Even though an early film, the first to use sycronised film and music, the film shows two men dancing together. It is interesting to see two men documented on film despite sodomy laws in America making homosexual acts illegal.
Many years before Disney’s ‘prince and princess’ films were made, the subject of films was far different. Films tended to be more experimental and dream-like such as the films of George Melies or documentary such as the Roundhay Garden Scene made by Le Prince in 1888 in Oakley Grange, Leeds.
Roundhay Garden Scene (1888) Le Prince
A Trip to the Moon (1902) Melies
As film has evolved genre has played a big part in individual studios’ work. Disney are famous for hand draw fairytales, whereas Universal produce blockbuster films on an epic scale.
