Shawn Hall For the sixth Silent Movie Day (that’s today!) me and <a href="https://silentology.wordpress.com/2026/08/03/announcing-the-return-of-the-silent-movie-day-blogathon/" data-type="link"...
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Sometimes we let a genre fool us. Whether horror, melodrama, or romance, in the case of...
None of the limitations of the silent screen then, seemed limitations to its...
Horror was not recognized as a movie genre until the Pre-Code years, when Universal’s smash hits Dracula and Frankenstein solidified...
Ever since scholars began seriously considering the history of film in the mid-20th century, The Birth...
What’s the greatest silent film ever made? Or even the Top 100 Silent Movies? <span style="box-sizing:...
Perhaps no genre gets more flak than the melodrama. Fans enjoy its strong emotions, all-or-nothing stakes,...
I recently finished Buster Keaton’s silent filmography—or so I thought. Focused on watching all Keaton’s appearances...
Outside of film enthusiasts, film gauges aren’t thought about much. In a digital world where the...
Anyone even slightly familiar with the silent era knows of the staggering amount of films lost...
