Blogs about: Silent Films
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Heavenzapoppin’!
This you have to see. Leonard Maltin, on his Movie Crazy blog, has drawn our attention to a thirty-minute 1996 silent film (in part), Heavenzapoppin’!, which its producer and star Robert Watzke … more →
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The procrastinator’s guide to: Things to do this weekend (June 2-3)
wrote 15 hours ago: Well, it’s Friday afternoon, time to start thinking about options for the weekend. I see that Union … more →
[Film] Les Vampires
wrote 3 days ago: Les Vampires is one of the great silent movies, if not one of the great movies of all time. It was … more →
Metropolis: The Future According to People From the 1920's
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wrote 5 days ago: This was my first silent film ever, and I quite enjoyed the experience, mainly because the actors ha … more →
Heavenzapoppin'!
wrote 5 days ago: This you have to see. Leonard Maltin, on his Movie Crazy blog, has drawn our attention to a thirty-m … more →
News from the Soviets
wrote 1 week ago: V.I. Lenin smiling for the camera, from Kinonedelja No. 22 (29 October 1918) Dziga Vertov is one of … more →
Glamorous Ladies of the Silent Screen
wrote 1 week ago: This small collection of photographs covers the extraordinary range of silent film actresses – from … more →
The Artist (2011)
wrote 1 week ago: A silent movie star George Valentin is thrown into an era where silent films are quickly fading and … more →
Movies I Watched in April
wrote 1 week ago: 1. George Melies Silent Films Collection (1890s – 1900s) My cousin bought George Melies’ … more →
Searching for Old Hollywood, Part 1
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wrote 1 week ago: I am still “reeling” from attending last month’s TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood. As a film … more →
Casting a shadow
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wrote 1 week ago: Last week saw the For the Love of Film: The Film Preservation Blogathon, in which bloggers around th … more →
The Scientist
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wrote 2 weeks ago: What fun this is. Students on the Science Communication course at Imperial College London have produ … more →
College (1927)
wrote 2 weeks ago: Having watched a handful of Charlie Chaplin silent films, I thought I’d take a look at one of … more →
A Trip to the Moon (5/9/12)
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Movie One Hundred Thirteen A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la lune) by the film pioneer Georges M … more →
Why Silents Are Golden: This Year's San Francisco Silent Film Festival
wrote 2 weeks ago: As regular readers know, I’m passionate about silent movies. Without the crutch of spoken word … more →
Elephant's graveyard
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wrote 2 weeks ago: www.hathitrust.org I’m not sure why the Bioscope hasn’t written anything on the Hathi Tr … more →
Abel Gance's "Napoleon" (1927): A Fascist Masterpiece? Not So Fast.
wrote 2 weeks ago: Abel Gance is best remembered today for his 1927 film Napoleon, with its innovative camerawork, aggr … more →
3/13/12- The Navigator
wrote 3 weeks ago: The Navigator (1924) Director- Donald Crisp and Buster Keaton Cinematographer- Byron Houck and Elgin … more →
3/12/12- Sherlock Jr.
wrote 3 weeks ago: Sherlock Jr. (1924) Director- Buster Keaton Cinematographer- Byron Houck and Elgin Lessley Screenpla … more →
3/9/12- The Gold Rush
wrote 3 weeks ago: What a delightful movie! I had never seen a Charlie Chaplin film or a silent film for that matter, a … more →
