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fromPortland Mercury
15 hours ago

Horrors of the Northwest - Portland Mercury

Richard Lyford created 1930s Seattle silent horror and sci-fi shorts using special effects, later restored and scored by Ed Hartman for modern screenings.
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fromQueerty
1 week ago

Before Rock Hudson, this dashing silent screen star lived his own double life - Queerty

J. Warren Kerrigan was a silent-era heartthrob who lived openly with his partner, but his career ended after World War I comments.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
6 months ago

A silent-film fest brings classics, musical accompaniment to Orinda

Silent films and live musical accompaniment continue to resonate, showcased at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival held at the historic Orinda Theatre, Nov. 12–16.
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from48 hills
6 months ago

Screen Grabs: Silent Film Fest proffers 'Gold Rush' of gems in new location - 48 hills

San Francisco Silent Film Festival returns at the Orinda Theatre, screening classics like Chaplin's The Gold Rush and Keaton's Go West across multiple programs.
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from48 hills
3 weeks ago

Screen Grabs: Silent Film Fest returns to its ancestral home - 48 hills

The San Francisco Silent Film Festival returns to the Castro Theatre, showcasing silent cinema's legacy and its transition to sound films.
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fromFuncheap
1 month ago

FREE: SF Silent Film Festival "Amazing Tales" Event at The Castro Theatre

The San Francisco Silent Film Festival showcases 26 silent films with live musical accompaniment over five days, celebrating film preservation and cinematic history.
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fromFuncheap
1 month ago

"San Francisco Silent Film Festival" Returns to The Castro Theatre (May 6-10)

The San Francisco Silent Film Festival showcases 26 silent films with live musical accompaniment over five days, celebrating film preservation and cinematic history.
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fromAnOther
1 month ago

Five Groundbreaking Dream Sequences From Silent Cinema

Film is like that. It developed from [the silent era] into Fellini and Bergman, Buñuel and David Lynch. [They] took these ideas and created a film that was really like a dream.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Trailblazers, trumpets and the theramin: 10 soundtracks that changed the way we listen to movies

The evolution of film music transitioned from live accompaniment to synchronized soundtracks, shaping the cinematic experience significantly.
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fromPortland Mercury
3 months ago

The Mercury's Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for February 16-22

Local events include a live-scored Georges Méliès film concert, ambient performances, a cosmic sono-drama, HUMP! Film Festival, and Fat Tuesday doughnuts.
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fromFuncheap
4 months ago

Free Drawing Session w/ Silent Film Clips (SF Main Library)

Pause a silent Expressionist film to sketch striking frames during a free, self-led drawing session at San Francisco Public Library; basic materials provided.
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fromThe New Yorker
5 months ago

The Organists Improvising Soundtracks to Silent Films

F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu endures as a hauntingly musical film whose iconic imagery and flexible scores—often organ accompaniment—continue to inspire diverse reinterpretations.
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fromHigh Country News
7 months ago

The first film made in Idaho was headed back to the big screen. Then DOGE intervened - High Country News

Mannex, whose interest in the silent film era had already inspired KPAC's annual Silent Film Festival, couldn't wait to see it. So he was delighted to learn that two delicate reels of film -along with the original shooting script and hundreds of still photos from the production -were tucked away in the Idaho Film Collection in the library at Boise State University archives.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
9 months ago

Our director is a madman': a century on, Gloria Swanson's disastrous film Queen Kelly is finished

Queen Kelly is a lavish silent melodrama that narrates Patricia Kelly's tumultuous journey of love, betrayal, and the complexities of pre-World War I Europe.
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fromwww.cbc.ca
9 months ago

The forgotten Canadian film bureaus that cranked out morality tales about being a good worker | CBC News

The film 'Her Own Fault' depicts the consequences of poor choices through the character Mamie's decline into illness.
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fromOpen Culture
10 months ago

50+ Free Charlie Chaplin Films Online

Charlie Chaplin was a pioneering silent film actor and director, featuring in over 80 films, including 40 in 1914.
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