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Silents are Golden: A Closer Look At – Orphans of the Storm (1921)

Posted on August 21, 2023 by Lea Stans

Silents are Golden: A Closer Look At – Orphans of the Storm (1921) The early 1920s in the U.S.A. was a time of changing tastes and fashions, when society was trying to bounce back in the aftermath of World War … Continue reading →

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Silents are Golden: A History of the Iconic Vitagraph Studios

Posted on July 20, 2023 by Lea Stans

Silents are Golden: A History of the Iconic Vitagraph Studios If you have even a passing interest in silent film, you’re no doubt familiar with the Keystone Film Company and Biograph–to say nothing of the Georges Méliès and Edison studios. … Continue reading →

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Silents are Golden: Silent Directors – The Daring Tod Browning

Posted on October 6, 2022 by Lea Stans

Silents are Golden: Silent Directors – The Daring Tod Browning Known chiefly for his macabre masterpieces Dracula (1931) and Freaks (1932), Tod Browning is widely considered one of the all-time greatest horror film directors. But his cinematic roots stretched back … Continue reading →

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Silents are Golden: The Rise Of The “Underworld”– 5 Gangster Films From The 1910s

Posted on July 21, 2022 by Lea Stans

Silents are Golden: The Rise Of The “Underworld”– 5 Gangster Films From The 1910s Long before James Cagney and Edward G. Robinson starting making a splash in Hollywood, gangsters had been showing up on the American silent screen. While the … Continue reading →

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Silents are Golden: A Closer Look At – Tol’able David (1921)

Posted on June 17, 2022 by Lea Stans

Silents are Golden: A Closer Look At – Tol’able David (1921) One of the great joys of American silent film is not only the “up close and personal” look at times gone by, but seeing how people regarded even earlier … Continue reading →

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Silents are Golden: What Were Films Like In The Nickelodeon Era? – Part 2!

Posted on March 18, 2022 by Lea Stans

Silents are Golden: What Were Films Like In The Nickelodeon Era? – Part 2! Last month, we started exploring the many genres of 1900s nickelodeon films, taking a look at travelogs, military films, the different categories of comic shorts, etc. … Continue reading →

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Silents are Golden: What Were Films Like in The Nickelodeon Era?

Posted on February 17, 2022 by Lea Stans

Silents are Golden: What Were Films Like in The Nickelodeon Era? We’re all at least somewhat familiar with nickelodeons, the tiny 1900s-era theaters where patrons paid a nickel each to watch some films. And we all know that these quaint … Continue reading →

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Silents are Golden: The One-Of-A-Kind Harry Langdon

Posted on January 20, 2022 by Lea Stans

Silents are Golden: The One-Of-A-Kind Harry Langdon For a long time, most silent comedians were very much of the same “type.” Their appearances might vary and some had more distinctly “dimwitted” personalities than others, but practically all of them had … Continue reading →

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Silents are Golden: Eidoloscopes, Praxinoscopes, And Other (Very) Early Cinematic Inventions

Posted on December 16, 2021 by Lea Stans

Silents are Golden: Eidoloscopes, Praxinoscopes, And Other (Very) Early Cinematic Inventions The invention of cinema was very much a fast-paced race. Starting in the late 19th century, dozens of inventors worked on machines to create moving images, everything from optical … Continue reading →

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Silents are Golden: A Closer Look at – Greed (1924)

Posted on November 18, 2021 by Lea Stans

Silents are Golden: A Closer Look at – Greed (1924) With its deeply, grittily realistic story and grand, almost operatic themes, Frank Norris’s 1899 novel McTeague is one of the great American books of the late 19th century. While many … Continue reading →

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