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After the Silents: The Return of Doctor X (1939)
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 24, 2013
This is wonderfully entertaining film for all the wrong reasons. Here is what we are in for: Humphrey Bogart plays a zombie doctor who must steal the blood of the living so that he (and his white rabbit!) can survive. Also, he has wire spectacles and a skunk stripe in his hair. Isn’t it wonde read more
Silent Take: The Dark Knight circa 1926
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 24, 2013
I just thought I would have some fun with Photoshop. Here is my idea of The Dark Knight if it had been made in 1926. What’s your take? Who is your silent movie cast for The Dark Knight? read more
This is pretty much how I act when there is a free buffet… Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 24, 2013
Ossi Oswalda is posing as a mechanical doll and is it ever hungry work! No one can see her eat (she is a doll) which explains her frantic face stuffing. This GIF is from Ernst Lubitsch’s 1919 charmer The Doll. read more
“Don’t worry, everything’s fine,” says the guy with a face covered in pie, Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 23, 2013
There are times when you’ve just go to bluff your way through a bad situation. Answering the door with your face covered in pie is not one of those times. This comes from the climax of Show People. Marion Davies delivered the offending pie. read more
Fun Size Review: The Golden Chance (1915)
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 23, 2013
Cleo Ridgely is in the “repent at leisure” stage of her hasty marriage to a ne’er-do-well. Then she gets a chance to play Cinderella when her wealthy employers need a beautiful woman to keep would-be investor Wallace Reid hanging around. Reid and Ridgely have excellent chemistry read more
Announcement of New Feature: Silents in Talkies
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 22, 2013
I am pleased to announce another feature for Movies Silently: Silents in Talkies. What is it? I will be reviewing sound-era films that contain silent movie clips, are set at silent movie studios or that feature characters who are involved in the silent film industry. I got the idea for this featur read more
Gish Sisters Blogathon UPDATE
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 22, 2013
Well, things are coming along beautifully for the Gish Sisters Blogathon in September. I just wanted to post an update with additional details for participants and would-be participants. When: September 7-9 Who: Movies Silently (that’s me!) and The Motion Pictures Roster: You can read the co read more
DeMille Leading Men: Proudly Dislocating Necks for over 40 years… Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 22, 2013
Maybe I’m the only one who found this funny. Who knows? Anyway, the top GIF is from The Volga Boatman (1926) and the bottom one is from The Ten Commandments (1956). 30 solid years of sore necks for the ladies. read more
I dare you to punch out at work — Buster Keaton Style! Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 21, 2013
Admit it. You’ve always wanted to do this. Buster Keaton shows us how it’s done in his famous short The Play House. read more
The Play House (1921) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 21, 2013
Buster Keaton is the dogsbody at a small theater. In the course of a day, he must impersonate a monkey, obtain a set of Zouave guards, avoid mixing up a pair of identical twins (one of whom he is dating) and manage not to get killed by a strongman. Why doesn’t he quit? What, and leave show bu read more
The shame! The SHAME! I shall fling myself from this very low window! Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 21, 2013
Gerhard Ritterband plays the naughty apprentice in Ernst Lubitsch’s comedy The Doll. He has ruined the doll of the title and threatens to commit… well, not exactly suicide since the window is on the first floor… The icing on the cake is the fact that he concludes the whole routin read more
30 Day Silent Movie Challenge, Day 21: Film you used to love but you now hate
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 20, 2013
This was another hard one. I hesitate to really tear down a silent film. After all, it’s not like they haven’t been knocked around enough. (By the way, I am putting on a helmet and elbow pads because this film does have a following.) My choice is the second and last collaboration of Ma read more
30 Day Silent Movie Challenge, Day 22: Film no one expected you to love
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 20, 2013
(IMDB) I’m going to come right out and say it: I am not a fan of the Pepe le Pew-style silent film romances. You know the “oh my darling, how beautiful you are, it is love at first sight, no? I love you, I love you, I love you!” (insert slow motion kisses, etc.) sort of thing. I t read more
30 Day Silent Movie Challenge, Day 23: Film that disappointed you the most
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 20, 2013
Sparrows was originally called Scraps This one is interesting. I am going to go a little outside the box for it. Here’s the story: Sparrows is the very first silent movie I ever saw (not counting old Mutt and Jeff shorts). The copy I rented, back in the olden days when there places to rent th read more
30 Day Silent Movie Challenge, Day 24: Film that makes you wish you had a time machine so you could see it in the theater
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 20, 2013
The Phantom makeup was closely guarded…(Wikipedia) Okay, so it’s an incredibly obvious choice. I am one of those people who loves to watch the audience as well as the movie. Did you see Despicable Me in the theater? Did the audience gasp at the juice box scene? Fun stuff. Worth the pric read more
30 Day Silent Movie Challenge, Day 25: Most beautiful costume design
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 20, 2013
Silent film had some truly sumptuous costumes. Should I choose the glorious medieval costumes of Robin Hood? The beautiful French Revolution frocks of Orphans of the Storm? In the end, I decided to choose the costume design that could have only happened in the silent era: The insanely ornate fashio read more
30 Day Silent Movie Challenge, Day 20: Film you wish you could live in
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 20, 2013
I am one of those tedious people who will examine a query like this to death. What is the life expectancy in this film? Would I live there as me or as a character in the film? If a character, which one? If me, what would I be? So, to avoid annoying my long-suffering readers, I decided to close my read more
30 Day Silent Movie Challenge, Day 27: A movie from your favorite director
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 20, 2013
I have to confess that I do not have just one favorite silent film director. However, since I have used films from DeMille, Leni and Vidor in this challenge, I decided to go with another one of my favorites, Tod Browning. Best remembered today for Freaks and Dracula, Browning formed a successful c read more
30 Day Silent Movie Challenge, Day 28: A movie that casts a favorite performer against type
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 20, 2013
To me, the best actor in American cinema circa 1915-1920 was Sessue Hayakawa. His understated acting and brooding good looks should have ensured him leading man status but the racial politics of the time prevented it. Like most Asian performers in Hollywood, Hayakawa found himself typecast into th read more
30 Day Silent Movie Challenge, Day 29: A movie from a “gone too soon” performer
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 20, 2013
Due in part to the inferior medical technology of the time, the silent era has more than its fair share of performers and directors who suffered untimely deaths. And then there was always… murder. I could have taken Valentino, William Desmond Taylor or John Gilbert but I decided to draw some read more