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By Fritzi Kramer on May 18, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review The earliest surviving film directed (and possibly also written) by Mabel Normand, Won in a Cupboard was thought lost for decades. The plot, and I use the word loosely, involves a pair of young lovers, their parents, a case of m read more

Dorothy Gish in Hearts of the World I don’t think anyone will argue with the suggestion that Dorothy Gish pretty much walked away with Hearts of the World. Her Little Disturber was a sassy little number who wore a signature Tam o’ Shanter. The tam was a popular headgear choice for fashi read more

By Fritzi Kramer on May 16, 2014 in Blog, Fun Size Review Mary Pickford and Cecil B. DeMille combined forces for the first time in this romantic melodrama and the results are mixed. Elliott Dexter is a bandit. Mary Pickford is a little lady. Can they find love? Well, you know they can but what come read more

By Fritzi Kramer on May 15, 2014 in Video Review John Barrymore gnaws on the scenery in this zany medieval action-comedy. The Beloved Rogue was his first film for United Artists and it was also the American debut of Conrad Veidt. Veidt and Barrymore compete to see who can overact more shamelessly. read more

By Fritzi Kramer on May 14, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor Look, I know there are times when you have to go out with a cold. The world doesn’t stop just because you are sick. But I really have a problem with people going about and lavishly hacking up their germs all over everyone else. Stop that! I read more

The Abysmal Brute (1923) Status: Missing and presumed lost. Every lost film is a tragedy but some hit your gut worse than others. The Abysmal Brute is one of those movies that makes me want to cry. True, it’s a boxing film and I am not a fan of the sport but it also has my beloved Reginald D read more

By Fritzi Kramer on May 12, 2014 in Video This 1903 British production is believed to be the first-ever adaptation of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. While there are some bits missing from the only surviving print, modern viewers should be familiar enough with the tale to be able to follow read more

By Fritzi Kramer on May 11, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review A fun little genre mashup that is half-romantic comedy, half-western. You think it’s hard getting people to sit down for a silent movie? Honey, you ain’t seen nothing until you have tried to get them to watch a silen read more

By Fritzi Kramer on May 10, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor The major running gag in Cecil B. DeMille’s A Romance of the Redwoods is Mary Pickford’s character arming herself with a wee pistol, which she brandishes if threatened. This part of the film cracks me up because she is holding the thi read more

By Fritzi Kramer on May 9, 2014 in Blog, Fun Size Review   A western. Starring Vilma Banky and Ronald Colman. Only in the silents, eh? This is the story of how water was brought to the Imperial Valley and it also concerns the romance of Vilma’s Barbara. She just can’t decide between Ron read more

By Fritzi Kramer on May 8, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor This one is from Charley Chase’s very amusing short Mighty Like a Moose. It’s also a rather accurate bit of pantomime. I have never bought into the myth of painless dentistry. Chase’s talent for drawing humor out of everyday situ read more

By Fritzi Kramer on May 7, 2014 in Video Boris Karloff’s performance as Frankenstein’s monster is deservedly iconic but the classic 1931 film was not the first time that Mary Shelley’s creation was brought to the screen. The 1910 Edison edition was thought lost for decades before read more

By Fritzi Kramer on May 6, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor Milton Sills is feeling pretty confident in Adam’s Rib. Who wouldn’t be? He is about to ship his kingly romantic rival back to his revolution-prone Balkan homeland. Nothing says victory like getting your wife’s boyfriend killed b read more

By Fritzi Kramer on May 5, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review A rare curio, this film features the unlikely pairing of Tyrone Power, Sr. and serial pioneer Kathlyn Williams. It’s a family drama until it isn’t. Power plays a cuckolded husband and Williams is his cheating wife. Th read more

By Fritzi Kramer on May 4, 2014 in Blog, Theme Month This month is dedicated to the four winners of the silent film tournament that was held earlier this year. The talented people that you picked for the honor: Ernst Lubitsch (Director) Pola Negri (Leading Lady) Sessue Hayakawa (Leading Man) Mabel read more

By Fritzi Kramer on May 4, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review What do you get when you mix a partying husband, a wily wife, a sassy maid and a night in jail? Well, when Ernst Lubitsch directs, you get a zany comedy of marriage and romance. Much wilder and broad than his later work, this ear read more

By Fritzi Kramer on May 3, 2014 in Blog, Fun Size Review A classic tale of romance and revenge set in Restoration Scotland. Sumptuously directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring the popular Madge Bellamy and John Bowers, the story manages to both drag and move too quickly. It’s gorgeous to lo read more

By Fritzi Kramer on May 2, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor This one’s from the 1928 Alaskan drama Burning Daylight. Leading man Milton Sills was noted for playing rugged parts and for being Hollywood’s resident brainiac. A college professor before catching the acting bug, Mighty Milton would s read more

By Fritzi Kramer on May 1, 2014 in Blog, News After a rousing little discussion of The Canadian (1926), I decided it would be fun to feature some of the newer video/streaming releases that I may not have gotten around to reviewing yet. I will include cover art, a very brief description and a link f read more

Parents! Do you forbid your youngsters from going to the motion pictures? Afraid that those nasty flickers will instill wicked thoughts? Well, I am happy to say that your fears have been misguided! Here is a handy list (from 1915) that explains all the wonders your children will see at the movies! read more