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That insulting definition of “pantywaist” (sometimes hyphenated as “panty-waist,” sometimes rendered as “panty waist”) first appeared in the 1930s, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, about twenty years after the first mention of the garment itself.
The earliest known use of the word pantywaist is in the 1910s. OED's earliest evidence for pantywaist is from 1910, in the Lima News (Lima, Ohio). pantywaist is formed within English, by compounding.
- The Tax Shelter Era, 1974–82
- The Quebec Cinema Act, 1983
- The Film Products Importation Bill, 1988
- CFDC Becomes Telefilm Canada
- Famous Players and Cineplex Odeon — Sales and Mergers
- Funding Cuts and Telefilm Canada Mandates
- Rising Populism
- Notable Recent Successes
The federal government proved reluctant to exert control over the distribution and exhibition of films in Canada. But it did act decisively to provide financial incentives for investment in domestic film production through tax benefits. In 1974, it increased the Capital Cost Allowance (CCA) from 60 to 100 per cent. This created a tax shelter that a...
The tax shelter succeeded in stimulating commercial activity in English Canada’s film industry. But it had a very different impact on the film industry in Quebec. The limited market for French-language films in North America provided investors with no incentive to invest in them. As Manjunath Pendakur has explained, “In 1978 and 1979, two-thirds of...
A similar situation transpired at the federal level a year later. In 1987, the federal government under Brian Mulroney attempted to address the long-standing problems faced by Canadian distribution companies. Minister of Communications Flora MacDonaldintroduced the Film Products Importation Bill. If passed into law, it would have allowed the Hollyw...
In the early 1980s, the film industry in Canada was on shaky ground. It was almost wholly dependent upon government financing and unable to secure screen time in Canadian theatres. Francis Fox, the Liberal federal minister of communications, issued the National Film and Video Policy in 1984.The CFDC was transformed into Telefilm Canada and given a ...
In 1994, the federal governmentapproved the takeover of the Canadian assets of Paramount Communications by Viacom of New York. These assets included the Canadian Famous Players theatre chain. In turn, Viacom promised to exhibit more Canadian films. It also pledged to spend more money on the marketing of Canadian films in Famous Players theatres. In...
In the mid-1990s, funding cuts at all levels of government began to take their toll on the industry. This severely affected the support offered by the provincial funding agencies. In 1995, the Liberal government under Jean Chrétien cut Telefilm’s budget from $123 million to $109.7 million. The NFB’s budget was reduced by $4 million and the CBC’s by...
Despite the failure of Telefilm’s box office mandate, a new sense of populism seemed to take hold. Many filmmakers began producing movies with broader commercial appeal that still retained a specific sense of Canadian identity. Michael Dowse followed his indie head-banger hit FUBAR (2002) with the raucous electronica extravaganza It's All Gone Pete...
The 1990s and first decade of the 21st century saw the production of world-class cinema in Canada. The industry as a whole has become a multi-billion-dollar business built over 50 years. Many American film and television productions are shot here. They take advantage of the professional crews, state-of-the-art studio space and infrastructure, tax b...
Jan 10, 2012 · Pioneering Years, 1896–1914. The American film industry can be dated back to 1903. This was when narrative filmmaking (The Great Train Robbery, Uncle Tom’s Cabin) and the world’s first movie studio to rely entirely on artificial light (in New York City) were introduced.
The history of film chronicles the development of a visual art form created using film technologies that began in the late 19th century. The advent of film as an artistic medium is not clearly defined.
New Hollywood. New Hollywood is a film movement that took place in the United States from roughly 1967-1976. The movement was lead by a group of film students, such as George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese with a passion for filmmaking and the desire to challenge the stagnant status quo.
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In 1896, magician Georges Méliès was filming everyday life on the streets of Paris when a camera malfunction led him to realize the potential for filmmakers to create new kinds of magic with film. He developed many kinds of special effects, including stop action, fadeouts, reverse motion, and slow motion.
