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 ...

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Both exalt art as a calling. After a movie collapses as a result of a scandal, Tinseltown’s moguls blacklist Klaus, who flees ...

Once upon a time, in the world of movies, the movie characters we saw on screen were as predictable as any rom-com ending.

Colette Abbott, KFS Executive Director and Robin Goodfellow, KFF Committee Member & KFS Board Member, discuss some of the KFF film highlights and events this week including the Closing Night Party.

the National Park Service theorizes the drawing may depict a scandalous figure from another era in American history: the racy silent-film star Theda Bara. “I think there’s a compelling (if ...

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 ...

five film cans containing 16-millimeter film of “The Heart of Lincoln,” a 1922 picture that was one of more than 7,000 silent films considered lost by the Library of Congress. “The Heart of ...

Northwest Siders are mourning the loss of the accomplished photoplay organist who founded the Silent Film Society of Chicago ...

John Abraham and Sadia Khateeb's The Diplomat releases on March 14. Directed by Shivam Nair, it is based on a true story. The film finds inspiration in Uzma Ahmed's tale. Before you book tickets, read ...

The theatre organ became popular during the 1920s at the height of the silent film era. These magnificent instruments were designed to replicate the sound of a full orchestra on one instrument and ...