
<p>This episode traces a turbulent period in early cinema beginning around 1903, when the successes of filmmakers like Georges Méliès and George Albert Smith were threatened by widespread film piracy, weak copyright...


Each season, we will focus on a particular genre of film and explore its roots in hopes to illuminate the shadows and dark corners of film history. Throughout each season, we will discuss aspects of film history that are routinely overlooked and provide little-known details on interesting parts of film history that should be brought to light.
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Signup to Generate a PitchEach season, we will focus on a particular genre of film and explore its roots in hopes to illuminate the shadows and dark corners of film history. Throughout each season, we will discuss aspects of film history that are routinely overlooked and provide little-known details on interesting parts of film history that should be brought to light.
Recent episodes include "Murder Mystery Solved: The Final Days of Méliès and G. A. Smith" (11 June 2026, 44 minutes), "Ep 9: The Brighton School and the Intersection of Melies, Smith, and Phalke" (23 May 2026, 30 minutes), and "Photographing a Ghost: G. A. Smith at St. Ann's Well Gardens" (9 May 2026, 25 minutes).
Rhapsody in 35MM publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 30 minutes across 10 episodes.
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Rhapsody in 35MM is a general podcast with 10 episodes published.
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<p>This episode traces a turbulent period in early cinema beginning around 1903, when the successes of filmmakers like Georges Méliès and George Albert Smith were threatened by widespread film piracy, weak copyright...

<p >This episode examines the early development of cinema through the work of Brighton-based filmmakers George Albert Smith and James Williamson—members of what later historians called the "Brighton School"—and explores...

<p >In 1896, George Albert Smith experienced a pivotal turning point after seeing one of the first projected film programs in Britain by the Lumière Brothers at the Empire Theatre. Inspired, he purchased a camera from...

Episode #7
<p >Episode 7 explains how the Victorian-era fascination with Spiritualism, science, and the supernatural influenced entertainment, early psychology, and the horror genre. Social conditions such as the American Civil...

<p >This episode examines the late-19th-century Society for Psychical Research through its key figures—Henry Sidgwick, Frank Podmore, Frederic W.H. Myers, Edmund Gurney, and future filmmaker G.A. Smith—focusing on the...

<p >The episode traces how Victorian-era beliefs in mesmerism, spiritualism, and psychical research—emerging from a period when science, medicine, religion, and spectacle were not yet clearly separated—profoundly shaped...

<p >Although horror may seem easy to identify, early cinema complicates genre classification because it lacked many formal tools—such as sound, editing techniques, close-ups, and artificial lighting—while emerging...

<p >Ep. 3 traces humanity's long fascination with horror and spectacle—from ancient theatre, folklore, and public executions to phantasmagoria and magic lantern shows—and argues that these pre-cinematic forms directly...

<p >This episode explores what distinguishes horror from adjacent genres like the thriller by examining the specific cinematic techniques and thematic elements that define it, focusing on how film uniquely manipulates...

<p >Horror is a genre that reflects the darkest aspects of human nature, history, and imagination, mirroring societal fears born of violence, war, scientific ambition, and anxieties about the future, while also...
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