Scott Lord Silent Film: True Heart Susie (D. W. Griffith, 1919)
After directing “True Heart Susie” in 1919, to end the year, D.W. Griffith directed Lillian Gish in the film “The Greatest Question” (six reels), photographed by G.W. Bitzer.Silent Film
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View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: A Romance of Happy Valley (D. W. Griffith, 1919)
One specific use of technique Griffith uses in the film to depict narrative is a cut back and forth within the scene to an inserted close shot to reveal the character’s thoughts of another person....
View ArticleScott Lord Swedish Silent Film: Vem Dömer (Victor Sjostrom, 1922)
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 False Faces (Thomas Ince, 1919)
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View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Worsley, 1923)
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Lon ChaneyNot all coffins contain merely a signet ring, pieces of splintered wooden stakes and strewn flowers from mouldy garlic plants, nor are theaters the only dark places where we search for worlds...
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: Lon Chaney in Victory (Maurice Tourneur, 1919)
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View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: America (D.W. Griffith, 1924)
The photographer of the film was Hendrik Sartov.Silent FilmD.W. Griffith
View ArticleSweden Talks, Waiting in Vain for Greta Garbo
Author Jon Wengatrom 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 Silent Film: Lon Chaney in The Scarlet Car (DeGrasse, 1917)
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