Silent Beauties: 01/22/12

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.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Les victimes de l'alcoolisme - 1904

Country: France
Language: French
Director: Ferdinand Zecca
Writers: Ferdinand Zecca, Émile Zola (novel)
Release Date: October 1904 (USA)
Also known as: Alcohol and Its Victims (USA)
Production Co: Pathé Frères
Sound Mix: Silent
Color: Black and White
Sound Mix: Silent
Color: Black and White
Plot Keywords: Based On Novel
Genres: Short

Fun in a Bakery Shop - 1902

Country: USA
Director: Edwin S. Porter
Release Date: April 1902 (USA)
Also known as: Tréfa a pékségben (Hungary)
Production Co: Edison Manufacturing Company
Runtime: around 1 min
Sound Mix: Silent
Color: Black and White
Plot Keywords: Baker | Face
Genres: Short | Comedy
A baker's assistant throws a handful of dough at a rat. The dough sticks to the side of a barrel and the assistant proceeds to sculpt the dough into various faces and shapes. There is some experimental use of stop motion.

Ladies Underwear Show - 1929

Country: United Kingdom
Brevities - Ladies Underwear Modelled in 1929 [HD].
The model makes and displays various 1920s underwear garments, with elements of dance and touches of a striptease, although the video is very much in good taste.
(Was an item in Eve's Film Review. Issue Number 444).