Douglas Fairbanks was the quintessential star of the 1920s. Starring in some of the best classic fantasy films, Fairbanks became known as a swashbuckler thanks to roles in films like the seminal The ...

Louise Brooks was the Platonic ideal of a silent film star. Gorgeous, funny, stylish and deeply expressive without uttering a single word, Brooks was a '20s icon who defined the sleek, empowered ...

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 ...

Clara Bow was one of the most popular silent film stars in the late 1920s. Getty Images “Men wanted to have her and women wanted to be her,” he said.

She made 80 films in just five years, but silent movie star Myrtle Gonzalez faded into oblivion... until now. Today’s Google Doodle celebrates the pioneer Mexican American actress on the ...

Like many silent film stars, the transition to sound proved difficult, and by the early 1930s, she had retired from acting. However, her legacy endured, ...

A silent-era star, Griffith was nominated for Best Actress at the second-ever Academy Awards, in 1930. But as silent films gave way to sound, she was forced to leave the screen behind.

He discovered Martha Mansfield while watching the 1920 silent film, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." Mansfield starred alongside John Barrymore as Millicent Carew, Dr. Jekyll's fiancée.

Sessue Hayakawa, 1918 (Fred Hartsook) Hayakawa rose to prominence in Hollywood during the silent film era, becoming one of the first Asian actors to gain international stardom.

Before she entered films at age 16 in 1909, the screen star made a living as an artist’s model, which included posing for postcards illustrated by Charles Dana Gibson, creator of the Gibson Girl ...

Louise Brooks was the Platonic ideal of a silent film star. Gorgeous, funny, stylish and deeply expressive without uttering a single word, Brooks was a '20s icon who defined the sleek, ...