motion pictures
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Yet her fame derives not from directing, but rather from acting in more than 200 motion pictures from the mid-1920s until shortly before her death, at age 67, in 1977.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
Netflix, which releases dozens of films online every year, isn’t currently planning to give any other motion pictures a robust worldwide theatrical release like “Narnia.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Early motion pictures were obsessed with movement, Wanamaker says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2025
In the 100 years since, the glamorous building style - evocative of neon-lit jazz bars and the golden age of big motion pictures - rapidly spread around the world.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
Take it where you can find it, in old phonograph records, old motion pictures, and in old friends; look for it in nature and look for it in yourself.
From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
