With Taylor Swift singing songs about Clara Bow, audiences have turned their attention to the first days of cinema. But even the most hardened Swiftie might find themselves confused by a strange ...

Before the introduction of sound changed cinema forever, filmmakers had to create visual experiences that could engage an audience without dialogue. Because of this, horror movies depended on ...

Scores of silent films from that era were lost because they were printed on nitrate film stock, an unstable and highly flammable material. “It deteriorated, and also back then the studios weren ...

Barrymore, who was already considered one of the world's premier stage actors ... cinema's greatest movie heroes. Buster ...

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 ...

Set in the first half of the 20th century during the Vaudeville and silent movie era, this new performance showcases the adaptability and timelessness of Shakespeare’s work. The classic play is based ...

UCSC Department of Performance, Play and Design professor Patty Gallagher reimagined the classic comedy to set the production ...

The 1926 film "The Flying Ace" will be screened with live musical accompaniment to mark Black History Month. The film is one ...

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.