Dizzying though it was, the shot paid off. In the silent era, when the camera was a gigantic apparatus not easily given to smooth, sweeping movement, special tracks had to be built to give us some of ...

"The Silent Film Universe" comes out on June 17, and you can find out more about Model's extensive work preserving and sharing silent film on his website.He is also creating a web page of chapter ...

Recently I took my two daughters to see a silent film at Film Forum here in New York. “Kid Boots” was a hit romantic comedy of 1926, starring the stage comic Eddie Cantor (roughly the Martin ...

Because many silent film stars found it difficult to “find their voice” in the new Hollywood medium, the talkies ended a lot of careers. But here are seven actors who succeeded—and prospered ...

Besides the original 1922 vampire film, we recommend "The Phantom Carriage," "Faust" and "Haxan" The post 7 Silent Horror Films to Watch After Robert Eggers’ ‘Nosferatu’ appeared first on ...

Bara became a movie sensation after starring as a powerful, seductive woman in silent films starting around 1914. She popularized the image of the “vamp,” the enticing female predator who ...

A scene from "Color Blind" is shown in black and white during the Student Silent Film Festival on Wednesday, Jan. 22 at the Tivoli Theater in Downers Grove. Lyons Township High School students ...

Experience live musical accompaniment with silent films this weekend in Denver 02:02. Denver Film is hosting its annual Denver Silent Film Festival on September 27-29, 2024.

The films include a newly restored drama directed by William Wyler, a classic thriller from Alfred Hitchcock, and a boxing comedy that became Buster Keaton’s top-grossing film of the silent era. The ...

Robert Eggers’ lushly gothic remake of “Nosferatu” is a loving homage to silent films, with its dramatic black-and-white scenes and overpowering sense of creeping dread.. The eerie images of ...