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Lakeland
Milton Rosmer in A Romance of Wastdale (1921), from Ivan Butler, Silent Magic (1987) Well I’m back from all too brief a sojourn in the Lake District, where my mind was on hills and dales and bec… more →
The Bioscope
Lakeland
urbanora wrote 1 month ago: Milton Rosmer in A Romance of Wastdale (1921), from Ivan Butler, Silent Magic (1987) Well I’m … more →
London on the move
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urbanora wrote 2 months ago: Underground The programme for the London Film Festival has been announced, and though there’s … more →
The Australian connection
urbanora wrote 3 months ago: Mutt and Jeff: On Strike (1920), from The Film Connection News of the successful outcome of an archi … more →
From the regions
urbanora wrote 5 months ago: The over-the-top sequence from A Scrap of Paper, from www.yfaonline.com If most people think of film … more →
Open weekend at the Cinema Museum
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urbanora wrote 6 months ago: www.cinemamuseum.org.uk London’s Cinema Museum, whose good news about the renewal of its relea … more →
Good news for the Cinema Museum
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urbanora wrote 6 months ago: www.cinemamuseum.org.uk Those who have been following the saga of the Cinema Museum, the Aladdin … more →
A hero of the valleys
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urbanora wrote 8 months ago: The young David Lloyd George’s dream of David and Goliath. All images in this post are frame g … more →
National Film Registry
urbanora wrote 11 months ago: Foolish Wives, from www.kino.com Twenty-five films have been announced as being added to the Nationa … more →
The Researcher's Guide to Screen Heritage
urbanora wrote 11 months ago: UK Screen Heritage Network Today saw the launch at the British Library of the Researcher’s Gui … more →
Harold Brown RIP
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urbanora wrote 1 year ago: Harold Brown, on left in the 1940s (from the British Film Institute), on the right in 2008 (courtesy … more →
The dead
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urbanora wrote 1 year ago: All images in this post are frame grabs from the DVD of The Battle of the Somme (1916) Is it right t … more →
Things European
urbanora wrote 1 year ago: 1903 amateur film by Julius Neubronner of a Kronberg bank employee, Moren, performing a number of da … more →
Mystery movies
urbanora wrote 1 year ago: Unidentified film with a 1923 edge code, from The Nitrate Film Interest Group The Nitrate Film Inter … more →
Pordenone diary 2008 - day six
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urbanora wrote 1 year ago: Market day in Pordenone The 2008 Giornate del Cinema Muto was filled with many interesting and worth … more →
Caught on film
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urbanora wrote 1 year ago: Just a quick note to let folks know that tomorrow (Tuesday 26 August) at 11.30am there’s a pro … more →
Crazy once more
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urbanora wrote 1 year ago: Crazy Cinématographe has returned, and has a fabulous poster to prove it: Last year saw the launch o … more →
Welcome to Newsfilm Online
urbanora wrote 1 year ago: Southampton: Arrival of Mary Pickford & Douglas Fairbanks, Gaumont Graphic, 21 June 1920, from w … more →
Lost version of Metropolis discovered
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urbanora wrote 1 year ago: Previously lost scene showing Maria fleeing, from the rediscovered print of Metropolis, from www.zei … more →
Treasures from Europe
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urbanora wrote 1 year ago: John Ford’s Bucking Broadway (1917), from Europa Film Treasures It’s here at last folks, … more →
