The 16-millimeter film is believed to be the only known surviving copy of “The Heart of Lincoln,” a silent movie about the life of President Abraham Lincoln and American life during the Civil War.

It was, as all films were then, silent. Telling stories without words became a staple of animation, with early shorts like Max Fleischer’s Out of the Inkwell series and Walt Disney’s Silly ...

During Hollywood’s Silent Era, few child stars reached the heights of fame as quickly as Baby Peggy. While Jackie Coogan charmed audiences in The Kid (1921) and Shirley Temple later defined child ...

Released in 1915, the film was directed by Francis Ford, the brother of famed filmmaker John Ford. It had been listed in a record of 7,200 silent films classified as "lost" ...

Image Ford, center, who was an early Hollywood pioneer and the older ... Historic Films Archive Francis Ford played Lincoln nine times in the silent films he directed, including “The Heart ...

This amazing sci-fi silent film is set in a dystopian future revolves around the son of a city master named Freder and Maria ...

Male actors played all roles, as women were not allowed to act in films at that time. Phalke trained men to play female characters.

Beginning on March 15, the Cleveland Public Library and the Cleveland Silent Film Festival & Colloquium (CSFF) will partner ...