Scott Lord Swedish Silent Film: The Wild Bird (En Vindfagel, Brunius, 1...
Swedish silent film director John W. Brunius during 1921 directed acresses Pauline Brunius, Renee Bjorling and Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson in the film "The Wild Bird" ("En Vindfagel"). Photographed by...
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Scott Lord Silent Film: Gosta Ekman in Faust (F.W. Murnau, 1926)
The immanent departure of director F.W. Murnau for America had already been announced by the periodical Motion Picture News during late 1925 while Murnau was readying the film "Faust". It was to star...
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Sweden Talks, Waiting in Vain for Greta Garbo; Victor Sjostrom the actor
Author Jon Wengstrom has noted that as early as October of 1933 director Gustaf Molander and cameraman Julius Jaenzon were among the founding members of the Swedish Film Society (Svenska...
View ArticleScott Lord Scandinavian Silent Film: Den Flyvende Circus (The Flying Circus,...
Lilly Beck starred in over ten films made by Mauritz Stiller during the first four years of Svenska Biografteatern and almost ten films directed then by Victor Sjsotrom. Before that, Charles Magnusson...
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: Mary Pickford in What The Daisy Said (D.W. Griff...
During 1910 D.W. Griffith directed actress Mary Pickford in the short film "What The Daisy Said", photographed by G.W. Bitzer. Peter Cowie, in his volume Eighty Years of Cinema, gives the 1910 film...
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: Noah’s Ark (Vitagraph, 1911)
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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" (five reels), directed by Maurice Tournuer. "The picture had good reviews...
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Scott Lord Silent Film. The False Faces (Thomas Ince, 1919)
The Paramount Artcraft publicity releases for 1918 divided their review into three columns, one announcing a "Startling Theory Suggested", another announcing a "Brilliant Leading Lady for Henry B....
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: Lon Chaney in Mr. Wu (William Nigh, 1927)
William Nigh directed Lon Chaney in "Mr. Wu" costarring actresses Louise Dresser, Gertrude Olmstead and Renee Adoree. "Mr Wu" was photographed by cameraman John Arbold. The periodical Moving Picture...
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: Lon Chaney in The Monster (West, 1925)
Roland West directed Lon Chaney during 1925 for Metro Goldwyn in "The Monster", costarring Gertrude Olmstead. "The Monster" was photographed by cameraman Hal Mohr.silent filmLon Chaney
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Scott Lord Silent Film: Lon Chaney in Oliver Twist (Frank Lloyd, 1922)
Frank LLoyd directed and co-scripted with Harry Weil the film "Oliver Twist" for First National during 1922. Lon Chaney stars in the film with child actor Jackie Coogan. "Oliver Twist" was photographed...
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: Lon Chaney in The Ace of Hearts (Worsley, 1921)
During 1921 Wallace Worsley directed Lon Chaney with actress Leatrice Joy. "The Ace of Hearts" was photographed by cameraman Don Short.Lon ChanaeyLon Chaney
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Scott Lord Silent Film: Lon Chaney in The Trap (Thomby, 1922)
"The Trap" (six reels) by directed by Robert Thorby featured both actors Lon Chaney and Lon Chaney Jr. The scenario of "The Trap" was written by George C. Hull from a story by Lon Chaney. The film was...
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Scott Lord Mystery: The Mystic (Tod Browning, 1926)
Picture Play Magazine in a photo caption wrote that actress Aileen Pringle "abandoned some of her impressive dignity" to portray the "hoydenish" fake travelling mystic in Tod Browning's film, "The...
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Scott Lord Silent Film: Lon Chaney in Outside the Law (Tod Browning, 1920)
"Outside the Law" (eight reels), directed by Tod Browning during 1920, was coscripted by Browning with Gardner Bradford and Lucien Hubbard and photographed by William Fildew. The films stars Lon Chaney...
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: Lon Chaney in The Scarlet Car (DeGrasse, 1917)
Directed by Joseph de Grasse during 1917, "The Scarlet Claw" starred Lon Chaney, Franklin Farnum and Edith Johnson.During 1917, Joseph de Grasse also directed Franklin Farnum and Lon Chaney in the film...
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: By The Sun’s Rays (Browning, 1914)
Silent FilmDuring 1914, Charles Gibson directed Lon Chaney and actress Agnes Vernon in the film "By the Sun's Rays". That year Lon Chaney and Agnes Vernon also starred together in the film "The Old...
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Scott Lord Silent Film: Lon Chaney in He Who Gets Slapped (Victor Seastr...
Scholar Bo Florin points out that a famikar image in "He Who Gets Slapped" (seven reels), directed by Victor Sjostrom is referred to in the cutting continuity script as the "Symbolic Clown", the...
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