During his internship at a Long Island film archive, Dan Martin made a startling discovery: Curled up in five sealed cans was ...
The Heart of Lincoln,” a 1922 movie directed by the pioneering filmmaker Francis Ford, was found at a stock-footage library ...
The 16mm 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.
“The [Ford] brothers were almost obsessed with Lincoln as this emancipating messiah figure in American history,” Martin, a ...
who hopes to restore the film and add a score to it, so modern audiences can be treated to a piece of cinematic history.
who hopes to restore the film and add a score to it, so modern audiences can be treated to a piece of cinematic history. "With silent films, probably 70% of them are gone," Lauro said.
"With silent films, probably 70% of them are gone ... "A film like this provides evidence that film history is still being written." ...
The 1926 film "The Flying Ace" will be screened with live musical accompaniment to mark Black History Month. The film is one ...
Image Credit: Universal Film Manufacturing Company. Women had far more influence in the silent era than at any other point in cinema history, with people like Mabel Normand, Alice Guy-Blaché ...
PADUCAH, Ky. (KFVS) - A silent film written and directed by a Metropolis, Illinois native will be screened in Paducah, ...