel that it should relinquish its nuclear weapons program. JFK refused to send a large amount of military forces in Vietnam, but he had military advisers involved in combat missions. He wanted to make a policy to re-evaluate what to do (and if possible send 1,000 troops home by the end of 1964 and all troops by 1965). Recordings of Defense Secretary McNamara and Vice-President Lyndon Johnson both have accounts of JFK wanting to pull out of Vietnam after his reelection in 1964. Kennedy reinforced his stance for peace on June 10, 1963, when he delivered an important speech at American University. In 1963, President Kennedy proposed removing the oil depletion allowance, the main tax incentive for oil companies. Estimates showed that it would have cost Texas oilmen $300 million in profits each year. He also passed the Kennedy Act, a piece of legislation that especially pinched oil companies, which would have caused them to give up 15 percent of their profits on foreign investments. President John F. Kennedy’s evil assassination proves that we must continue to promote democratic freedoms and oppose the agenda of the oligarchy which seeks not only imperialism, but the status quo. The production code ended by 1968, which caused more explicit films to be made in public. There was now the MPAA film rating system.
By 1968 to the present, we lived in the new world. This New Hollywood saw more films dealing with explicit sexual content and more violence. Movies like Wes Craven’s The Last House on the Left and Dirty Harry outlined the harsh realities of society. More controversial movies would exist like Straw Dogs, A Clockwork Orange, and the French Connection. By this decade of the 1970’s, new American filmmakers emerged like Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, Terrence Malick, and Robert Altmin. Many directors used their personal views or creative expression in film. Blockbusters like the Godfather films, The Exorcist, Nashville, Star Wars, and Jaws came about. There were heavily used special effects. The 1970’s in world cinema saw the increase popularity of martial arts films via people like Bruce Lee with The Big Boss (1971) and 1973’s Enter the Dragon. Bruce Lee utilized his Jeet Kune do martial style in film and in his philosophical thinking. Vonetta McGee, Diahann Carroll, Brenda Sykes, Tamara Dobson, Judy Pace, Pam Grier, Carol Speed, and Jeanne Bell were legendary actresses of the 1970's too. Blaxploitation films were common. By the mid-1970’s, more sexual explicitly films were shown in theaters. The 1980’s saw home computers, VCR, and other devices that caused films to have an easier access to a wide audience in America plus globally. There were many action stars during this time like Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Church Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Arnold Schwarzenegger, etc. George Lucas and Steven Spielberg made many highly popular films from Star Wars to Indiana Jones, ET, and to other films.
From the 1990’s to the presents, more films used special effects. There was Titanic in 1997 and Jurassic Park in 1993. During this current generation, there is more recognition of independent production companies to finance their own pictures. Disney and Pixar developed their animated film projects too. From the late 1990’s to the present, digital cinema technology became common place with DVDs and Blu-ray replacing VHS tapes. In the 21st century, documentary films rose as commercial genres. Michael Moore and others made their films. IMAX cinema grew. Denzel Washington turned down the role of Curtis Taylor, Jr. in "Dreamgirls." The role went to Jamie Foxx. Denzel also turned down the role of Detective Del Spooner in "I, Robot." The role went to Will Smith. The Matrix Revolutions and the Matrix Reloaded used live action. The Dark Knight was the first major feature film to have been at least partially shot in IMAX technology. 3-D films regained popularity too. After James Cameron's 3D film Avatar became the highest-grossing film of all time, 3D films have gained increasing popularity with many other films being released in 3D, with the best critical and financial successes being in the field of feature film animation such as Universal Pictures/Illumination Entertainment's Despicable Me, DreamWorks Animation's How To Train Your Dragon and Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar's Toy Story 3. Avatar is also note-worthy for pioneering highly sophisticated use of motion capture technology and influencing several other films such as Rise of the Planet of the Apes. In the 21st century, many African American directors shown magnificent films from Selma to Fruuitvale Station. During the 2010’s, films that deal with superheroes or comic book have increased in popularity and financial success (especially as it relates to Marvel and DC Comics from Iron Man to the recent Justice League film).
By Timothy
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