Cinema, Documentary Films, Television and Home Movies

Total articles: 8

The Lost History of Greek American Documentary Film
By Steve Frangos
The National Herald
The history of documentary film on Greeks in the United States has yet to be compiled. This fact is all the more curious when we recognize that from the very first moments that motion pictures came into existence Greeks were recorded on this new media. Brief fragments of such moving images along wit

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The Historical Monkeyshines of G. Sacco Albanese
By Steve Frangos
The National Herald
G. Sacco Albanese, a Greek from the island of Malta, is the first human being ever to appear in motion pictures. While film historians are quite matter of fact about Albanese’s unique role in the history of world cinema, I know of no Greek or Greek American account which even mentions the man, let alone provides any details of his activities. This omission is compounded by the undisputable fact that Greek immigrants – as performers, producers, writers and theater owners – were directly involved in American Cinema literally from the very moment it was created.

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The Strange Silence Concerning John Sainpolis
By Steve Frangos
The National Herald
John Sainpolis is one of the most distinguished Greek American actors of all time. With over 126 films to his credit, Sainpolis, originally a pre-eminent Broadway actor, is in that small group of Greek American performers who successfully made the transition from silent films to ‘talkies.’

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The Grecian Panorama Television Hour
By Steve Frangos
The National Herald
As we move from the Age of Television into the Digital Age, we should be poised to preserve as much as reasonably possible of the nearly half century of Greek ethnic television in North America.

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The Greek Diaspora and Early American Cinema
By Steve Frangos
The National Herald
No one denies the direct involvement of Greeks in the very establishment of the American film industry. As technicians, promoters, actors and even scriptwriters, Greeks are a recorded presence at not only the inception of this new media, but also during its initial dispersal across the planet.

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The Elusive Belle K. Maniates
By Steve Frangos
The National Herald
The mysterious Belle Kanaris Maniates is, at the same time, both the most notable and least studied of any writer within the field of Greek American Literature.

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Lou Tellegen: The Lost Greek Matinee Idol
By Steve Frangos
The National Herald
ROUND LAKES, Ill.-Though little of his fascinating career is remembered today, Lou Tellegen was the first actor of Greek descent to become an internationally famous Hollywood movie star.

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A.I. Bezzerides: Film Noir’s Greek American Champion
By Steve Frangos
The National Herald
ROUND LAKES, Ill. - On August 9, 1908, A. I. (Albert Isook, later Isaac) Bezzerides was born in the town of Samsun in the Anatolia region of the Ottoman Empire. His mother was an Armenian educated by Presbyterian missionaries and his father a Turkish-speaking Greek 20 years her senior.

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