Shawn Hall Variety (1925) is a German silent film that takes a pretty traditional love triangle and adds...
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Special blog series ranging from discovering European Silent Cinema to chartering the development of filmmaking in the state of Utah.
Few films have been as influential as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Released in 1920, this...
When most people think of German silent cinema, the mind often jumps to the bold stylization...
Despite this being her only major on-screen film role, theater actress Maria Falconetti delivers one of...
Laurel and Hardy are best known for their 1930s and ’40s films, but their rise to...
During promotion for The Gold Rush, Charlie Chaplin declared it the film he wanted to be...
Long before Superman or Batman, America’s favorite screen hero was Douglas Fairbanks. In The Iron Mask...
There are very few silent movie titles well-known to the public, let alone elicit a shiver...
Hollywood has made plenty of movies about the life of Jesus, but my personal favorite is...
Four years after The Jazz Singer started Hollywood’s rapid shift to talking pictures, Charlie Chaplin stuck...
