Country: United States
Language: English
Stars: Bud Duncan and Billy
Gilbert
Production Co: Schiller
Productions (II)
Sound Mix: Silent
Color: Black and White
Genres: Short | Comedy
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, June 24, 2012
All Dressed Up - 1920
Country: United States
Director: Charley Chase
Writer: Hal Roach (story)
Stars: Eddie Boland, Ernie
Morrison Sr., Ernest Morrison and 'Snub' Pollard
Release Date: 23 May 1920 (USA)
Production Co: Rolin Films
Sound Mix: Silent
Color: Black and White
Genres: Comedy | Short
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Plagues and Puppy Love - 1917
Country: United States
Language: English
Director: Larry Semon
Writer: C. Graham Baker
Stars: Larry Semon, Florence
Curtis and Joe Simberg
Release Date: 1 October 1917
(USA)
Production Co: Vitagraph Company
of América
Sound Mix: Silent
Color: Black and White
Genres: Short | Comedy
Larry Semon produces his take on
a typical Keystone farce, the flirting-in-the-park routine, where pretty
Florence Curtis is pursued by four typical Keystone types: the wealthy geezer,
the mustachioed Italian, the derby-wearing tough and, of course, the big-footed
cop.... and here comes Larry, if not to save the day, at least to make us
laugh.
In this period, when Semon was
taking over the Vitagraph comedy unit and changing it from a situational comedy
style to a Keystone-farce style, he turned out a number of decent comedies. His
unit's camera-work was better than Keystone's -- or at least shot in such a way
that , as the prints degraded, they developed chiaroscuro instead of simply
becoming unwatchable -- his editing was more understandable to the modern
viewer and he had not developed the egotism that blighted his work in the '20s.
Everyone has a fair share of gags, even the dog. If you like Keystones, you
should give this one a try.
Save the Ship - 1923
Country: United States
Directors: George Jeske, Hal
Roach
Stars: Stan Laurel (Husband), Marie
Mosquini (Wife) and Mark Jones (Father in law)
Release Date: 18 November 1923
(USA)
Production Co: Hal Roach Studios
Sound Mix: Silent
Color: Black and White
Genres: Short | Comedy
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Money to Burn - 1920
Country: United States
Language: English
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer
Writer: Hal Roach (story)
Stars: 'Snub' Pollard, Marie
Mosquini and Ernest Morrison
Release Date: 29 August 1920
(USA)
Production Co: Rolin Films
Sound Mix: Silent
Color: Black and White
Genres: Short | Comedy
Friday, June 15, 2012
School Pals - 1924
Country: United States
Director: Lewis Seiler
Release Date: 13 January 1924 (USA)
Production Co: Fox Film Corporation
Sound Mix: Silent
Color: Black and White
Genres: Short | Comedy
Thursday, June 14, 2012
The Phoney Cannibal - 1915
Country: United States
Language: English
Director: Chance Ward
Writer: Doty Hobart (story)
Stars: Lloyd Hamilton, Bud Duncan and Charles Inslee
Release Date: 27 April 1915 (USA)
Production Co: Kalem Company
Sound Mix: Silent
Color: Black and White
Plot Keywords: Ham And Bud Series | Actor Shares First Name
With Character
Genres: Short | Comedy
Ham fears he's accidentally killed his landlady, so he
and Bud go on the run, disguised as an explorer and a cannibal.
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