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Silent movie review process
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 27, 2013
I have had a few fellow bloggers ask some technical questions of me so I thought it would be fun to do a post all about my movie review method, such as it is. Are the films that I review new to me or not? About 25% of the time they are. The rest of the time, they are films that I have seen before read more
Unhand me, madam! Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 27, 2013
Ronald Colman is trying to beat a retreat in Her Night of Romance but a “fainting” Constance Talmadge has a grip on his jacket and she is not letting go! read more
Fun Size Review: Captain January (1924)
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 27, 2013
Hobart Bosworth plays an old lighthouse keeper who has adopted the castaway, Baby Peggy. Local do-gooders are annoyed at his unorthodox parenting but he and little Peggy love one another. However, what will happen when Peggy’s real family comes to claim her? Sweet but never simpering. Heart- read more
Silent Movie Time Capsule: In 1895, this was a dance movie
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 26, 2013
This footage is entitled Annabelle’s Serpentine Dance. The Annabelle of the title is Annabelle Whitford, a popular dancer who appeared in a series of dance films for Edison Studios. You can see how tiny the studio was. It was dubbed “Black Maria” and was used to film short subject read more
Lost Film Files #14: Gang War (1928)
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 26, 2013
Gang War (1928) Status: Missing and presumed lost Jack Pickford (little brother of Mary) stars with Olive Borden in this gangster film, his final motion picture appearance. With the success of Underworld, all things gangland were popular and profitable. The demand for the genre would, of course, o read more
Fun Size Review: Why Change Your Wife? (1920)
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 25, 2013
Gloria Swanson has a problem. Her husband, Thomas Meighan, has purchased her a negligee! The degenerate! And he listens to fox trot music, if you please! Thomas is soon driven into the waiting arms of Bebe Daniels. Realizing her mistake, Gloria dons designer duds in a bid to win him back. Cecil B. read more
The Bells (1926) A Silent Movie Review
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 25, 2013
Lionel Barrymore is Mathias, a kindly Alsatian innkeeper who is being crushed by debt. Unable to deny his friends loans or his loving daughter small luxuries, Mathias is on the edge of destitution. When a rich man stops briefly at the inn (with a fortune in gold on his person), Mathias drunkenly ro read more
Announcement of New Feature: After the Silents
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 25, 2013
I am very excited to announce a new feature for the site: After the Silents. What is it? It will involve brief reviews covering sound movies that feature silent era performers and directors. I got the idea for this feature in two parts. First, I noticed as I was doing research using sites like IMD read more
Kiss him, lady, don’t strangle him! Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 24, 2013
After a bit of practice, Leatrice Joy and William Boyd pretty well have this kissing thing figured out in Eve’s Leaves. You will recall that she is the tomboy sailor who shanghais him ‘cuz, well, how often do you run into William Boyd? They’re at port and he is about to leave but read more
Silent Movie Time Capsule: 100 years ago, this was fantasy
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 23, 2013
The Edison studios released An Unsullied Shield, a tale of redemption, back in 1913. Directed by Charles Brabin, it is an interesting blend of old and new. The direction is stodgy in the extreme (especially when compared to the other 1913 films we have looked at so far) but it does feature a nice l read more
Fun Size Review: Waxworks (1924)
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 23, 2013
An author takes a job writing tales for the figures in a wax museum. What could possibly go wrong? Other than being dragged into his own nightmare world, of course. Starts with an Arabian Nights fantasy, moves on to Czarist Russia and concludes with an Expressionist take on Jack the Ripper. Direct read more
Silent Movie Bookshelf: The Keystone Kid by Coy Watson, Jr.
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 23, 2013
The cover of my copy. This book review is my contribution to Comet Over Hollywood’s Children in Films Blogathon. Be sure to check out the other great posts that will be offered over the course of this event! If you are a fan of classic films, you have probably seen one of the Watsons in a mov read more
I wasn’t hitting you, I was testing your reflexes! Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 22, 2013
WHACK! Don’t get mad, I was just testing your reflexes! Another GIF from Oh, Doctor! I find these weird old guys in the film tremendously amusing. In this case, they are testing out Reginald Denny to see if he is really sick or a hypochondriac. read more
Silent Movie Favorites: Six Silent Actors
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 22, 2013
Well, I’ve shared six of my favorite actresses, now it’s time to do the same for the actors. These six gentlemen are the actors who have the most derring-do, the most smoldering romance, the funniest humor, the creepiest descents into villainy… I tend to enjoy performances that d read more
Fun Size Review: The Social Secretary (1916)
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 21, 2013
Norma Talmadge: single girl in the big city. Her bosses think that her duties include… well, let’s just say she has to slap a few of them. An idea! She disguises herself as a frump for her next job. It turns out, though, that the boss’s son is one guy she wouldn’t mind chas read more
Silent Movie Time Capsule: 100 years ago, this was a wicked comedy
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 21, 2013
A century ago, people were giggling along with this decidedly un-PC one-reel comedy, His Uncle’s Wives. And the title is literal. An artist inherits his uncle’s estate. Which consists of his six wives. How can our hero do right by his uncle while managing to keep his fiancee in the dark read more
In the Vaults #7: Lady of the Pavements (1929)
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 20, 2013
Lady of the Pavements (1929) Status: Held by the Mary Pickford Institute. Most of the sound discs are missing and presumed lost. The film was shown at the 2009 San Francisco Silent Film Festival, to name just one event, but has not been received a legitimate release to the general public. This movi read more
Silent Movie Time Capsule: 100 years ago, this was a tear-jerker
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 20, 2013
Fun fact: D.W. Griffith didn’t think Lillian Gish looked maternal enough to play a wife and mother so she padded her bust and won the lead in this film! Griffith took a turn for the dark near the end of his short film period. The 1913 drama The Mothering Heart is a fine example of this. With read more
Over Hill and Dale, Feel My Pulse Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 20, 2013
Bebe Daniels is taking no lip from Richard Arlen. Drive, man, drive! Hmph! Let us away over hill and dale… I think I may have to use that one. read more
Fun Size Review: The Charlatan (1929)
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 19, 2013
Murder most foul! This is one movie I think Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh and Marjorie Allingham would all approve of. An illusionist’s wife leaves him and kidnaps their daughter. After over a decade of searching, he locates his wayward wife but she is soon murdered in his Disappearing Lady b read more