The NFP

In episode 5, we talk about Canadians who moved to Hollywood in the early days. That is to say Canadians who, instead of working in Canadian movies, such as they were then, decided to go to Hollywood and tried to make it there. We talk about Mary Pickford, Mack Sennett, May Irwin and Douglas Shearer.

Here is a link to the silent movie YouTube channel if you're interested in watching Mary Pickford or Sennett movies.

https://www.youtube.com/@TheSilentFilmChannel

In part 3 of the early days of Canadian movies, we talk about Hollywood's monopoly and domination in Canada. We also talk about ASN studios in Montreal, which was the only positive thing in Canadian movies at that time.

Here is a link to the ASN's Canadian Cameo: Rhapsody in Two Languages (1934)

mentioned in the podcast:

https://youtu.be/NK0pmAWmatU

Enjoy!

In this episode, we continue to discuss the early history of Canadian film based on the book by Peter Morris. We learn about a movie promoter called Ernest Shipman and also about the Motion Picture Bureau of Canada.

In this episode, we give a brief overview of season 1, and we start talking about the early history of Canadian movies, based on the book entitled "embattled shadows" by Peter Morris. We cover chapters 1,2 and 3.

This is just a short podcast to introduce the National Film Pod of Canada.

A podcast with a different take on the movies.

Hosted by George Kaplan, a filmmaker and amateur film historian based in Toronto, Canada.