Cinema Revisited: The Smart Set (1928)
Directed by Jack Conway. Cast: William Haines, Jack Holt, Alice Day, Hobart Bosworth, Constance Howard, Coy Watson, Harry Gribbon. ...
The Silent Screen: Hard Boiled Yeggs (1926)
Directed by Scott (Perc) Pembroke. Starring Billy West, Ethelyn Gibson, William Dyer, Les Bates. Two Reels. Billy West is best known...
The Silent Cinema: For Heaven's Sake (1926)
Directed by Sam Taylor. Starring Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Noah Young, Jim Mason, Paul Weigel, Oscar Smith, Blanch Payson. Released...
DVD Review: Peter Pan (1924)
It is maddening to realize the amount of silent films that remain lost, despite so many efforts to find and preserve them. So much of...
DVD Review: The Alice Howell Collection
The concept of women in screen comedy has a rich and detailed history that is in danger of being unfairly overlooked or completely...
DVD Review: Two rare films from director Murnau
When one discusses the work of German Expressionist director Fredrich Wilhelm (F.W.) Murnau, films like “Nosferatu” (1922), “The Last...
TCM to show Mabel Normand silent feature
"The Extra Girl" Directed by F. Richard Jones. Story by Mack Sennett Cast: Mabel Normand, Ralph Graves, George Nicholls, Anna Hernandez,...
DVD Review: Old Ironsides (1926)
One of the frustrations regarding the 1926 silent epic “Old Ironsides,” now available on blu ray from KINO, is the exclusion of Dorothy...
Book Review: Bare Knees Flapper: The Life and Films of Virginia Lee Corbin
There are several layers to Tim Lussier’s new biography of silent screen actress Virginia Lee Corbin, from McFarland publishers. This is...
DVD Review: You Never Know Women (1926)
YOU NEVER KNOW WOMEN Directed by William Wellman. Cast: Cast: Florence Vidor, Lowell Sherman, Clive Brook, El Brendel, Roy Stewart,...