Shawn Hall After his 14-film screen partnership with Roscoe Arbuckle, Buster Keaton took over the Comique comedy unit...
Silent Comedy
I’m trying something different to celebrate Silent Movie Day this year. I’ve put together an eight-film...
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"...
As part of my countdown to Silent Movie Day on September 29, I’m reviewing all 33...
Chaplin, Keaton, and Lloyd are firmly on the Mt. Rushmore of silent comedians; the fourth face...
None of the limitations of the silent screen then, seemed limitations to its...
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...
Four years after The Jazz Singer started Hollywood’s rapid shift to talking pictures, Charlie Chaplin stuck...
Buster Keaton made what is still considered the most expensive shot in all of silent film...
