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Paul Robeson
This Saturday's screen actor had a prominent role in the uber-successful play-turned-movie, "Show Boat"! Remember the song "Old Man...
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Apr 30, 20215 min read
Rex Ingram
Once called "the world's greatest director" by his close friend (and our favorite ogre of a director) Erich von Stroheim, this Friday's...
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Mar 27, 20214 min read
Ramon Novarro
Ramon Novarro! One of the screen's biggest box office draws (particularly with the ladies) was a highly talented and very handsome...
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Mar 7, 20214 min read
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
There are always "those" movies that take forever to release because of endless nitpicking from the people involved. There's usually...
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Feb 24, 20215 min read
Marcus Loew
Think it was just the stars and the moguls who made it big in Hollywood? Think again. Some of the biggest moneybags were the theater...
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Feb 8, 20215 min read
Jack Warner
Let's talk about good ol' Warner Brothers. Did you know there were, in fact, ELEVEN Warner children (brothers AND sisters)? But only four...
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Jan 27, 20213 min read
Special Effects
Without a doubt, the most awe-inspiring part of watching a silent movie is the special effects. This is because, unlike today, there was...
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Jan 15, 20215 min read
Erich von Stroheim
There's always an actor who becomes a filmmaker. It's just bound to happen. Whether or not said actor has the talent and temperament to...
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Jan 2, 20214 min read
Lillian St. Cyr
In the early days of cinema, there wasn't a lot of diversity. But there WERE a handful of exceptions - and today's actress was one of...
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Dec 27, 20204 min read
The Ten Commandments (1923)
Every once in a while, there's an epic filmed. An epic to end all epics. Until the next epic comes along... And while this film was not...
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Dec 21, 20205 min read
Carl Laemmle
As a sort of palate-cleanser from the last Mogul Monday *ahem*, we decided to talk about one of the "nice guys" in Old Hollywood. In an...
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Dec 11, 20205 min read
D.W. Griffith
Many early filmmakers who found success had previous backgrounds in theatre and/or vaudeville. Today's filmmaker is no exception to the...
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Dec 2, 20202 min read
Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd Alley
This Wednesday we'd like to bring to your attention a very important current project, based on (what else) silent film! Many thanks to...
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Nov 21, 20205 min read
Baby Peggy Montgomery
Before there was Shirley Temple, there was Baby Peggy. She was one of 3 cute little kid actors in silent film, with way too much talent...
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Nov 15, 20205 min read
Within Our Gates (1920)
You know the kind of movie that's made as an "answer to" a preceding film? Sort of a way for filmmakers to debate one another...
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