With a filmography including over forty films, Bara was one of the most prolific stars of the silent era. As a partially lost ...

The Western. An iconic film genre focusing on a relatively short era of American history that inspires big stories.

Bow’s film “The Pill Pounder,” a comedy short from 1923, was discovered last year. Getty Images. Stenn estimates roughly 80% of all silent movies — including about half of Clara Bow’s ...

Silent movies tend to measure the length in terms of reels ... The humanoid automaton dubbed the Maschinenmensch or the Machine Man is a forerunner of many movie robots, including C3PO from Star Wars.

Although the Talmadge sisters no longer hold the same star power they did in the 1920s, the streets named after them are a lasting tribute to their contribution to Hollywood’s silent film era.

More: Starring Texas: What you can learn about the state through its movies Yet they are hardly alone. Some of the earliest silent-movie stars were Texans. Several others flourished during the ...