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Only Me (1929) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 27, 2013
Comedian Lupino Lane plays every last part in this comedy short. The plot? A tipsy, top-hatted fellow and a really horrible child manage to disrupt an evening at the music hall. The material is old but Lane manages to keep things fun. Forgotten funnyman Lupino Lane. Lupino Lane is a pretty obscure read more
Short Film Saturday: Fatty and Buster
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jul 27, 2013
As I wandered through the list of rediscovered films on Wikipedia and got into the nineteen-teens there were far more titles viewable online than the prior decades. Four of the titles, three that you can view here, feature both Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton. These are obviously two of the bigger read more
Film Thought: Moviegoing Solo
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jul 26, 2013
Sometimes the short commentary pieces are one I think of and slip my mind and crop up every so often and I need a nudge to remember that the question could use asking. I’ve meant to discuss, hopefully open up a dialogue, about moviegoing solo for a while. It’s one of the several aspects read more
It’s Swimsuit Season at The Film Experience! (Guest Post) (1)
We Recycle Movies Posted by Anne Marie on Jul 24, 2013
Hey there, Recyclers! My good friends over at The Film Experience are doing a Cinema Swimwear series to beat the heat. My own addition to this fun and silly series is Charlton Heston’s number in Planet of the Apes: “The tattered trunk will win you so much attention you may find yourself read more
It’s Swimsuit Season at The Film Experience! (Guest Post) (2)
We Recycle Movies Posted by Anne Marie on Jul 24, 2013
Hey there, Recyclers! My good friends over at The Film Experience are doing a Cinema Swimwear series to beat the heat. My own addition to this fun and silly series is Charlton Heston’s number in Planet of the Apes: “The tattered trunk will win you so much attention you may find yourself read more
THE BIGGEST AND BEST BRAM STOKER HORROR FILM FESTIVAL EVER!
Classic Horror Campaign Posted by Richard on Jul 23, 2013
The Bram Stoker International Film Festival celebrates its fifth year with the announcement of a brand new sponsor and Life President, horror fan and international businessman Sultan Saeed Al Darmaki. Sultan is a huge supporter of the arts and regularly funds and promotes low-budget independent horr read more
Favourite Film Stars: Why I Love Cary Grant
Sunset Blvd Posted by Rachel T on Jul 23, 2013
Hitchcock thought of James Stewart as a cinematic image of the best possible version of his own self; he saw in Jimmy his greatest qualities, and related enormously to the American actor, so the story goes. But Cary Grant, the man whom the words urbane and debonair could’ve been invented to ca read more
Silent Film Evangelist Kickstarts Restorations of Classics
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Jul 23, 2013
Spike Lee, Zach Braff, and Ben Model? Like some elite entertainment industry players whose names may be better known, Model, the Manhattan-based musician and composer, is using the crowd-funding website Kickstarter to finance a film release. But there are a few key differences between his efforts an read more
SAN FRANCISCO SILENT FILM FESTIVAL Day 4 (Closing Day): Kings of Silent Comedy, The Outlaw and His Wife, The Last Edition, The Weavers, Safety Last!
Backlots Posted by Lara on Jul 22, 2013
The San Francisco Silent Film Festival came to a close last night, in a veritable smorgesbord of a day in which audiences were treated to a wide variety of films representing everything from tragic drama to side-splitting comedy. The day began with a series of shorts from some artists considered t read more
2013 Summer Reading Classic Film Book Challenge: First Roundup
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Jul 22, 2013
We are past the first month mark so I'm sharing some entries for the 2013 Summer Reading Classic Film Book Challenge.
Everyone can chose to read up to 6 books but if you read a total 6 and review them by September 15th, you are eligible to win a prize. The prize in question is your choice of any si read more
SAN FRANCISCO SILENT FILM FESTIVAL Day 3: Windsor McKay: His Life and Art, The Half Breed, Legong: Dance of the Virgins, Gribiche, House on Grubnaya Square, The Joyless Street
Backlots Posted by Lara on Jul 21, 2013
Yesterday’s programming was perhaps the most phenomena lof the entire festival thus far, and consisted of some of the best offerings I have ever seen here. With an Academy Award-winning animator and a full Balinese gamelan ensemble highlighting the day, this was oe of the most unique and mem read more
The Play House (1921) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 21, 2013
Buster Keaton is the dogsbody at a small theater. In the course of a day, he must impersonate a monkey, obtain a set of Zouave guards, avoid mixing up a pair of identical twins (one of whom he is dating) and manage not to get killed by a strongman. Why doesn’t he quit? What, and leave show bu read more
30 Day Silent Movie Challenge, Day 21: Film you used to love but you now hate
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 20, 2013
This was another hard one. I hesitate to really tear down a silent film. After all, it’s not like they haven’t been knocked around enough. (By the way, I am putting on a helmet and elbow pads because this film does have a following.) My choice is the second and last collaboration of Ma read more
30 Day Silent Movie Challenge, Day 22: Film no one expected you to love
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 20, 2013
(IMDB) I’m going to come right out and say it: I am not a fan of the Pepe le Pew-style silent film romances. You know the “oh my darling, how beautiful you are, it is love at first sight, no? I love you, I love you, I love you!” (insert slow motion kisses, etc.) sort of thing. I t read more
30 Day Silent Movie Challenge, Day 23: Film that disappointed you the most
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 20, 2013
Sparrows was originally called Scraps This one is interesting. I am going to go a little outside the box for it. Here’s the story: Sparrows is the very first silent movie I ever saw (not counting old Mutt and Jeff shorts). The copy I rented, back in the olden days when there places to rent th read more
30 Day Silent Movie Challenge, Day 24: Film that makes you wish you had a time machine so you could see it in the theater
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 20, 2013
The Phantom makeup was closely guarded…(Wikipedia) Okay, so it’s an incredibly obvious choice. I am one of those people who loves to watch the audience as well as the movie. Did you see Despicable Me in the theater? Did the audience gasp at the juice box scene? Fun stuff. Worth the pric read more
SAN FRANCISCO SILENT FILM FESTIVAL Day 2: Amazing Tales from the Archives, The First Born, Tokyo Chorus, The Patsy, The Golden Clown.
Backlots Posted by Lara on Jul 20, 2013
The first full day of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival was full indeed, consisting of four feature-length silent movies and a fascinating behind-the-scenes presentation on the restoration of The Half Breed, premiering this afternoon. Beginning at 11:00 in the morning and continuing on straig read more
Short Film Saturday: Rediscovered Films from the 1910s
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jul 20, 2013
Here is the third and second to last Short Film Saturday where I will give you a sampling of short works that were once thought to be lost, but were re-found at times in the most unlikely circumstances. These selections are films originally produced between 1910-1919. The first cinematic incarnation read more
30 Day Silent Movie Challenge, Day 20: Film you wish you could live in
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 20, 2013
I am one of those tedious people who will examine a query like this to death. What is the life expectancy in this film? Would I live there as me or as a character in the film? If a character, which one? If me, what would I be? So, to avoid annoying my long-suffering readers, I decided to close my read more
30 Day Silent Movie Challenge, Day 30: A movie from what you consider to be the best year for film
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 20, 2013
1926 was the best year for silent films. 1915 is a close runner-up but ’26 boasts What Price Glory? Beau Geste, Flesh and the Devil, Sparrows, Don Juan, The Sea Beast, The Scarlet Letter, Tell it to the Marines, The General, The Great Gatsby, Son of the Sheik, The Strong Man, The Black Pirat read more