During the silent film era between the mid-1890s and the late 1920s, movies were almost always accompanied by live music. … ...

Janet Gaynor is best known for winning the first-ever Oscar for Best Actress ... the silent age, acting as one of its most distinctive representatives. Unfortunately, most of Bara's films were ...

Silent films feature actors bringing characters to life through gestures and actions. They come from directors who compose striking scenes through blocking and set design. And they tell narratives ...

The 16-millimeter film is believed to be the only known surviving copy of "The Heart of Lincoln," a silent movie about the life of President Abraham Lincoln and American life during the Civil War.

The cold, climate-controlled stacks at the Historic Films Archive in Greenport made the ideal place for film student Dan Martin to spend last summer as an intern: in a basement out of the heat ...

PADUCAH, Ky. (KFVS) - A silent film written and directed by a Metropolis, Illinois native will be screened in Paducah, Kentucky. The screening is part of the Paducah Film Society’s Maiden Alley ...

2 at the Somerville Theatre. (Courtesy) A death-defying rescue; a robbery involving trains; a love triangle: the 1926 silent film “The Flying Ace” employs some of the most durable tropes in ...

But even the most hardened Swiftie might find themselves confused by a strange version of a familiar genre. Silent films feature actors bringing characters to life through gestures and actions. They ...

27, at Rodef Shalom Congregation in Oakland. Klezmer violinist/composer Alicia Svigals and silent film pianist/composer Donald Sosin will accompany the screening of “The City without Jews,” a 1924 ...

Brooks' portrayal of a seductive, thoughtless young woman whose raw sexuality and uninhibited nature bring ruin to herself and those who love her, although initially unappreciated, eventually made the ...

Emilia Fox, the star of Silent Witness, has shared her greatest fear with fans – the worry that there will never be enough time to learn everything she wants. The 50 year old actress ...

However, Fatty Arbuckle’s career took an unexpected turn in 1921 when he was involved in a scandal surrounding the mysterious death of silent film actress Virginia Rappe. She had perished just days ...