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And here’s some fairy dust for you, and you, and you… Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Nov 11, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on November 11, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor A huge thanks to all the participants of The Fairy Tale Blogathon (and more posts are on the way). You did an amazing job and I have been enormously enjoying your articles and reviews. I thought a fairy was in order, considering the subject read more
Forbidden Fruit (1921) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Nov 10, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on November 10, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review A Cinderella-of-the-Tenements tale, Forbidden Fruit is also a decadent slice of the twenties, as viewed through the extravagant lens of Cecil B. DeMille. Lavish production values, crazy costumes and a surprisingly clear-hea read more
Silent Movie Rule #8: You may think it’s cute but it’s probably annoying
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Nov 8, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on November 8, 2014 in Blog, Humor, Silent Movie Rules Poor D.W. Griffith. A man of… singular predilections, he never quite figured out that audiences (and sometimes the actresses themselves) were not quite as fond of whirling, swirling, hippity-skippity heroines as he was. C read more
Ask Away: No stupid (silent movie) questions
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Nov 7, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on November 7, 2014 in Blog, Feature I am trying something new. If it’s a success, I will be doing more of them. Basically, you get to decide what I write about. Readers are free to ask silent film-related questions. (With a few caveats.) What do I mean by “no stupid qu read more
Cooking with the (Silent) Stars: Richard Dix’s “Toad in the Hole”
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Nov 6, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on November 6, 2014 in Article, Blog, Feature, Photoplay Cookbook Welcome back! I am cooking my way through the 1929 Photoplay cookbook (recipes of the stars!) and you are invited to tag along. (I have listed all the recipes I have tested on this dedicated page. Check back often.) read more
Theme Month! November 2014: Go big or go home
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Nov 5, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on November 5, 2014 in Blog, Theme Month Silent movies could be small, intimate, delicate affairs. We are not going to talk about those. This month, we are all about the biggest, the most epic and the most popular films of the silent era. Only epics need apply. To whet everyoneR read more
So maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to turn our entire treasury over to two kids named “Bud” and “Fluff” Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Nov 4, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on November 4, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor The Magic Cloak of Oz has many moments that– to employ an overused word of a few years back– can be best described as random. Why is the heroine named Fluff? Why would a kingdom put her and her brother in charge of anything? They read more
Unboxing the Silents: Verdun, Looking at History
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Nov 3, 2014
Even if you have never heard of Verdun, visions d’histoire, chances are you have seen clips of it. The epic French retelling of the Battle of Verdun was so accurate and so dramatically filmed that footage has been used repeatedly in documentaries of the First World War– sometimes even b read more
“Let us begin,” said Conrad Veidt. Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Nov 2, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on November 2, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor People do not clap nearly enough today. Let me rephrase. They clap at concerts or at that stupid team-building retreat they have to go on or at a play but they do not clap to summon their minions or as a signal to begin a fiendish plan of mur read more
Silent Movie Trivia #10: Little Annie Rooney (1925)
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Nov 1, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on November 1, 2014 in Blog, Silent Movie Trivia Click here to view in lightbox This time, we are going to be looking at trivia from one of Mary Pickford’s last child roles, Little Annie Rooney. She played a teen in Sparrows but this would be her last go at playing a grade-sc read more
The Marion Davies Acting Academy: Realistic Tears. Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Oct 31, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on October 31, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor It takes a really good actor to play a really bad actor. In this case, Marion Davies plays a kid who just wants to make it big in pictures. Unfortunately, she lacks one important skill: She cannot cry on command. Never one to be deterred, our read more
Rubber Tires (1927) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Oct 30, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on October 30, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review Bankrupt in New York? California, here we come! That, in a nutshell, is the plot of Rubber Tires, a romantic road comedy from the tail end of the silent era. Can our madcap family roll into Newhall in their battered flivver? read more
International Chaplin: The Little Tramp in Seoul
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Oct 29, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on October 29, 2014 in Article, Blog, Feature I am officially back. These last few weeks, I have been living out of a carry-on in Seoul, South Korea. The site was controlled remotely in a (more or less) successful manner using apps. First, a few answers: Why Seoul? Because I like i read more
Fun Size Review: Back to God’s Country (1919)
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Oct 28, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on October 28, 2014 in Blog, Fun Size Review Some guys just won’t take no for an answer. In this case, the pursued heroine is played by Nell Shipman, pioneering actress, writer, producer and director. The villain is Wellington Playter, a villain so dastardly that he murders a read more
“I’ll microwave you a cup of tea.” The seven most frightening words in the English Language. Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Oct 27, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on October 27, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor I don’t mean to be judgmental. I really don’t. It’s just that… I mean, I can’t… NO! You cannot microwave tea water. I stand firm in my conviction. This is what electric tea kettles were invented for. In the read more
Sawdust and Salome (1914) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Oct 26, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on October 26, 2014 in Blog What happens when a rich swell marries a bareback rider from the circus? Well, his mother is none too pleased, let me tell you. Norma Talmadge stars as the young woman who leaves the sawdust of the circus for a ritzier address, which (oddly enough) also read more
Silent Movie Trivia #9: Way Down East (1920)
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Oct 25, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on October 25, 2014 in Blog, Silent Movie Trivia Click to view in lightbox This time, we are going to be looking at trivia from a very famous film, Way Down East. Most of us know the story already. D.W. Griffith paid out an enormous sum for the movie rights to one of the corniest p read more
This lady is way, way, WAAAAY too into her knitting. Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Oct 24, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on October 24, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor I can’t… I just… I mean… HUH? Okay, background. This is from The Heart of Humanity, which shamelessly ripped off the style of D.W. Griffith. Now Mr. Griffith did like his heroines to give little hyper pecks to birds, l read more
Fun Size Review: Stella Maris (1918)
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Oct 23, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on October 23, 2014 in Blog, Fun Size Review John has the role of nurturer. The tale of two women, both played by Mary Pickford. Stella is a beautiful invalid while Unity is an abused orphan. Both fall in love with the same man but he is trapped in an abusive marriage. One of Pickf read more
Silent Movie Rule #7: Don’t mess with Lon Chaney
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Oct 22, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on October 22, 2014 in Blog, Humor, Silent Movie Rules Mr. Chaney was one of the most prolific and frightening villains in motion picture history. West of Zanzibar contains one of his most elaborate and warped vengeance schemes. The crime: Lionel Barrymore broke Chaney’s back read more