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The Extra Girl, produced by Mack Sennett and starring Mabel Normand, was released on October 28, 1923. It’s one of the earlier movies about the movies, with a focus on the barely born Southern California movie making industry, yet we’ve still got the innocent girl trying to make it big read more

The Extra Girl, produced by Mack Sennett and starring Mabel Normand, was released on October 28, 1923. It’s one of the earlier movies about the movies, with a focus on the barely born Southern California movie making industry, yet we’ve still got the innocent girl trying to make it big read more

It feels like it’s been a very long week, friends and neighbors. Judging by the sheer volume of awesome silent and classic film writing cranked out by the interwebs this week, I’m beginning to think someone might have actually slipped an extra day in there. Now, as we sail into the pre- read more

It feels like it’s been a very long week, friends and neighbors. Judging by the sheer volume of awesome silent and classic film writing cranked out by the interwebs this week, I’m beginning to think someone might have actually slipped an extra day in there. Now, as we sail into the pre- read more

If you like silent movies, you gotta admire those Germans. And if you’re a fan of the horror genre, you’ve got to raise a toast to those Germans. That style of movie-making known as “German Expressionism,” with it’s peculiar tension between clinical reality and feveris read more

If you like silent movies, you gotta admire those Germans. And if you’re a fan of the horror genre, you’ve got to raise a toast to those Germans. That style of movie-making known as “German Expressionism,” with it’s peculiar tension between clinical reality and feveris read more

Halloween is almost heeeerrrrreee! Forget blood and guts, everyone knows that silent horror movies are far more creeptastic. Here’s some spooky pics to get you in that Halloweeny mood. Boo! Halloweensilent horror filmssilent horror moviesspooky pics read more

Halloween is almost heeeerrrrreee! Forget blood and guts, everyone knows that silent horror movies are far more creeptastic. Here’s some spooky pics to get you in that Halloweeny mood. Boo! Halloweensilent horror filmssilent horror moviesspooky pics read more

Charlie Chaplin’s Shoulder Arms was released on October 20, 1917. Charlie is an infantryman with big dreams of being a hero behind enemy lines. This is wackiness in a trench, and it’s very, very funny. Enjoy! Cast charlie chaplinonline moviesShoulder Armssilent comediessilent movies read more

Charlie Chaplin’s Shoulder Arms was released on October 20, 1917. Charlie is an infantryman with big dreams of being a hero behind enemy lines. This is wackiness in a trench, and it’s very, very funny. Enjoy! Cast charlie chaplinonline moviesShoulder Armssilent comediessilent movies read more

It’s Friday? Again? Weeks go by pretty quickly these days. I suppose it makes sense that when days are shorter, days feel shorter. But even still… The good news is that my forced hiatus from hockey due to the lockout leaves ample time for Fall movie watching. And, let’s face it, i read more

It’s Friday? Again? Weeks go by pretty quickly these days. I suppose it makes sense that when days are shorter, days feel shorter. But even still… The good news is that my forced hiatus from hockey due to the lockout leaves ample time for Fall movie watching. And, let’s face it, i read more

Cleopatra, starring the sexy and mysterious Theda Bara, was released on October 14, 1917. It was the most popular movie of 1917 by a landslide. The public was intrigued and infatuated with The Vamp. The studio worked overtime to promote her mystical image. So let’s watch Cleopatra now, right? read more

Lillian Gish, the incomparable Lillian Gish, was born on October 14, 1893. Seem like just yesterday, doesn’t it? Celebrate with some of my other posts about Miss Gish, a clip from one of my favorite movies, Broken Blossoms, and some lovely photos of the lovely Lillian. PCF on Lillian Gish The read more

Today is the release date of Buster Keaton’s The Navigator, except in 1924. It’s not opening down at the local cineplex or anything (a shame, if you ask me). I’m going to go out on a limb and guess if you’re reading this, you don’t need much background on Keaton or The read more

Well, hey now, it’s Friday. Thanks to the magic of the interwebs, Pretty Clever Film Gal appears to be feverishly working at PCF Headquarters and she isn’t. Ha! Currently, she’s in an undisclosed location, playing gin rummy with Dick Cheney. Ok, not really, but I’m really no read more

I didn’t know anything about The Bells (1926) until I was browsing the catalogue at reelclassicdvd.com. But when I see silent + Lionel Barrymore + Boris Karloff – well, sign me up! Directed by James Young and based on the stage play Le Juif Polonaise (The Polish Jew), the movie is a kin read more

Well, hell, The Jazz Singer was released on October 6, 1927. And the rest is… well, history. But let’s get the story straight. It was not the first sound picture – there was never really a problem with sound pictures. It was not the first Vitaphone flick, either – that was D read more

Breaking news: I’ve just been informed it’s Friday. Seriously, this almost slipped past me. Granted I’ve been caught up in trying to find footage of the debate that Mitt Romney “won,” because surely everyone else is talking about a different debate than the one I saw. read more

Well well well – happy birthday Buster Keaton! It seems like it happens once every year… today is Buster Keaton’s birthday. Had he been Canadian with ready access to cost effective health care, he would be 117 years old today. Even though it’s Buster’s birthday, we get read more