Blogs about Silent film
9 blogs about Silent film.
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Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd film locations (and more)
by John Bengtson "the great detective of silent film locations" New York Times.
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How Laurel & Hardy Made “Two Tars” They did it again! Flicker Alley is now hosting Laurel & Hardy: Year Two, a beautifully presented 2-disc Blu-ray set of Stan and Ollie’s 1928 films, their second year (Year Two) working as a duo. …
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Cinematica
Vintage stuff from quieter times. Films, ephemera, housewares, but mostly films.
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The Great Stone Face—-Wasn’t On All Hallow’s Eve, we quite naturally watched Buster Keaton’s 1921 two-reeler, The Haunted House. And of course, there on camera, displayed in all his glory, was The Great Stone Face, as Keaton is known …
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Grace Kingsley's Hollywood
One hundred year old news and gossip, compiled by Lisle Foote.
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Where’s that dustbin of history when you need it? : November 1924 Thomas Ince One hundred years ago this month, Grace Kingsley returned to work from family leave to one of the biggest stories of the year. Her newspaper had an efficient summary on the front page …
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Jeff Rapsis / Silent Film Music
Chronicling the ongoing adventure of staging silent film screenings with live music in theaters in New England, USA and elsewhere.
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Thoughts on 'Daughter of the Dawn' in San Francisco, and remembering Joe Yranski Me and silent film accompanist Rodney Sauer at the Essanay Silent Film Museum in Niles, Calif.Saturday, Nov. 2 brought a double-helping of my favorite dish: silent film delight.I got to accompany 'Daughter of the Dawn' …
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Movies Silently
Celebrate Silent Film.
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The Queen of Spades (1916) A Silent FIlm Review An old countess has a secret: she knows the three cards to play in order to win every time she gambles. When a military officer learns of this, he becomes obsessed with gaining the knowledge …
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Silent London
A place for people who love silent film.
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Silent Sherlock at the London Film Festival: the game is afoot Stand outside Alexandra Palace on a clear evening with a full moon, as I did last night, and you can take in the whole city. London may be as silent as it gets from this …
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Silent-ology
Uncovering the silent era.
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Silent-ology’s Great “Nosferatu” Post Roundup! A Happy Halloween eve to one and all! As we near the end of this glorious month of spooky film viewing I naturally wanted to turn our attention to one of the most iconic spooky …
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Silver Scenes
Covering the world of classic movies from the silents to the mid 1960s via bios, movie reviews, rare photos and fun trivia.
By Constance Metzinger, Diana Metzinger. More infoUpdated
From the Archives: About Face (1952) This is a lovely behind-the-scenes photo of Gordon MacRae, Phyllis Kirk, and Dick Wesson on the set of About Face (1952), a Technicolor remake of the classic Brother Rat.From the Archives is our latest series …
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Spite Work: The Trials of Virginia Rappe and Fatty Arbuckle
A reconsideration of the Fatty Arbuckle case of 1921-22 and the life and death of the victim, Virginia Rappe.
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Core samples of 10,000+ pages: Dr. Shiels In a few weeks, we plan to spend five days visit the San Francisco Public Library to conduct our first on-site inspection of the transcripts for the three Arbuckle trials as reported in our blog …