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Clara Bow’s kiss off! Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Feb 15, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on February 15, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor Clara Bow gives a not-so-fond farewell to her castmates in the poverty row potboiler Parisian Love. As was the case in so many of her early films, the plot is thin but Clara sparkles. If you ever have to make a not-so-glamorous exit down a f read more
Video: Barbed Wire (1927) A Silent Movie Review
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Feb 14, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on February 14, 2014 in Video Review 2 Welcome to my second-ever video review! This time, I am sharing Barbed Wire, a beautiful silent drama starring Pola Negri. She’s a French farmer. He’s a German soldier. Her farm has been converted into a POW camp. Not the likeliest read more
Silent Movie Bookshelf: JUDEX novelization by Louis Feuillade and Arthur Bernede
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Feb 13, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on February 13, 2014 in Blog, Books We are used to tie-in novels as part of the inevitable marketing campaigns that accompany films and movies nowadays. However, silent films had their own tie-ins and we are going to look at a special one. Judex is called a serial but don’t l read more
By the seat of his pants indeed! Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Feb 12, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on February 12, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor Lupino Lane once more delights with his cute physical comedy. In this case, he helps himself into a theater box with a judicious yank on the seat of his pants. This is from Only Me, a delightful comedy short in which Mr. Lane plays every sin read more
Fun Size Review: Don Juan (1926)
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Feb 11, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on February 11, 2014 in Blog, Fun Size Review John Barrymore is the famous lover who likes his ladies in both quality and quantity. He genuinely falls for Mary Astor’s virginal damsel and ends up incurring the wrath of the Borgias. The costumes are a visual banquet of the go read more
Silent Movie Time Capsule: The Misfit (1924)
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Feb 10, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on February 10, 2014 in Video Every silent movie fan has an obscure comedian they have taken a shine to. Mine is Clyde Cook. He is best known for providing comic relief in big films like Barbed Wire, The Docks of New York and The Winning of Barbara Worth but he also made short film read more
The Whispering Chorus (1918) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Feb 9, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on February 9, 2014 in Blog, Silent Movie Review In a noirish narrative of guilt, conscience and self-absorption, Cecil B. DeMille takes us into the head of Raymond Hatton’s embezzler. Terrified of being caught, he manages to fake his own death but the long arm of the law and read more
Curse you, beaded 1920s dresses, for ruining her fling! Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Feb 8, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on February 8, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor In the 1923 marital comedy, Adam’s Rib, Anna Q. Nilsson is trying to step out on Milton Sills with Theodore Kosloff (for goodness sake, why?) but she has been given away when a string of beading catches on his tuxedo. Tsk, tsk, tsk. Twe read more
The Silent Oscars
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Feb 8, 2014
This is my contribution to the 31 Days of Oscar Blogathon hosted by Once Upon a Screen, Paula’s Cinema Club and Outspoken and Freckled. Be sure to check out the other wonderful contributions. On May 16, 1929, the very first Academy Awards were handed it. Not yet called the Oscars, these newfa read more
Fun Size Review: The New York Hat (1912)
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Feb 7, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on February 7, 2014 in Blog, Fun Size Review It’s the story of an impoverished teen, a kindly minister, gossipy neighbors and a $10 hat. Griffith spins an alluring confection of small town America that both satirizes and celebrates the culture. Lionel Barrymore and Mary Pickf read more
Video: The Sheik (1921) A Silent Movie Review
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Feb 6, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on February 6, 2014 in Video Review 13 Here it is! My very first video review. It’s been in the works for six months and I am delighted to be finally unveiling it. I am covering one of the most famous (and kitschiest) silent films ever made, one that even non-fans have heard read more
Upcoming events and a top secret project
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Feb 5, 2014
At what school did you learn to be a detective, Holmes? Elementary, my dear Watson, elementary. It’s time for some updates! First, let’s talk about the blogathons. I am participating in the 31 Days of Oscar Blogathon hosted by Once Upon a Screen, Outspoken & Freckled and Paula’ read more
A silent film proto-noogie, Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Feb 5, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on February 5, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor Nell Shipman is absolutely adorable in Back to God’s Country and I have the GIF to prove it! Just look at her reaction to her husband (Wheeler Oakman) when he doesn’t pay enough attention to her. A well-placed noogie can take care read more
If you touch me again, I’ll kick you right in the nose… Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Feb 4, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on February 4, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor You see, officer, there was this guy in a lion suit. I had not choice but to attack him! He kept patting the flank of my scarecrow costume… Why are you arresting me? Random threats of violence. Yet another reason to enjoy the family-fri read more
Lost Film Files #24: Red Hot Romance (1922)
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Feb 3, 2014
Red Hot Romance (1922) Status: Fragments survive in the Library of Congress Today, I will be featuring a forgotten film that is most notable for who was behind the camera. Victor “Gone With the Wind and Wizard of Oz” Fleming directed. Anita Loos and John Emerson wrote the script. The fi read more
Theme Month February 2014: The DeMille Centennial Bash
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Feb 2, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on February 2, 2014 in Blog, Theme Month On February 17, 1914, motion picture audiences were presented with both a new movie company (the future Paramount Pictures) and a new director, Cecil B. DeMille. The centenary of this debut is a cause for celebration and everyone is invited read more
Adam’s Rib (1923) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Feb 2, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on February 2, 2014 in Blog, Silent Movie Review Cecil B. DeMille takes another stab at the domestic comedy– this time with cavemen thrown in for good measure. The tale concerns married couple on the shady side of thirty. Their union seems doomed when the wife starts stepping read more
The Music of Silent Movies: Interview with Donald Sosin
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Feb 1, 2014
It’s a cliche that bears repeating: Silent films were not really silent. Music remains an essential aspect of the silent movie experience and a great score will elevate any film it accompanies. Donald Sosin has been creating silent movie music since 1971 and his work can be found on dozens of read more
I done my best, pardner, but we’ve been robbed! Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Jan 31, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on January 31, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor I love this title card. I wish I could find an excuse to say it in the real world. While making a sweeping gesture and looking dramatically at the rafters, of course. It’s from A Romance of the Redwoods. The little fellow is Raymond Hat read more
The Winner of the Silent Leading Lady Tournament and the next event.
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Jan 31, 2014
Well, it has been an excited event but all good things must end. Here she is, the champion of the Silent Leading Ladies Tournament: I am so happy that Pola emerged the winner. She has become something of a cause on this site, I continue to be more and more impressed with her enormous talent. Howeve read more