Denis Condon’s blog Early Irish Cinema looks back at the early development of cinema in Ireland on the anniversaries of those developments and offers information on what cinemagoers could have seen in Irish cinemas a century ago.
Early Irish Cinema looks back at the development of cinema in Ireland on the anniversaries of those developments. What would cinemagoers could have seen in Irish cinemas a century ago? Here Denis delves into the representation of violence on screen in 1920.
Denis Condon explores how cinema, in Dublin especially, was about to change radically as it underwent a post-World War I, post-1916 Rising building boom 100 years ago.
Film historian Denis Condon highlights the banning and seizure of the Sinn Fein Review, a compilation of Irish Events newsreel (1917 - 1920) items 100 years ago.
Denis Condon explores how cinema gave rise to the criminal behaviour / entrepreneurial spirit of the young Boland gang 100 years ago.
Denis Condon breathes life into the obscure 1917 Film Company of Ireland film 'When Love Came to Gavin Burke'.
Denis Condon introduces 'Knocknagow', "the most significant film made in Ireland during the silent period."