The cultural landscape of 1920 represented the absolute dawn of modern celebrity, an era when the sprawling movie palaces of old Hollywood manufactured larger-than-life myths out of black-and-white ...
Seventy-five percent of the film made in the original silent-era have been lost forever, according to a new comprehensive study from the Library of Congress. The study is the first to quantify what ...
From Silent Films to the Establishment of the Classic Dracula Image1. The Death of DraculaDrakula halála / 1921, HungaryKnown ...
Today, silent films still are celebrated and enjoyed at film festivals – even some festivals that only screen silent films. September 28 of this year was deemed National Silent Film Day. Companies ...
The stars of yesteryear like Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Anita Page, and Harrold Lloyd, may be long gone, but they can still be seen on the big screen. And for anyone who loves film history or ...
(please note this transcription is autogenerated and may contain errors) JADE HINDMON You're listening to KPBS Midday Edition. I'm Jade Hindman. Musician Ben Model has made a career creating and ...