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Silent Leading Lady Tournament: The Final Round
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Jan 30, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on January 30, 2014 in Blog, Events Update: Voting has closed. You can read about the winner of the tournament here. Thanks to everyone who voted in the previous two rounds. Well, we are down to just two ladies. Who will be champion? (You can vote for the new round at the end of th read more
Ronald Colman, engineer for a soulless corporation, Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Jan 29, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on January 29, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor Ronald Colman is rather quick to confess his character’s motivation to Vilma Banky in The Winning of Barbara Worth. The title card made me stop because it seemed so jarringly modern. (Colman’s corporation is ever worse than he kno read more
Silent Leading Lady Tournament: Round 2
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Jan 29, 2014
Update: Voting is now closed. You can read about the winners here. Thank you for voting in round one of the tournament. Here are the results of the first round: Pola showed no mercy. Pola Negri was ruthless. She took the lead from the very start and left poor Estelle Taylor in the dust. Viol read more
Help Wanted: Let me know your feedback on the site features
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Jan 29, 2014
Well, it has been a week and a half since I made the big switch. I would love some feedback about the new features. Here goes: Commenting I switched to Disqus because it had two features that WordPress lacked: 1) The ability to make a specific guest comment avatar for my site. 2) It allows users to read more
ANNOUNCEMENT: The Sleuthathon, a classic detective blogathon!
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Jan 28, 2014
UPDATE: You can find the very latest roster (updated and organized) on this event page. Enjoy! I love mysteries and I know I am not alone. Here is your chance to join me in celebrating the gumshoes of the classic screen. Here are the particulars: The event will take place on March 16 & 17, 2014 read more
The Silent Leading Lady Tournament: Round 1
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Jan 27, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on January 27, 2014 in Blog, Events Update: The polls are now closed. You can read the results here. Now that we have the gentleman champion of the silents, it is time to choose the top lady. The rules are the same: vote for your favorite in each category and whoever gathers the mo read more
Que Viva Mexico! (1932/1979) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Jan 26, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on January 26, 2014 in Blog, Silent Movie Review I don’t generally cover unfinished films but here is a major exception. Que Viva Mexico! is one of the most frustrating unrealized projects. The work of a brilliant director who was forced to abandon it for reasons both financi read more
The Film Rescue Commando Squad
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Jan 25, 2014
There are two frustrating things about being a silent movie fan. Lost films are the number one vexation. That is, no known copy exists. Second place goes to the sheer number of films that are stuck in archive vaults and simply not famous enough to ever earn home media release. These “vaulties read more
Bring the little Bolshevik, Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Jan 24, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on January 24, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor Famed Hollywood fashionista Lilyan Tashman plays Gloria Swanson’s best pal in Manhandled. Gloria’s shopgirl gets the attention of the bigwigs with her defiant attitude. I rather enjoyed the resulting turn of phrase. The fellow to read more
After the Silents: Man Hunt (1941)
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Jan 23, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on January 23, 2014 in After the Silents, Blog Here’s a good rule of thumb for all you would-be classic Hollywood heroes: If you are a professional hunter and you run into a dapper fellow who claims to be your biggest fan, run. He will always turn out to be a sociopath bent o read more
It’s ALIVE! (And sorry for spamming everyone)
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Jan 22, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on January 22, 2014 in Blog, News Well, here it is. The new site design, I mean. Whatcha think? This has been in the works for a few months and I am thrilled to finally be unveiling it. I am going to go over the main features one at a time but I have something important to say fir read more
Excuse my mess!
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Jan 20, 2014
Hi, everyone! I reworking my blog so there is going to be some downtime/messy pages over the next few days. The results are going to be amazing (I promise!) but things are going to be a bit disorganized and there may be some outages tonight and tomorrow morning. Bear with me, please! Tidiness is o read more
Fun Size Review: Friends (1912)
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Jan 20, 2014
Henry B. Walthall is a slick miner. Mary Pickford is the local lady of the evening. Lionel Barrymore is Henry’s rootin’-tootin’ pal. Both guys like Mary but who will win the day? This is a short subject from D.W. Griffith extolling the virtues of male friendship. Some very fine a read more
Back to God’s Country (1919) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Jan 19, 2014
God’s country, where a man can get gnawed on by a bear cub if he darn well wants to! Movies are like food: Every country has its own flavor and favorite ingredients. Silent film is no exception. The Americans liked glamour, romance and stars. The Germans were famous for their moody lighting read more
The devil is lollin’ at the bay windows of your souls! Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Jan 18, 2014
I just love Tully Marshall’s lay preacher in The Trail of ’98. He’s as mad as a hatter but a good-natured fellow underneath the ranting and raving. And, seriously, is it just me or does Tully have a Christopher Lee vibe going in the film? Related read more
Unboxing the Silents: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Deluxe Edition Blu-ray)
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Jan 17, 2014
(via Kino Lorber) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was John Barrymore’s breakthrough vehicle and is one of the most acclaimed American silent horror films. However, purchasing the film on home video has been a bit of a daunting task. There are dozens of versions available in varying lengths and image read more
The Trail of ’98 (1928) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Jan 16, 2014
Go big or go home. 1928 was the last gasp of the silent epic. The film industry was converting to sound but many larger films were already in production during the talkie revolution. Soon the realism and grit of silent epics would be replaced by the glossy sheen of the studio-bound talkies but the read more
A grand “thank you” for the Classic Movie History Project Blogathon!
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Jan 15, 2014
Well, our participants certainly outdid themselves for the Classic Movie History Project Blogathon! I am still reading the wonderful entries and am enjoying both the skillful writing and meticulous research. I think I can speak for all of us when I say that we were joyous in our reaction. Note the read more
Cecil B. DeMille in 1915: Gypsies, Censors and Thieves
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Jan 14, 2014
We left off with Mr. DeMille embracing the social film with his tenement weeper, Kindling. As 1915 drew to a close, DeMille released five movies, two pot-boilers, one comedy, one modern fairy tale and one virtuous melodrama. Three of these films are recognized classics. We begin with the title that read more
Cecil B. DeMille in 1915: Hot Sands, Hotter Love, Tenements and Wild Geese
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Jan 13, 2014
Last time, we learned that Cecil B. DeMille started 1915 with a shaky mix of established stage stars, popular plays and his own original material. We ended with The Captive, an original story created by DeMille and his collaborator Jeanie Macpherson. The tale was likely designed to get one more use read more