Scott Lord Silent Film: Lon Chaney in Victory (Maurice Tourneur, 1919)
Robert Gordon Anderson, in his 1971 volume Faces, Forms, Films, the artistry of Lon Chaney, writes about the film "Victory", directed by Maurice Tournuer. "The picture had good reviews despite some...
View ArticleScott Lord Scandinavian Film: Lars Hanson in A Dangerous Proposal (Ett Farlit...
The first film directed by Rune Carlsten, an adaptation of a story by Bjornestejerne Bjornson which Carlsten coscripted with Sam Ask, was for Filmindustri Skandia, a short lived merger which shortly...
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: (The Hell Ship 1923, Victor Sjostrom)
"The Hellship" (Eld Omboard), directed by Victor Sjostrom and co-scripted by Victor Sjostrom and Hjalmer Bergman, starred actresses Jenny Hasselqvist, Julia Cederblad and Wanda Rothgardt. Victor...
View ArticleScott Lord Swedish Silent Film: The Phantom Carriage (Korkarlen,Victor...
With the subtitles Sweden Strikes a Lyrical Note, Garbo is Lost and Found, and Sweden Studio is Re-Born, in 1947 author Leslie Wood, in her book Miracle of the Movies, note the contribution of Victor...
View ArticleScott Lord Swedish Silent Film: Hans nåds testamente (Victor Sjostrom, ...
During 1919, Victor Sjostrom directed the film “His Lord’s Will” (“His Grace’s Will” “Hans nads testamente”) from the writings of Hjalmer Bergman. Photographed by Henrik Jaenzon, it starred actresses...
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: Lon Chaney in He Who Gets Slapped (Victor Seastr...
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View ArticleScott Lord: The Outlaw and His Wife (Victor Sjostrom, 1918)
After having appeared in “The Outlaw and His Wife”, actress Edith Erastoff starred with Lars Hanson and Greta Almroth In “The Flame of Life” (1919), directed by Mauritz Stiller And “Let No Man Put...
View ArticleScott Lord Swedish Silent Film: Vem Dömer (Who Should Judge?, Victor...
In Sweden, during 1922, Victor Sjostrom directed Jenny Hasselqvist in “Love’s Crucible”, co-scripted by Hjalmer Bergman and photographed by Julius Jaenzon. Nils Asther and Gosta Emmanuel appear on...
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: The King on Main Street (Monta Bell, 1926)
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View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: Lonely Villa (D.W. Griffith, Biograph, 1909)
In her autobiography, Lillian Gish discusses D.W. Griffith's use of shot length in "The Lonely Villa". Author Stanley J. Solomon, in his volume The Film Idea sees "The Lonely Villa" as only the on,y...
View ArticleThe Photoplay: Silent Film Movie Posters
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View ArticleThe Photoplay: Silent FIlm Movie Posters; Lon Chaney
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View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: Intolerance; Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages...
Three years before the premier of "Intolerance" (D.W. Griffith, 1916), author Eustace Ball, in the volume "The Art of the Photoplay" advised, "Put one plot at a time; the single reel picture lasts...
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: Mary Pickford in 100% American (Arthur Rossen)
"She was nice and she was sweet, say many to explain the phenomenon...The reason can only be found in by relating the star to the social and cultural background of the time...Only the American...
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: Nosferatu (F.W. Murnau, 1922)
The film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's account of Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde directed by F.W. Murnau during 1920 is presumed lost, with no known existing copies of the film. "The Head of Janus"...
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: The Great Train Robbery (Porter,1903)
Vladimir Petric in A Visual/Analytical History of Silent Film (1895-1930), Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, notes Porter's "The Great Train Robbery" as a "primitive use of parralel editing to...
View ArticleScott Lord Swedish Silent Film: Revelj (George af Klercker, 1917)
Directed by George af Klerker in 1917, the film "Revelj" starred actresses Mary Johnson, Lily Croswin and both Gertie Lowestrom and Gerda Bjorne in the first film in which either were to appear...
View ArticleScott Lord Swedish Silent Film: Synd (Gustaf Molander, 1928)
Swedish silent film director Gustaf Molander had in fact been at the Intima Theatern from 1911 to 1913.In regard to the film “Synd”, Forsyth Hardy writes, “The Merzback influence had helped to scale...
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: One Exciting Night (D. W. Griffith, 1922)
The photographer to the film “One Exciting Night” was Hendrik Sartov.After having directed Carol Dempster in “One Exciting Night” (Eleven reels), D.W. Griffith, by then having become a producer for...
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: The Greatest Question (D.W. Griffith, 1919)
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