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Am I still alive? Feel My Pulse Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 19, 2013
The running joke in Feel My Pulse, and the source of the film’s title, is hypochondriac Bebe Daniels constantly checking her pulse to see if her heart has stopped. Her nervous Nellie of an uncle is to blame. However, Bebe later proves that she is more than capable of taking care of herself. read more
More goodies? I’m blushing… The Super Sweet Blogging Award
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 19, 2013
Rachel at All Night Knits has awarded my blog another honor! This time, it is the Super Sweet Blogging Award. I am very excited to receive this. Thank you so much! Now, let’s get down to business. The rules: 1. Thank the Super Sweet Blogger that nominated you.
2. Answer 5 Super Sweet questio read more
Fun Size Review: Don’t Change Your Husband (1919)
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 18, 2013
One of Cecil B. DeMille’s famous bedroom comedies. Elliott Dexter is a boor who drives away his wife, Gloria Swanson, by smoking cigars and munching onions. Realizing that he has lost the best thing that ever happened to him, Elliott mends his ways in order to win her back. However, Gloria h read more
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 18, 2013
John Barrymore takes on the double role of the kindly doctor and his horrible alter ego. This adaptation is Stevenson with a pinch of Wilde thrown in for good measure. John Barrymore, in need of a hit. Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was published read more
It takes more muscles to frown… The Bells Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 17, 2013
You know when you are going along minding your own business, thinking of cake or butterflies or something, and someone tells you this: It takes more muscles to frown than to smile. This annoys me. I’m sorry but I don’t like my emotions and facial expressions dictated by strangers. And, read more
Silent Movie Favorites: Six Silent Actresses
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 17, 2013
There are a few questions that keep cropping up: Who’s your favorite silent star? Director? Movie? Well, that seemed like as good an excuse as any to write an article! A note on my Favorites Lists: I am not a fan of ranking stars, films or directors. Ranking is great for things like spelling read more
Unboxing the Silents: French Masterworks | Russian Emigres in Paris 1923-1928
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 16, 2013
This is an overview of the box set itself. I will be reviewing the films in the set individually at a later date. What is it?: A box set of five film created by talented Russians who fled the revolution and settled in France. It features three films that star Ivan Mosjoukine, who was enormously po read more
Fun Size Review: That Certain Thing (1928)
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 16, 2013
Frank Capra’s first film of many for Columbia Pictures and his trademark optimism-amongst-poverty is already in place.Viola Dana is a tenement beauty determined to marry money. Ralph Graves is a rich wastrel who meets Viola, falls for her and marries her the same night. Everything would be f read more
Awards! Something Old, Something New…
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 15, 2013
Rachel at All Night Knits has generously bestowed the Versatile Blogger Award on my site! I am just tickled pink to receive the honor a second time. Getting recognition from fellow bloggers is a high privilege! Here are the rules for the Versatile Blogger Award: In lieu of the 15 nominations (sin read more
Silent Movie Time Capsule: The Stars Knit!
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 15, 2013
This post is a “thank you” to Rachel over at All Night Knits for nominating me for the Versatile Blogger Award. It’s a collection of WWI-era articles featuring movie stars and their knitting. Here is comedienne Billie Rhodes knitting away at some socks. (I talk to myself when I do read more
Lost Film Files #13: Me, Gangster (1928) directed by Raoul Walsh
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 14, 2013
Vintage ad offering Walsh’s pictures either silent or synchronized. Raoul Walsh. You may know him as the director of gangster classics White Heat, The Roaring Twenties and High Sierra. What you may not know is that Walsh’s career had been linked with crime pictures since the very beginn read more
Fun Size Review: The Sea Lion (1921)
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 13, 2013
Bessie Love and Hobart Bosworth keep the film afloat. Hobart Bosworth is (and this may shock you) a sadistic ship’s captain. Bessie Love is the little castaway who warms his heart and awakens fatherly feelings. But when the captain discovers that poor Bessie just may be the daughter of his en read more
In the Vaults #6: The Cossack Whip (1916)
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 12, 2013
The Cossack Whip (1916) Status: Complete reconstructed print held by the George Eastman House. I first heard of this film in Kevin Brownlow’s marvelous Behind the Mask of Innocence. It is one of the films of director John Collins, a talented artist whose early death from Spanish Influenza dep read more
Fun Size Review: Way Down East (1920)
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 12, 2013
The ice flows, the sequel to the dramatic blizzard. Director D.W. Griffith took a creaky melodrama and… kept it creaky! Lillian Gish is used and tossed aside by a rich creep. She stumbles onto Richard Barthelmess’s farm, where the whole family embraces her with open arms. Then said rich read more
THAT’S what a kiss is? Eve’s Leaves Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 12, 2013
Well, Leatrice Joy is certainly disappointed. She finally convinces shanghaied businessman William Boyd to demonstrate a kiss and that’s it? What in the world is all the fuss about? (Leatrice was raised as a boy on a ship and all her romantic notions are out of fashion magazines. She doesn&# read more
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 12, 2013
One of the most analyzed silent films. One of the most watched silent films. One of the most famous silent films. What else is there to be said about The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari? Well, I’m giving it a shot. Meet the Doctor… We are going to be doing things a little differently this time. read more
Powdered Sugar, A Modern Musketeer Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 11, 2013
That’s what Douglas Fairbanks will turn you into if you double cross his pals. Just saying. Has anyone ever looked so merry while delivering a death threat? read more
The New York Hat (1912) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 11, 2013
Pastor Lionel Barrymore receives a strange mission from a parishioner (the wife of the town miser) who has recently passed away: He is to take the money she has left and buy her daughter, Mary Pickford, little luxuries that she has been denied. The Pastor starts by buying Mary a pricey hat from New read more
Fun Size Review: Eve’s Leaves (1926)
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 11, 2013
Raised as a boy aboard ship, Leatrice Joy feels it is high time to get a fella. Armed with magazine relationship advice, she goes ashore and sets her cap at the first man she sees, William Boyd. He is annoyed by the over-eager Leatrice and rebuffs her. Leatrice shanghais him and soon he is beginni read more
Coed Sucker Punch, Eve’s Leaves Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 10, 2013
It looks like Walter Long is going to win after all. Then the cavalry arrives and William Boyd and Leatrice Joy take the opportunity to deliver a double hit to the jaw. Helpless silent leading lady tied to the railroad tracks? I think NOT! read more