By 1930, silent films had died out in America and across Europe, as well as other parts of the world. However, while mainstream viewers were enjoying the new sound films, talkies, a small ...

Of the nearly 11,000 silent feature films made in America between 1912 and 1930, the survey found only 14% still exist in their original format. About 11% of the films that survive only exist as ...

Early African-American Film: Reconstructing the History of Silent Race Films, 1909-1930 is a website and database devoted to tracking the black filmmakers, actors and artists who contributed to ...

This silent instructional golf film from the 1930s, part of the "Harry Cooper Better Golf Series," focuses on improving techniques through detailed demonstrations and intertitles. It highlights ...

Between 1930-1934, a ... Bright Lights (1925) was another silent film censored for its blatant nudity. Censor boards were costing the Industry $3.5 million a year in review fees, ...

If the writing is good, and the acting is good, it follows that the film should be good, whether it was made in 1922 or 2014. While there are many classic silent films, these are some of the very ...

Other films in the series include Cecil B. DeMille’s 1929 “Dynamite,” Clara Bow’s 1930 vehicle “True to the Navy” and the 1930 Hoot Gibson western, “Trailin’ Trouble.” ...

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 ...

The Philippine movie industry has produced roughly around 75 silent films between 1912 to 1933. Sadly, all of the titles are deemed to be lost forever due to the absence of any film preservation ...

Lifelong silent-film fan and musician, J eff Rapsis, agrees, and calls silent films a timeless value. ... referring to the onset of Hollywood’s prominence in the 1930s with “talkies. ...

Dennis Wolkowicz,. pipe organist and silent-film aficionado who ran two Northwest Side theaters, has died. Skip to content. ... Built in 1930 as a movie palace and designed for sound films, ...