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.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Making Christmas Crackers - 1910
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Stars: A.E. Coleby
Release Date: 1910 (United Kingdom)
Production Co: Cricks & Martin Films
Genres: Documentary | Short
Factory workers make Christmas crackers, a process
that is shown in detail. Girls are shown making the stockings on sewing
machines. A woman operates the machine that makes the tum-tums (the cards at
the center of the crackers). A man operates a machine that prepares the paper
that makes up the body of the cracker. A man at a band saw cuts out paper caps.
A woman folds and glues together the paper caps. Two women put together and
pack the crackers. Finally, a family is shown at Christmas. Mother and children
dance around the Christmas tree. Father and grandfather stand close by. Father
tosses a box of crackers into the air, and the children gather them off the
floor. There's a gigantic cracker on top of the tree. Father takes it down and
has two of the children pull it apart. In a puff of smoke, Santa Claus emerges
from it and hands out gifts to the children.
Keystone Kops: Our Dare-Devil Chief (1915) 3 of 3
Classic Keystone Kop slapstick with the police chief (Ford Sterling) being pursued by the mayors wife (Minta Durfee) and also by a band of crooks (including Edward F. Cline and Al St. John), but for different reasons. The Mayors wife is in love with the Police Chief, while the crooks want to blow him up with dynamite. The Police Chief suspects that the Mayor (Harry Bernard) might be on the crooks side. The final confrontation with the crooks involves a gag in which the Police Chief ties a rope to a messenger he sends to deliver a note to the crooks, with the other end tied around him. The Mayor gets tangled up in the events, and the Keystone Kops arrest the bad guys. Directed by Charley Chase.
Keystone Kops: Our Dare-Devil Chief (1915) 2 of 3
Classic Keystone Kop slapstick with the police chief (Ford Sterling) being pursued by the mayors wife (Minta Durfee) and also by a band of crooks (including Edward F. Cline and Al St. John), but for different reasons. The Mayors wife is in love with the Police Chief, while the crooks want to blow him up with dynamite. The Police Chief suspects that the Mayor (Harry Bernard) might be on the crooks side. The final confrontation with the crooks involves a gag in which the Police Chief ties a rope to a messenger he sends to deliver a note to the crooks, with the other end tied around him. The Mayor gets tangled up in the events, and the Keystone Kops arrest the bad guys. Directed by Charley Chase.
Keystone Kops: Our Dare-Devil Chief (1915) 1 of 3
Classic Keystone Kop slapstick with the police chief (Ford Sterling) being pursued by the mayors wife (Minta Durfee) and also by a band of crooks (including Edward F. Cline and Al St. John), but for different reasons. The Mayors wife is in love with the Police Chief, while the crooks want to blow him up with dynamite. The Police Chief suspects that the Mayor (Harry Bernard) might be on the crooks side. The final confrontation with the crooks involves a gag in which the Police Chief ties a rope to a messenger he sends to deliver a note to the crooks, with the other end tied around him. The Mayor gets tangled up in the events, and the Keystone Kops arrest the bad guys. Directed by Charley Chase.
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