A Rough History of Film Technique

[Matt]

It's so sweet that people are still trying to give earnest assistance in this thread.

[domino harvey]

I seem to remember Bob Hope doing this once per Road movie, although that pre-dates Woody, but not FW.

I knew there was a category missing!
Road to Singapore (1940) - First use of Pat-a-Cake as effective fighting technique

lol
Addressing the audience is such a comedy staple Annie Hall might be one of the last examples of it

[Maladroit Aggregator]

I'm probably the last person on earth to know about this, but searching for "Dutch angle" on google provides... appropriate results.

[domino harvey]

Wow this thread is a deep cut

[Michael Kerpan]

The thread starter doesn't seem to have survived his first ill-advised post. I am glad that I spent well over a month lurking before I dared make MY first post.