The Franklin Historical Museum has launched a new series called “Cinema 80” and this month is featuring the films of Harold Lloyd, a 1920s comedian who rivaled Charlie Chaplin for keeping audiences ...
Together in partnership with the American Theatre Organ Society, The Strand will screen the 1928 silent film classic Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on Sunday, October 20, 2024 at 3:00 PM. With live ...
Accompanying a 1920s silent film might be akin to the improvisation of the Jazz Age. “It all comes out of my imagination,” organist Dennis Scott says. “My sheet music is the image on the screen. I ...
British actor, director, screenwriter and producer Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin and American actor Tom Murray in a scene from "The Gold Rush." While there are modern silent classics, such as ...
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What audiences never saw behind 1920s film stunts
Silent-era filmmakers worked without digital effects, safety rigs, or modern camera tricks. Instead, they relied on forced ...
The magic of silent cinema and music are coming together again this September as part of the second annual Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre Silent Film Festival in Moscow. Throughout the month, the ...
Together in partnership with the American Theatre Organ Society, The Strand will screen the 1927 silent film classic Metropolis on Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 3:00PM. With live accompaniment on The ...
Yvonne Stevens, 104, an actress who appeared in silent-film comedies and melodramas and was the first wife of Academy Award-winning director George Stevens, died of a heart ailment May 27 at her home ...
During this year’s Armenian Heritage Cruise (AHC), a restored silent film premiered on Jan. 11, accompanied by a newly composed soundtrack. The Melody of Armenia tells the story of Mrs. Ghazarian, a ...
The appeal of silent films isn’t just how one watches movies but instead experiences the score. “There’s a community of people who are interested in silent film, but there’s also still an untapped, ...
In 1920, after years of searching for the right dog to star in their planned adventure film, movie director Laurence Trimble and screenwriter Jane Murfin met Etzel von Oeringen, a handsome German ...
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