Recording a New Piano Soundtrack for The Bride’s Play starring Marion Davies, Aided by a Live Show Experience The hardest…
Every once in a while, I’ll hear or be told about some new amazing silent film discovery being shown at…
One of the bits of restoration work that went into The Alice Howell Collection DVD set was creating new main…
One of the things that struck me about the “Slapstick Divas” program of silent comedies that I’ve presented with Steve…
Worries and Wobbles (1917) has what might appear to be three strikes against it on the surface: “Jimmy Aubrey comedy”,…
You may know that face. No, it’s not Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle. Nor is it Oliver Hardy, sans mustache, nor is…
My DVD label Undercrank Productions has a new release, the second in a series that showcases the identification fun we…
Marion Davies’ 1922 Film Beauty’s Worth Gets a Deluxe Outdoor Screening In the Birthplace of Its Director Robert G. Vignola At…
Putting Humpty Together Again, Thanks to the Museum of Modern Art and the Library of Congress It isn’t often that…
There was a lot of borrowing and sharing of material in the days of silent comedy shorts, a tradition that…