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Fun Size Review: The Hessian Renegades (1909)
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Apr 8, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on April 8, 2014 in Blog, Fun Size Review 1776! Spies! Hessian aggression! And all in a tidy, one-reel package. Mary Pickford plays a Colonial miss who helps get a message past some very determined redcoats after her brother (a messenger/spy) is killed. Not a masterpiece from direc read more
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“Shutup so a lady can read!” Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Apr 7, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on April 7, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor I love this title card. I want it framed. I want it in every library in the land. I want to hold it up when I am stuck on a long flight with a very, very chatty neighbor. Because, in the end, reading is the most important thing, right? (I know I read more
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Theme Month! April 2014: Make ‘em laugh
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Apr 6, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on April 6, 2014 in Blog, Theme Month My theme months are rarely set in stone and this month was no exception. April was set aside for Russia but then I got a bead on some pre-Revolution stuff and knew that I could not possibly commence without it. So, you shall have to wait until read more
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Burlesque on Carmen (1915) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Apr 6, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on April 6, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review What was meant to be a light0hearted spoof turned into a protracted legal battle between Charlie Chaplin and the Essanay motion picture studio. However, the behind-the-scenes drama of Burlesque on Carmen does not take away from read more
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The Silent Life in 1925: Mary Astor shows you show to rock a frock!
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Apr 5, 2014
Here is another entry in Photoplay magazine’s Shopping Service series. This time, a 19-year old Mary Astor shows you how fine and foxy you can look in… a prim sweater and calf-length skirt? Hmm. Of course, Mary’s femme fatale years were still a ways away and she was the sweet litt read more
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Carole Lombard shows us how to party like it’s 1928, Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Apr 4, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on April 4, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor Ah, those roaring twenties! While the fringed dress was not as common as Halloween costumers would have you believe, they did exist. Of course, a real 1920′s befringed dress was a marvelous confection of swinging silk, a real thing of beau read more
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Video: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) A Silent Movie Review
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Apr 3, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on April 3, 2014 in Video Review 2 One of the most popular, discussed and examined silent films of all time, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is quite a rarity. It is an art film that also manages to be a crowd-pleaser. I take a look at the film’s history, meaning and the key to read more
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The Busher (1919) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Apr 2, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on April 2, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review Charles Ray stars as a bush league pitcher who makes it big and heads to the city. He leaves behind his girlfriend, Colleen Moore, but it looks like his arch-rival, played by a very young John Gilbert, is ready to step in to re read more
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Movies Silently Quarterly Report (5)
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Apr 1, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on April 1, 2014 in Blog, News Big changes to the site this quarter! Let’s dive in. Hosting by WordPress is great but a little limiting and I moved over to a self-hosted site in January. There were some growing pains and a few glitches (like my subscription plugin spamming ev read more
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“This is a decent jail!” Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Mar 31, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on March 31, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor Phyllis Haver’s Roxie Hart and Julia Faye’s Velma have met their match with the jailhouse matron. The battle started with Velma accusing Roxie of using peroxide, Roxie pulling off Velma’s wiglet and it all went downhill from t read more
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Chicago (1927) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Mar 30, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on March 30, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review, Silents vs Talkies Think Chicago started as a 1970′s musical? Think again! The original play by Maurine Watkins was filmed twice before it was ever a musical, once as a silent and once as a talkie. Juicy though the stor read more
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Did someone say cake? Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Mar 29, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on March 29, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor This is Julia Faye from Adam’s Rib and it is also pretty much my reaction to any hint of dessert. Or possibly a Conrad Veidt movie appearing on TV. In any case, it cracked me up so here you are! TagsAdam's RibJulia Faye read more
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The winner of the Silent Comedian Tournament and what comes next
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Mar 28, 2014
Whew! It has been a fun ride with y’all but the Silent Movie Tournament has come to an end. In all, we considered 32 talents from the silent era and chose 4 winners as our favorite leading man, leading lady, director and comedian. Now, if only someone had thought to put all four of these amaz read more
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Silent Movie Time Capsule: The president and the White House in 1917
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Mar 28, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on March 28, 2014 in Video While movies had been around since the late 19th century, Woodrow Wilson was the president in office when this formerly scandalous form of entertainment was finally being accepted by mainstream Americans. The sheep grazing on the White House lawn were pa read more
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Two’s company, three’s a chaperone, Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Mar 27, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on March 27, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor More flapper shenanigans from Adam’s Rib! Pauline Garon and her mother, played by Anna Q. Nilsson, are both keen to have some alone time with their suitors. Of course, Anna is married and that leads to all sorts of problems. I mean, this read more
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Silent Comedian Tournament: Final Round
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Mar 26, 2014
Thank you for your participation in round two! Well, it’s time for the final round of the Silent Comedian Tournament. The winner of this round will be considered champion of all that is funny in the silents. (This event also marks the finale of the Silent Movie Tournament. It’s been a f read more
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The ABC Award
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Mar 25, 2014
How’s this for a fun award? It’s from MIB’s Instant Headache (thank you!) and here are the rules: 1. Download the award logo and add it to your acceptance post. 2. Nominate a few fellow bloggers and share the award. 3. Since the award is ABC, take each letter of the alphabet and u read more
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The Silent Comedian Tournament: Round 2
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Mar 24, 2014
UPDATE: The polls are closed, thank you for voting. On to the final round!
Thank you for your votes in round one! Some of the competitions were quite close, with the lead switching back and forth several times during the event. The rules for round two will be more of the same: Vote for the comedian read more
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The Merry Widow (1925) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Mar 23, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on March 23, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review Erich von Stroheim turned his singular talents to a classic operetta and the resulting film was the biggest hit of his career. It’s all about central European royalty (natch), an empty treasury and an extremely wealthy w read more
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“You are the impertinent, inexcusable product of the movies, woman suffrage and the war!” Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Mar 22, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on March 22, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor In Adam’s Rib, Elliott Dexter is just sick, sick, of Pauline Garron’s assertive flapper. How dare she come and make passes at a respectable paleontologist such as he? Why, it is unthinkable that any scientist of repute would ever fa read more