The Brothers Warner (movie)
I could find nothing online on the lives of the Warner Brothers, only the growth of their studio. So, I ended up actually renting this film about them directed by their granddaughter, Cass. It perfectly captures their lives, their struggles, and how they effected the industry. The movie itself could be done better, considering it was done by a relative of the brothers themselves, and the narrator talks in such a monotone it's almost painful. However, it was still hugely informational and I got a lot of quotes there.
Early Cinema
I used this website a lot in creating the timeline. It features specific dates, important people, biographies, technology, and all kinds of other resources. It's easy to navigate, but it's also pretty plain, and the font size is miserably small. It discusses the earliest of cinema, nothing really further. But it gives you a basic understanding of the roots of film.
Tv Tropes
This website was phenomenal in giving a basic yet detailed description of the history of Hollywood and cinema, which was exactly what I needed. It credits it's sources, and most if not all of the information is historically accurate. If you read through the website, you'll get a basic understanding of the main points on this website, only explained better. It's a little difficult to figure out how to get to different events, but if you scroll down to the bottom of the page, you find the navigation menu and it's easy enough to figure out.
American Masters
The PBS network does a wonderful show about noted producers, studios, actors and actresses, and other facets of film called American MAsters, and a lot of descriptions and episodes are available online. This helped me particularly with biographies and my research on Vaudeville. Visually it's an attractive website as well as functional.
Gildastatic's Page on D.W. Griffith
This is one single page entirely dedicated to a biography of D.W. Griffith. It's all right there. Everything you could ever want to know about the guy is there. The only trouble is, it gets pretty wordy. IF you don't have the time to read a mini-biography about him, this probably isn't the website for you. It also doesn't have any direct quotes.
Charlie Chaplin's Official Website
Go figure, the greatest actor of all time has their own website full of videos, biographies, and information. It's also a really cute, easy to navigate design. One of my favorite thing about it was the featured videos of The Little Tramp himself. It's even got products and books to buy.
MPAA Website
Since the MPAA was, regrettably, the only organization related to film I looked into, I just used their website for my research. They've got a history page, the descriptions of their ratings, and it's all done in a nice, clear format. It's visually attractive and easy to navigate. There was a lot of information I didn't end up using on the site, but it might be cool to look into for another project or something.Also, it gave a lot of primary sources.
Just Disney
This website was a huge help when I was researching Walt Disney... as the name suggests, it's all about Disney. It's got a full biography, projects, clips, everything. It's kind of bland, I think they could have done a lot more with the layout, but it's hugely informational.
The Jazz Singer (movie)
(Link to actual film embedded on information page) To be able to use this film as a primary source, I had to first watch the film, which was greatly helpful in grasping the effect the invention of sound film had on the public. I felt like I was experiencing my own little bit of history. Not to mention it's a very good film, and the film quality on the website isn't bad, although you have to be careful which links you click. Don't use this movie website unless you have a firewall of steel.
Youtube
I don't want to site Youtube as one of my sources, but I have to. I could find a video on anything I needed to for my entire topic there. There were entire vaudeville acts, biographies, explanations of technology, quotes, and some of the first films of all time. I'm a huge visual learner, so having the information shown to me was a big help, and what better way to study film than through film and videography itself.