This site is dedicated to the preservation of memory of silent films. Although they were quite important in the evolution of cinema, they remain virtually forgotten nowadays. Since the best way to understand the present is taking an attentive look at the past, here you have some movies, pictures, interviews, etc. on silent cinema. Some occasional material on sound films will also be presented. I hope you enjoy getting to know a bit more about the beauty and sheer fun of these golden oldies.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
C'est pour les orphelines - 1916
For the Children (1916)
French film. This sketch was contributed by the cast and crew of "Les Vampires" to a 1916 omnibus film, "For the Children", donated by the French film industry to raise funds for war orphans. Its humor pivots upon a French idiom well-explained by director Michael Powell in his 1086 autobiography, "a Life in Movies":
"The French have a charming word for a pretentious piece of shit, a flop, a turkey; they call it a navet (a turnip), and when it is embarassingly awful, it becomes a super navet."
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