Shawn Hall After a couple of years’ hiatus, the Silent Movie Day Blogathon is back! This year I’ll be co-hosting it along with the blogathon’s founder Lea from Silentology to celebrate the sixth annual Silent Movie Day.
The blogathon will give you a chance to share your love of silent cinema and your thoughts on any topic related to silent movies. We hope to use the blogathon to follow the spirit of Silent Movie Day’s original founders:
Silent Movie Day is our moment as silent movie fans, academics, programmers, and newcomers to share our mutual love and appreciation for this unique period in motion picture history. It is also an opportunity to rally around surviving silent pictures that are still in need of preservation.
All bloggers are invited to join in writing, reading, and sharing posts for our Silent Movie Day Blogathon!
When: Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Where: Silentology & The Everyday Cinephile (that’s here!)
How: To participate, please choose any silent film-related topic, whether it’s looking at a specific silent film, a star or director, or even just why you love silent cinema. You can either leave a comment below on this post or at Silentology or you can email Lea or I with your topic and blog address. Then on the day of the blogathon itself, please send whoever you signed up with the link to your post whenever it’s ready and I’ll update it to the blogathon page.
Details:
- No more than two posts per participant
- New posts only
- Mention the blogathon in your post with a link to the blogathon home page. (Plus adding a little about Silent Movie Day is swell too!)
- Participants can also send in videos or alternative forms of media for their submission.
- Choose one of the silent film lobby cards I’ve edited below to spread the word about the blogathon and Silent Movie Day!
Lea and I are looking forward to seeing what everyone thinks up and to celebrate Silent Movie Day with you this September!
The Roster:
The Everyday Cinephile | TBA
Silentology | TBA
Classic Film & TV Corner | Rudolph Valentino’s Relationship with June Mathis
Taking Up Room | The Power of the Press (1928)
Silver Screenings | Manhandled (1924)
Cinematic Scribblings | Every-Night Dreams (1933)
Silver Screen Classics & Nostalgia | Silent Shock: Shocking Moments in Silent Cinema
Crítica Retrô | Forbidden Fruit (1921)
nitrateglow | Priscila Dean’s collaborations with director Tod Browning
The Midnite Drive-In | Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922)
18 Cinema Lane | The Scarecrow & The Haunted House
Bill LeFurgy | Mae Murray’s move to motion pictures and To Have and To Hold (1916)
Hi Shawn. How exciting!
Please put me down for an article about the relationship between Rudolph Valentino and June Mathis.
Maddy
Sure thing Maddy! Definitely a fascinating relationship to dive into.
Hi Shawn and Lea–this is great! I’d like to write about “The Power of the Press,” if that’s OK.
Thanks for joining! Excited to hear about some silent Capra.
I recently came across a copy of Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler at our local church resale facility. Interesting how that works out, since I normally don’t buy many silent movies…
Hello! I’d like to join the blogathon by reviewing two of Buster Keaton’s short films; ‘The Haunted House’ and ‘The Scarecrow’.
Great! More Buster is also welcome. I’ve put you down