During his internship at a Long Island film archive, Dan Martin made a startling discovery: Curled up in five sealed cans was ...

Some creators still want audiences to focus on what they see and hear on screen, not what their characters say. Here are a ...

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 ...

Some readers might argue that silent cinema newcomers should check out Modern Times much sooner, as many regard it not just the best Chaplin movie but one of the greatest films of all time.

The 1915 motion picture released by Universal was listed by the Library of Congress as among 7,000 silent films ... Awards for Best Director who would go on to make his own movie about Lincoln ...

"With silent films, probably 70% of them are gone," Lauro ... but is believed to still be somewhere on the grounds. Back to top ...

Scores of silent films from that era were lost because they ... the conflict and Lincoln became popular topics in media, according to Virginia film historian David Pierce. Pierce, a retired ...

The 16mm film is believed to be the only known surviving copy of "The Heart of Lincoln," a silent movie about the life of ...