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.
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde - 1925
Country: USA
Language: English (intertitles)
Release Date: 30 July 1925 (USA)
Directors: Scott Pembroke, Joe Rock
Writer: Tay Garnett (titles)
Stars: Stan Laurel, Julie Leonard and Pete the Dog
Dr. Pyckle, a respected British scientist, searches for the correct combination of chemicals for a powerful potion. Once he finds it, he tries it on himself. But instead of the wonderful effect the doctor had hoped for, the potion turns him into the diabolical Mr. Pride, a fiend who outwits police at every turn while scouring London for fresh victims -- of practical jokes
Dnevnik Glumova - 1923
Country: Soviet Union
Filmic insert to Eisenstein's modernized, free adaptation of Ostrovskiy's 19th-century Russian stage play, "The Wise Man" ("Na vsyakogo mudretsa dovolno prostoty"). The anti-hero Glumov tries to escape exposure in the midst of acrobatics, derring-do, and farcical clowning. Several members of Eisenstein's troupe at the legendary "Proletkult" stage theatre in Moscow briefly appear in this little film.
Also known as: Дневник Глумова Soviet Union (Russian title)
Glumov's Diary (undefined)
Kinodnevik Glumova Soviet Union (informal alternative title) (Russian title)
Le journal de Gloumov France
O Diário de Gloumov Portugal
Canned Harmony - 1912
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 9 October 1912 (USA)
Director: Alice Guy
Stars: Lee Beggs, Billy Quirk and Blanche Cornwall
By the Sun's Rays - 1914
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 22 July 1914 (USA)
Filming Locations: Nestor Studios, Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Director: Charles Giblyn
Stars: Murdock MacQuarrie, Lon Chaney and Seymour Hastings
Frank Lawler, a clerk for a mining company, colludes with a bandit gang about the timing of gold shipments with a mirror signal system and has designs on Doris Davis, the daughter of the local branch manager. The company's main office dispatches their top detective John Murdock, who goes undercover to expose the scheme and rescue the Doris from the unwanted advances of the dastardly Lawler.
Bout-de-Zan vole un éléphant - 1913
Director: Louis Feuillade
Writer: Louis Feuillade
Stars: René Poyen, Jeanne Saint-Bonnet and Renée Carl
Country: France
Language:French
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