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Silent Movie Myth #5: “The Wind” ended wrong and is too… windy
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Apr 29, 2014
The Wind is my favorite silent film so I am very excited about this article. It is an examination of three myths that have attached themselves to the 1928 Lillian Gish vehicle: MGM slapped on a happy ending The original tragic ending still exists in Europe The Wind is too windy (and shot in 120-deg read more
A lady always kisses a gentleman’s hand… oh, wait… Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Apr 28, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on April 28, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor Agda Nielson’s spunky maid, Mizi, steals the film in Lubitsch’s The Merry Jail. The clever girl borrows her mistress’s evening gown and crashes a party being held by a Russian prince. She hopes to fill up on champagne, foie gr read more
Mighty Like a Moose (1926) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Apr 27, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on April 27, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review Poor Charley Chase! He plays Mr. Moose, who is curses with a hideous set of teeth. His wife is equally homely, the owner of a ridiculous schnoz. Two separate sessions of secret plastic surgery later, both husband and wife are read more
Fun Size Review: Tempest (1927)
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Apr 25, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on April 25, 2014 in Blog, Fun Size Review John Barrymore takes a stab at the Russian romance and the result is one of his best silent films. He’s a hardworking sergeant, Camilla Horn is a snotty princess. I think everyone will be able to connect the dots. Louis Wolheim steal read more
Messing with someone’s head is fun! Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Apr 24, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on April 24, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor Charley Chase is having a bit of fun at his wife’s (Vivien Oakland) expense. I am a self-confessed Chase fanatic and I think this captures his brand of amiable zaniness rather well. It’s from Chase’s 1926 comedy Mighty Like a read more
Silent Movie Time Capsule: The Wild West. In England. 100 years ago.
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Apr 23, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on April 23, 2014 in Video 2 I don’t think any genre has fallen as far out of public favor as the western. It’s fun to see, then, how internationally popular the idea of a wild west show was. This is a show put on by British soldiers between 1914 and 1918 in the Englis read more
The Frozen North (1922) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Apr 22, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on April 22, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review Buster Keaton delivers a slice of demented wackiness in this snow-bound comedy. Keaton is a lusty would-be bandit with a large dose of William S. Hart mannerisms. It’s definitely one of his darker short films and is inte read more
“I’M HUNGRY, I WANT MY PANTS!” Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Apr 21, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on April 21, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor Sometimes silent movies have a title card that just makes me lose it. This is one such card. It’s from the 1925 Harry Carey western comedy vehicle entitled Beyond the Border. The whole movie is quite droll (Carey is a charmer) but this th read more
The Penalty (1920) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Apr 20, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on April 20, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review Lon Chaney as we know him really arrived with the release of this movie. It has everything we love about him: impressive makeup, criminal mischief, madness, murder and scenery chewed with rare abandon. Who wouldn’t want read more
Oh, and I suppose you’re going to pay her chiropractor bill, Mr. Boyd. Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Apr 19, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on April 19, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor The sweeping movie smooch has never held much appeal to me. I keep thinking things like, “Doesn’t that hurt her neck?” or “Aren’t his arms tired?” or “Watch that pistol, sonny, you might shoot yourself. read more
The Campus Vamp (1928) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Apr 18, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on April 18, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review Carole Lombard shows her stuff in this late-silent era comedy. She is the titular vamp who is determined to steal her gal pal’s man. Of course, the gal pal has other ideas. Notable for some splendid twenties fashions and read more
Dear Movies Silently, Why do silent films have such poor picture quality?
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Apr 17, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on April 17, 2014 in Video When people think of silent movies, they often think of jittery, scratched images flickering across their screen. But why does the image quality of silent films tend to be so poor? We are going to briefly discuss the topic in this video. Of course, the t read more
UPDATE: The Snoopathon and Unclaimed Films
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Apr 16, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on April 16, 2014 in Blog, Blogathon, Events I thought you might appreciate an update on the Snoopathon. I am quite thrilled with both the quantity and quality of participants who have signed on. I am also thrilled at the diverse selection of films that everyone chose. We will trul read more
Fun Size Review: Her Night of Romance (1924)
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Apr 15, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on April 15, 2014 in Blog, Fun Size Review Constance Talmadge is an heiress who means to evade fortune hunters. Ronald Colman is a penniless aristocrat in need of a rich marriage. I think we all know where there is going. They end up having to fake being married. Now we really know read more
The Silent Life in 1922: How to write crazy letters
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Apr 14, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on April 14, 2014 in Article, Blog, Silent Life I fully admit that I am a devotee of the small town newspaper’s crazy person letter department. We get some real doozies in our neck of the woods. You know the kind, people who write into the paper because their neighbor’s read more
Okay, don’t panic… Just put the shoe on her foot and… RUN!!! Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Apr 13, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on April 13, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor Poor Elliott Dexter! It’s Cecil B. DeMille’s Adam’s Rib and Dexter finds himself having to return a lady’s shoe to its proper place. A frightening prospects for a neurotic paleontologist. (This sequence was clearly one o read more
The Toll Gate (1920) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Apr 12, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on April 12, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review William S. Hart is back in the saddle with one of his most villainous roles. He plays a bandit betrayed by his own lieutenant and out for revenge. We have holdups, posses and plenty of brooding between the action scenes. In sh read more
Silent Movie Time Time Capsule: In 1908, D.W. Griffith was an actor
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Apr 11, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on April 11, 2014 in Video Here is an oldie but goodie that is always fun to watch. D.W. Griffith is arguably the most famous name in silent movie directing but in late 1907 to early 1908, he was a struggling playwright who was hired as an actor. Rescued from an Eagle’s Nest read more
Attack of the flying Lombards! Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Apr 10, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on April 10, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor Carole Lombard demonstrates the proper way for a college gal to claim her college guy. A flying leap into his arms and then plant a kiss on his kisser! I love that she was such a ball of energy and that it translates so well to the silent scree read more
About Silent Movies #9: The Silent Film First Aid Kit
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Apr 9, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on April 9, 2014 in About Silent Movies, Article, Blog, Feature It’s happened to the best of us: We purchase a shiny new silent film, start to watch it and only then discover that the release is bad, bad, bad. Maybe the thing was transferred at the wrong speed. Maybe the sou read more