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Karol Irzykowski First Polish film critic

Karol Irzykowski author of the essay "The Kingdom of Movement"

Lumière Brothers (Auguste and Louis) Held first screening of projected motion pictures - 1895. Our building block: artistically constructed shot with motion

Kazimierz Prószyński (1875-1945) Polish inventor (from Warsaw) who patented the PLEOGRAPH, the first film camera. Our building block: created the technology to record/combine sound and image.

Georges Méliès (1861-1938) French filmmaker who contributed to the development of popular narrative films. Our building block: USE OF CONTINUITY EDITING (to move the narrative along)

Sergei Eisenstein (1898-1948) Russian filmmaker who pioneered the use of montage. Our building block: MONTAGE EDITING

Michał Waszyński (Moshe Waks) (1904-1965) Most prolific director in Interwar Poland (directed more than 1/3 of all films)

Pola Negri (1897-1987) Internationally renowned silent film star from Poland / went on to Germany and later Hollywood

Apolonia Chałupiec Pola Negri's real name

Michał Waszyński Director of The Toy (1936)

The Themersons Director of "The Eye and the Ear" (1944-45)

Franciszka and Stefan Themerson Director of "Adventure of a Good Citizen" (1937)

"Adventure of a Good Citizen" (1937) - Themersons Film that describes itself as "An irrational humoresque"

Lumière Brothers Made the short film: "Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat"

Which of our early films is/are avant-garde? The Themersons' films: "Adventure of a Good Citizen" and "The Eye and the Ear"

Which of our early films is a popular genre film, made for mass audiences/entertainment "The Toy"

Which of our early films makes use of a "femme fatale" theme, involving a beautiful, modern woman lead who brings modern trouble "The Toy"

"The Polish Dancer" (1917) Silent film with Pola Negri in the leading role.

Early innovator of Stop-Motion Animation using taxidermed insects Władysław Starewicz

Under what government/state formation did Starewicz grow up and produce his early stop-motion films? The Russia