The 1910s marked the birth of movie stardom, with women playing a central role in shaping this new form of entertainment. In ...

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 ...

Today, silent films still are celebrated and enjoyed at film festivals – even some festivals that only screen silent films. September 28 of this year was deemed National Silent Film Day. Companies ...

During the silent era, thousands of movie-theatre organs raised their quirky, quavery voices, with the Mighty Wurlitzer being ...

Four newly restored films from 1927 will be screened how they were intended to be shown in a theater with an appreciative audience. OAK CLIFF - Nearly 100 years have passed since legendary comedians ...

Four of the most iconic and highly regarded silent films ever made will play the silver screen for Seattle Theatre Group's (STG) 2024/25 Silent Movie Mondays, the annual series that honors the history ...

Denver Film is hosting its annual Denver Silent Film Festival on September 27-29, 2024. The festival serves to honor the masterpieces made during the silent era. Many of these movies have been ...

It’s been a moment since the world’s first real motion picture debuted, the 1895 black-and-white documentary “Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory in Lyon.” But in some minds silent films are as ...

Before his pivot to movies, Tod Browning, who was born in Louisville, Ky., in 1880, worked as a performer in carnivals and vaudeville. The experience made him uniquely suited to direct pictures set in ...

It’s a story about a man named James Sunderland who receives a letter from his dead wife, Mary, to return to their “special ...