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The Cameraman (1928, Buster Keaton, Edward Sedgwick)
The Cameraman is commonly known as the film that marked the beginning of the end for Buster Keaton’s career (he had signed a contract with MGM that pretty much ended his artistic freedom), but … more →
Diary of a Mad Movie Fanatic
The Cameraman (1928, Buster Keaton, Edward Sedgwick)
gelpi2008 wrote 1 day ago: The Cameraman is commonly known as the film that marked the beginning of the end for Buster Keaton … more →
Two Great Lon Chaney's Performances For The Price Of One
gelpi2008 wrote 3 weeks ago: Mr. Wu (1927, William Nigh) Starring Lon Chaney, Louise Dresser, Renée Adorée *** Chaney dominate … more →
Indiana Jones' great-granddaddy
gelpi2008 wrote 3 weeks ago: The Spiders (1919-1920, Fritz Lang) Starring Carl de Vogt, Ressel Orla, Georg John *** The adventur … more →
Keaton, great comedian or fearless stuntman?
gelpi2008 wrote 1 month ago: Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928, Charles Reisner, Buster Keaton) Starring Buster Keaton, Tom McGuire, Erne … more →
Lon Chaney's first iconic performance
gelpi2008 wrote 1 month ago: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923, Wallace Worsley) Starring Lon Chaney, Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman K … more →
Avenging angel
gelpi2008 wrote 1 month ago: West of Zanzibar (1928, Tod Browning) Starring Lon Chaney, Lionel Barrymore, Mary Nolan, Warner Baxt … more →
Rare silents: Borzage & Murnau 12-disc DVD boxset
Christian Hayes wrote 1 month ago: I have just had word of an upcoming box set from Fox. It contains 12 discs and features two F.W. Mu … more →
Anna May Wong shines in colorful silent
gelpi2008 wrote 1 month ago: Piccadilly (1929, Ewald André Dupont) Starring Anna May Wong, Gilda Gray, Cyril Ritchard ***1/2 Pi … more →
Probably Buster Keaton's funniest film
gelpi2008 wrote 1 month ago: Seven Chances (1925, Buster Keaton) Starring Buster Keaton, T. Roy Barnes, Ruth Dwyer **** Nothing … more →
Charles Chaplin x 3
gelpi2008 wrote 1 month ago: The Kid (1921) Starring Charles Chaplin, Jackie Coogan, Edna Purviance, Carl Miller *** In The Kid, … more →
Zesty swashbuckler is perfect for the whole family
gelpi2008 wrote 2 months ago: The Black Pirate (1926, Albert Parker) Starring Douglas Fairbanks, Donald Crisp ***1/2 Revenge can … more →
D.W. Griffith's tragic love story
gelpi2008 wrote 2 months ago: Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919, D.W. Griffith) Starring Richard Barthelmess, L … more →
Interesting pseudo-documentary on witchcraft
gelpi2008 wrote 2 months ago: Häxan (1922, Benjamin Christensen) *** Season of the witch. Although Häxan is often sold as a ho … more →
Communication Across Generations
jeriden wrote 2 months ago: For the first time in the history of the United States, we have four distinct generations working si … more →
Important but patchy and overlong
gelpi2008 wrote 2 months ago: Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916, D.W. Griffith) Starring Bessie Love, D … more →
dated but it was considered an impressive achievement in 1931
gelpi2008 wrote 2 months ago: Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931, F.W. Murnau) **1/2 Forbidden love on the high seas. Tabu is … more →
Valentino makes the girls faint in Rex Ingram's anti-war epic
gelpi2008 wrote 3 months ago: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921, Rex Ingram) Starring Rudolph Valentino, Alan Hale, Wallac … more →
On the Pleasures of Early Film
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Christian Hayes wrote 5 months ago: This will hopefully be the very first of many posts to come on early film, one of my particular int … more →
Going through a silent star's work
vjmorton wrote 1 year ago: A couple of years ago, I bought a 4-DVD set at Slapsticon (coming soon in 2007!!), a major restored- … more →
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