Perhaps the earliest remake is The Squaw Man: The Squaw Man (1914), followed by The Squaw Man (1918), asserting the first full-length feature remake was in 1918. These films--and even the subsequent The Squaw Man (1931)--were filmed by Cecil B. DeMille.

What is the oldest movie ever made?

Roundhay Garden Scene is a short silent motion picture filmed by French inventor Louis Le Prince at Oakwood Grange in Roundhay, Leeds, in northern England on 14 October 1888. It is believed to be the oldest surviving film. The camera used was patented in the United Kingdom on 16 November 1888.

What is it called when an old movie is remade?

A movie remake refers to when a brand new movie is made based on an older movie.

Which movie has the highest remakes?

What movies have been remade more than once?

Top 10 Remakes of Old Hollywood Movies That Are Better Than the Original

How many movies no longer exist?

Statistics on lost films

Martin Scorsese's Film Foundation claimed in 2017 that "half of all American films made before 1950 and over 90% of films made before 1929 are lost forever". Deutsche Kinemathek estimates that 80–90% of silent films are gone; the film archive's own list contains over 3,500 lost films.

What movie stayed at number 1 the longest?

Which remakes won Oscar?

Which actor has most remakes?

Jeetendra was also known as the Jumping Jack of the industry. From the 60s to the 90s, he made everyone his admirer with his acting talent. He was ruling the industry not only for his acting but also for his dancing and dressing style. Not many know that he is the only actor who worked in 80 remake films.

Has a remake ever been better?

Movie remakes vary from the good to the awful, but when they're good – they're great! New innovations in technology, and societal and cultural changes all contribute to the desire to update classic movies, with some remakes better than the original.

Has there ever been a good reboot?

Are there any remakes better than the original?

Some movie and TV show reboots actually surpass the original source material, such as the highly acclaimed "Battlestar Galactica" (2004) and "The Dark Knight Trilogy."

What is the oldest color movie?

FIRST MOVIE EVER MADE IN COLOR

The first commercially produced film in natural color was A Visit to the Seaside (1908). The eight-minute British short film used the Kinemacolor process to capture a series of shots of the Brighton Southern England seafront.

What is the oldest movie in America?

The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight

Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons in Carson City, Nevada on St. Patrick's Day in 1897. The film was directed by Enoch J. Rector and was originally over 100 minutes long, making it the first feature length film ever produced.

What was the first color movie?

Did you know that A Visit to the Seaside (1908) was the first commercially produced film in natural color? This eight-minute British short film used the Kinemacolor process to capture Brighton Southern England seafront shots.

Which 3 movies won all 5 major Oscars?

Only three films have won all five of these major awards: It Happened One Night (1934), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), and The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Eight films failed to win any of the five major awards after being nominated.

Has a remake ever won best picture?

The first – and only – remake to win Best Picture is The Departed (USA, 2006), Martin Scorsese's (USA) remake of Infernal Affairs (Hong Kong, 2002).

What actor has won 3 Oscars?

Daniel Day-Lewis became the first and currently only man to win three best actor Oscars, while Frances McDormand became only the second woman and third of her counterparts overall to achieve the same. Finally, Walter Brennan won his three supporting actor Oscars every other year between 1937 and 1941.

What was #1 on Netflix for longest?

What was the longest song to get to number 1?

The version of the track, which was sold to fans, lasted over eight and a half minutes, making it the longest song to top the Billboard Chart. 'American Pie (Parts I and II)', which spent four weeks at number one, was so lengthy that McLean's label split the song onto two sides of the seven-inch vinyl record.

What movie never came out?

Arguably the most infamous unreleased movie of all time, The Day the Clown Cried was a Jerry Lewis comedy concerned with a clown who gets put into a concentration camp during the Holocaust. Believe it or not, this basic premise alone didn't prevent it from getting released.

Why are so many old films lost?

Harris has said, "Most of the early films did not survive because of wholesale junking by the studios. There was no thought of ever saving these films. They simply needed vault space and the materials were expensive to house." Meanwhile, the studios could earn money by recycling the film for their silver content.