Movies Silently | Celebrate Silent Film
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I'm Fritzi! I celebrate all things silent & 1910s-1920s. Trying my best to be amusing.
Movies Silently | Celebrate Silent Film
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When Princess Minnie’s letter is stolen by the wicked Rupert, she calls in her husband’s doppelganger to save the day. A spoof on Ruritanian romance starring the one and only Sta Laurel. Home Media Availability: Released on DVD. General Delivery, Europe Anthony Hope’s The Prisoner of Zenda has been filmed numerous times, adapted, reimagined, reworked ..read more
Movies Silently | Celebrate Silent Film
1w ago
A young chump is framed for murder by a vicious gang of robbers and it’s up to his sister and the friendly mail clerk of the Arizona Express to prove his innocence and win a pardon before he is executed. Home Media Availability: Released on DVD. All aboard Trains have been closely linked to the ..read more
Movies Silently | Celebrate Silent Film
1w ago
It is time once again for our centenary retrospective and a look at 1924, an exciting and epic year for cinema! The Hollywood studio system was in full swing but American films weren’t the only interesting titles available. Germany was pumping out classics, Soviet studios were rebuilding, France was stronger than ever and there were ..read more
Movies Silently | Celebrate Silent Film
2w ago
When a French marquis discovers that his brother has become entangled with a dancer, he attempts to break them up only to fall for her himself. Disowned by his family, he turns to the movies as a profession but scandal leads to his downfall. Home Media Availability: Stream courtesy of Henri. Studio on the run ..read more
Movies Silently | Celebrate Silent Film
3w ago
While trying to flirt with a young woman, Billy ends up engaging in a séance with a mystic. Intrigued by the occult, Billy decides to attempt his own rituals but is ridiculed by the membes of his club. Such an insult cannot stand and Billy has just the way to get back at his tormenters ..read more
Movies Silently | Celebrate Silent Film
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When a schoolgirl’s crush on Maurice Costello interferes with her education, her parents take the drastic step of inviting the picture idol to come to tea and shatter their daughter’s fanciful image. Home Media Availability: Stream courtesy of EYE. Never meet your heroes According to history books, the film star system kicked off in 1910 ..read more
Movies Silently | Celebrate Silent Film
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The residents of a German village are doing their part to fight Napoleon but two brothers also find time to vie for the affections of the baron’s daughter. This becomes especially awkward when one of them is conscripted into the French army. Home Media Availability: Stream courtesy of EYE. Bang! The Eiko film company only ..read more
Movies Silently | Celebrate Silent Film
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A governess with strong eyeglasses and a newspaper addiction finds herself constantly losing track of her charge as she tries to keep up with her reading. Home Media Availability: Stream courtesy of the Danish Institute. She had one job The short comedies of Danish director Viggo Larsen have been among my favorite personal discoveries, thanks ..read more
Movies Silently | Celebrate Silent Film
1M ago
People don’t always get what they deserve in real life but just desserts have often been served at the movies and this month’s theme explores such portrayals in the silent era. These aren’t always revenge films, though revenge sometimes plays a role. Maybe it’s conscience, maybe it’s coincidence, maybe it is being hoist on their ..read more
Movies Silently | Celebrate Silent Film
1M ago
Georges Méliès serves up a medieval fantasy, playing a chalk-wielding alchemist who has a little too much fun with the severed head he conjures via blackboard. Home Media Availability: Released on DVD by Flicker Alley. Alas, poor chalk head Georges Méliès had been among the very first producers of motion pictures, entering the film industry ..read more