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WHAT IS THE FIRST HORROR/GENRE FILM?

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MYST0		#81	[-]
May 15 12 7:43 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	"It's been decided for us. As PhantomXCI says, the industry standard has long been features are 45 minutes and longer. Under that, it's a short subject." It's refreshing to know that we can all agree on at least one point in this thread. Of course this post has got me looking for a 44 minute short. That would make it the worlds longest short!
ryanbrennan		#82	[-]
May 16 12 11:26 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm sure the Academy chose this running time arbitrarily, albeit based on arguments as to what they felt constituted a feature length picture. I'm sure, too, that this was done so that they could differentiate between shorts and features at Oscar time. No matter how whimsical the rules might be, they've gotta have rules. There are films falling under 45 minutes that are routinely referred to as features. For instance, THE DEVIL WITH HITLER was one of Hal Roach's Streamliner features (or featurettes) yet clocks in at 44 minutes.

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