Scott Lord Silent Film: Reaching for the Moon (Emerson, Loos, 1917)
Anita Loos coscripted the 1917 film "Reaching for the Moon" (five reels) with its director John Emerson. Douglas Fairbanks is paired in the film with actress Eileen Percy.Doulgas Fairbanks appeared in...
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: American Aristocracy (Ingraham, Triangle Film, 1...
Motion Picture Review reviewed “An American Aristocracy” (five reels)in 1916. “The exhibitor knows the value of Douglas Fairbanks...We sincerely believe that Mr. Fairbanks can put this picture over...
View ArticleScott Lord Scandinavian Silent Film: Bjrnetaemmern (Bear Tamer of the Fl...
During 1912, Lilli Beck appeared in the sequel to the film "The Flying Circus" (Lind, 1912), again appearing on the screen as a snake charmer under the direction of Alfred Lind in "The Bear Tamer of...
View ArticleUnder the Red Robe (Victor Sjostrom, 1937)
Advertisements placed in the Motion Picture Herald during 1937 noted the film "Under The Red Robe, directed by Victor Sjostrom as having been adapted from the "unforgettable novel" written by Stanley...
View ArticleLost Film Found Magazines- Lon Chaney and the Silent Horror Film
Please view these hard to find Home movies of silent film actor Lon Chaney in which the Phantom of The Opera and Hunchback of Notre Dame is caught unmasked and without makeup, later in fullscreen....
View ArticleRemade by Greta Garbo: Camille
Studio manager of Rasunda was relegated to Vilhelm Bryde during 1923. Author Forsyth Hardy Gaines an account, "His influence was most clearly seen in 'Damen med Kamelioarna', a static, theatrical...
View ArticleGreta Garbo in A Woman of Affairs (Brown, 1929)
Mordant Hall writing in 1929, recounts his purported assignation with the 'Hollywood Hermit', "Soon the door of Miss Garbo's apartment was flung open and the sinuous figure of the alluring...
View ArticleSilent Film Hollywood
The Film Daily magazine during early 1928 made one of its many pertinent announcements entitled Janet Gaynor Goes Abroad, which read, "Janet Gaynor, who recently signed a five year contract with Fox,...
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: A Strange Meeting (D.W. Griffith, Biograph, 1909)
"A Strange Meeting", directed by D. W. Griffith for the Biograph Company during 1909 starred actress Stephanie Longfellow. Silent FilmD.W. GriffithBiograph Film Company
View ArticleGreta Garbo before Hollywood- Einar Hanson
The photo caption beneath Einar Hanson's photograph Picture Play Magazine read, "Einar Hanson, who, made his debut in Corinne Griffith's Into her Kingdom is romantic adventurous, much more like a Latin...
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: Knight of the Trail (Ince, 1915)
Frank Borzage, who shortly later directed silent film, stars with director William S. Hart and actress Leona Hutten, in the two reeler "Knight of Trail". Silent Film
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: Ben Hur (Olcott, 1907)
Sidney OLcott directed the one reel "Ben Hur" (The Chariot Race) with Frank Oak Rose during 1907 for the Kalem Film Manufacturing Company. The photoplay was scripted by Gene Gauthier. Silent...
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: The Switchtower (Biograph, 1913)
During 1913, D.W. Griffith directed Lional Barrymore and Henry B. Wathall in the one reel film "The Switchtower". Silent FilmSILENT FILMD.W. GriffithSILENT FILM
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: Burstrup Holmes Murder Case (Alice Guy-Blanche, ...
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View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: Civilization (Thomas H Ince, 1915)
Linda A. Griffith, wife of D.W. Griffith, in an autobiographical article for the periodical Film Fun Magazine during 1917, not only reminisced of Thomas Ince having spent time at the Biograph Studios,...
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: The Miracles of Jesus (Mogul Film Company, 1910s)
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View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film:The Conquering Power (Ingram, 1921)
Actress Alice Terry starred with Rudolph Valentino in the 1921 film "The Conquering Power" (five-seven reels) directed by Rex Ingram for Metro Pictures Corporation. Silent FilmSilent FilmRudolph...
View ArticleSwedish Silent Film, director George af Klercker
Anne-Kristin Wallengren, for Nordic Academic Press, only indirectly refers to the work of Gosta Werner and the restoration of lost silent film in the article, Welecome Home Mr. Swanson-Swedish...
View ArticleSwedish Silent Film, The Golden Age in Decline
Swedish Silent Film scholar Bo Florin makes note of the province held by Nils Bouveng at the newly structured Svenska Filmindustri after the merger had taken place of the smaller companies into one and...
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