The silent screen is filled with fascinating visual ideas that extend beyond the celebrated genius of Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and...

Back in 1954 when Elvis, Scotty Moore, and Bill Black banged out an impromptu reading of Arthur Crudup’s 1946 blues number “That’s All...

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Sometimes the importance of a DVD set is so enormous, it is difficult to fully explain the depth of its significance. Such is the new...

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Joseph Sargent was largely a TV director when he was assigned (over Steven Spielberg, no less) to helm this screen adaption of John...

With so many public domain companies offering grainy prints of films without copyright, I approached the 2007 VCI Entertainment's DVD...

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“The Perfect Clown” Directed by Fred Newmeyer. Cast: Larry Semon, Oliver Hardy, Kate Price, Fatty Alexander, Dorothy Dwan, Curtis...

Book Review: Larry Semon: Daredevil Comedian of the Silent Screen McFarland Publishers The silent movie era is filled with comedians, and...