We haven't touched on Georges Méliès for awhile, so let's consider his 1905 film, The Legend of Rip Van Winkle, or sometimes just called Rip's Dream. One of the most.
This remarkable Alice Guy Blaché film from 1912, Making an American Citizen, is a story in four parts. It shows an eastern European peasant and his wife becoming Americans. In.
Last night, I got back in touch with an old friend, Tod Browning's 1927 film The Unknown. I love this film so much. Joan Crawford, in one of her first.
Friends, I present you perhaps the creepiest document in the entire history of film, the 1907 film The Dancing Pig. https://www.youtube.com/embed/IcCKPAnArsw I have been known to show this students just.
Long before Laurel & Hardy were a famous comedy duo, Stan Laurel had quite the silent film career. He's not at the Chaplin/Keaton/Lloyd level, but his films can be quite.
I may have linked to this before, back in the days before I created Film Club, but since we started the day with Samuel Slater, I figured we'd end it.
This 1928 travelogue by Isaac Upham doesn't feel like a journey into 92 years ago. It feels like 200 years ago. Obviously the 20th century has reached China--the European style.
Pop Matters has an essay on Paul Reni's incredible 1928 film The Man Who Laughs, one of the creepiest movies ever made. That reminds me to make it a film.
