In the mid-’teens of last century, the short subject grew legs and walked on dry land, becoming the feature length…
Over the last few years, I’ve gotten myself educated in Marion Davies’ silent films. The two usual suspects, Show People…
Sometimes I see motion picture film exhibition referred to as “reel-to-reel”. I get why the term is used, as it…
“Tidsmaskin” is one of the Norwegian words I’ve managed to retain. Pronounced TEEDS-mah-sheen, it means “time machine”. I’ve found over…
I don’t know if it’s because I think like a filmmaker that makes me add some light production values to…
I’ve been seeing items posted online over the last few months commemorating the 100th anniversary of the passing by Congress…
Trade ads proclaimed Alice Howell as a (or the) female Chaplin. I’d initially thought this was a parallel to Chaplin’s…
It’s a wonderful thing when a community is able to raise money to save, refurbish and reopen its town’s original…
My rule of thumb with projection speeds and silent comedy films used to be guided by whether there were audience…
One of the insights I’ve had into film programming has come from my many years’ experience accompanying silent films. Literally,…