Charlie Chaplin is one of the greatest silent film stars and movies like The Great Dictator and City Lights show why he was one of the best. Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's famed 1886 novella ...

Some creators still want audiences to focus on what they see and hear on screen, not what their characters say. Here are a ...

Some readers might argue that silent cinema newcomers should check out Modern Times much sooner, as many regard it not just the best Chaplin movie but one of the greatest films of all time.

Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton are the two main comics from the silent era, but if those are the only names you know, then Harold Lloyd will be a happy discovery. His movie Safety Last!is ...

A 1915 silent film about Abraham Lincoln was thought to be lost forever before being found in a warehouse on New York's Long ...

The 16mm film is believed to be the only known surviving copy of "The Heart of Lincoln," a silent movie about the life of ...

Scores of silent films from that era were lost because they ... the conflict and Lincoln became popular topics in media, according to Virginia film historian David Pierce. Pierce, a retired ...