Before dialogue became the heart of cinema, silent film stars captured audiences through expression, presence, and pure screen charisma. The 1920s were a golden era for these performers, who became ...

A screening of Buster Keaton's 1925 silent comedy, Seven Chances, will be held at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 23, at The Center for the Arts in Natick (TCAN), 14 Summer St., according to a community ...

Yvonne Stevens, 104, an actress who appeared in silent-film comedies and melodramas and was the first wife of Academy Award-winning director George Stevens, died of a heart ailment May 27 at her home ...

Looking back now, there is the impression that all old silent films were black and white, the advent of sound in the mid-to-late 1920s marking the first great milestone on the march to our 3D, ...

After two years at other venues as the Castro Theatre was being renovated, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival returns to its ancestral home in time for its 30th anniversary. Technically, it's the ...

The Franklin Historical Museum has launched a new series called “Cinema 80” and this month is featuring the films of Harold Lloyd, a 1920s comedian who rivaled Charlie Chaplin for keeping audiences ...

Silent Movie Mondays Season Three continues with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), a spine-tingling silent classic setting the tone for an autumn filled with suspense. Organist David Marsh provides live ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gloria Swanson stars in Erich von Stroheim's "Queen Kelly" (1929). (S.F. Silent Film Festival) After two years at other venues as ...