The Magic of Movies

MARVIN R. SHANKEN

When it’s time to relax, nothing beats a great movie. Both of us have fond memories of watching films from our earliest days, whether it was taking in a feature preceded by four cartoons at the Rivoli for only a dime (Marvin) or walking to the State Theater to watch Rocky (David). Give us a tub of buttered popcorn, a cold drink and a great film and we’re about as happy as we can be. Movies have only been around since the late 1800s, born humbly as short, silent depictions of images in motion. Rudimentary color came around the turn of the 20th century followed by sound in the 1920s. Modern-day movies are huge endeavors, spectacles of vision and sound, with hundreds of people working on each project (have you ever…

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