The fourth edition of the Cinematheque's celebration of depressing cinema will expand to the Paris in New York, the Prince ...

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.

As silent films gave way to “talkies” and the Talmadge ... architects who made this community possible during the Great Depression. Without the financial investment and promotion from the ...

Recently I took my two daughters to see a silent film at Film Forum here in New York. “Kid Boots” was a hit romantic comedy of 1926, starring the stage comic Eddie Cantor (roughly the Martin ...

Depression-era audiences adored her ... fires were not uncommon. What little worth silent films had after their run vanished with the advent of sound in the late 1920s. Prints were often stripped ...

For most music students in the 21st century, the idea of silent films seems strangely far-away. One new CU Boulder class seeks to change that. The class, a DMA seminar titled Scoring Silent Film, ...

The 16-millimeter film is believed to be the only known surviving copy of "The Heart of Lincoln," a silent movie about the life of President Abraham Lincoln and American life during the Civil War.

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 ...