Character Actor Edward Everett Horton’s Silent Films Provoke Raucous Laughter
Edward Everett Horton, a comedic bean pole with a voice you know from cartoons, knew how to make silent film audiences laugh–loudly.
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Josef von Sternberg’s First Talkie Arrives Like a ‘Thunderbolt’
Is von Sternberg’s Thunderbolt the talkies’ first link between the iconography of the criminal underworld and jazz music?
Life Irritates Art in These Stanley Kwan and James Cruze Talkies
Kwan’s art-house Center Stage and Cruze’s vulgar The Great Gabbo both touch on the tragic tropes of performers whose careers suck up their lives.
What’s That You Heard? ‘The Kinetophone: A Fact! A Reality!
Undercrank Productions and the Library of Congress add another diamond to our digitally rich era in these refurbished analog films of Thomas Edison's.
‘Vampyr’ Is the Best Vampire Movie You’ve Never Seen
If Carl Theodor Dreyer had his way, his 1932 film Vampyr would now be a Halloween vampire movie tradition.
‘Phantom of Paris’ and ‘Gentleman’s Fate’ Tie Up John Gilbert’s Career
Disguises, dual identities, and reversals of fortune haunt John Gilbert, matinee idol and silent film star.