Episode Details

Although the 1912 season introduction asserted that “Hollywood was incoming,” the top picks for the year (fueled by a record number of submissions from guests!) is mostly made up of old power players, even if that power would recede in short order. Indeed, both that dynamic and the fact that all of the most popular selections are shorts may change in the near future!

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Films mentioned:

• The Cameraman’s Revenge (1912) - Wladyslaw Starewicz
• The Land Beyond the Sunset (1912) - Harold M. Shaw
• How a Mosquito Operates (1912) - Winsor McCay
• The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912) - D.W. Griffith
• The Conquest of the Pole (1912) - Georges Méliès
• Cleopatra (1912) - Charles L. Gaskill
• From the Manger to the Cross (1912) - Sidney Olcott
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912) - Lucius Henderson