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 club post. If you haven't seen it, you are really missing out on the bonkers...
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Why Husbands Flirt is a recently recovered 1918 film. It was part of the haul of undiscovered film found in New Zealand a few years back. I wouldn't call this.
We started the day with Poe, let's end the day the same, with this wild 1928 version of The Fall of the House of Usher, from a live performance in.
In the "Let's Make a Sandwich" thread the other day, someone brought up Dream of a Rarebit Fiend, the absolutely bonkers 1906 film about someone who eats too much Welsh rarebit (and OK, too many beers) and has a some crazy dreams. This is the...
This is the grave of Olive Thomas. Born in 1894 in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, Olive Duffy was the oldest of three children born to Irish parents. Her father died in a.
This is the grave of Hal Roach. Born in 1892 in Elmira, New York, he traveled around as a young man and ended up in Hollywood in 1912. He got.
In tonight's film, we have Stan Laurel wearing a metric ton of makeup (which he did in all his early films)! A setting in the Arab world! The British Army! It's gold, I tell you, gold! From 1923.
Last night's discussion of early silent films means that the unlimited demand for these posts forces me into another. Here is Dog Factory, from 1904.
So this is a terrible day. But here is an essay on the annual event to try and identify old films that exist in pieces and it's pretty dang cool.
What's a Wednesday evening without a bad slapstick anti-German comedy from 1918 that features Stan Laurel in a supporting part?
In comments to today's earlier post on the Child Labor Amendment, Woodrowfan reminded me of the wonderful 1912 anti-child labor film "Children Who Labor." I'll let him explain the content:.
I am really excited to watch the 1920 film The Daughter of Dawn, once thought lost (like about 85 percent of silent films) and now found. The Daughter of Dawn.