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A feed for silent film enthusiasts. Use #SilentFilm, #SilentCinema or #Silentbsky (not case sensitive) to have your post added to feed. Also picks up on phrases "silent movies", "silent film" & "silent cinema" if hashtags are not used. Now including non-English tags in DE,SP,IT,FR & Bra. Portuguese
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The most-liked posts we have captured from Silent Film. Links go to the original on Bluesky.
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This is cartoonishly evil, like something out of a silent film involving widows tied to railroad tracks by a Rudolph Rassendale knock-off.
Are we talking about eugenics again? (Drags in chair.) So one of the more jarring and frightening things about silent movies is how often eugenics is dropped into casual conversation, it was normal. A”eugenic marriage” was considered to be…
I wrote about THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER for my horror column. I feel as though this is one of the best pieces I have written this year. It is always an energizing experience to write about a film that I consider an all time great. www.patr…
Willy Rosen, (18. Juli 1894 - 1. Oktober 1944) war ein bekannter,beliebter Komponist und Kabarettist der Weimarer Zeit, der auch im Ausland erfolgreich war. Er untermalte u.a.Stummfilme mit seinem Klavierspiel, wobei witzige Texte und eing…
Silent films were sniffed at in film circles and by the generation immediately succeeding them and that attitude bleeds through to some old movie fans, who are sometimes surprisingly resistant to the silents. Ironically, I sometimes have …
Born 18 Sep 1905, Iconic Swedish-US movie star Greta Garbo is remembered for her melancholic characters. She rose to fame with silent movies such as A Woman of Affairs & talkies such as Mata Hari & Anna Karenina. The 3 time Academy Award n…
People watch a few hours of studio era talkies on TCM and think they can take me on about silent films, apply 1935 rules to 1915. It would be cute if it wasn't this film and this topic.
I got into silent movies when the vast majority of stars were already gone but there were still a few alive. We lost the last few child stars in the past 5-10 years and I think it caused a bit of a shift in the fandom generally. Without li…
MCU fans have started the “Film Twitter wanted us dead but we win!” stuff and: A) Is Film Twitter in the room with us now? B) when are you starting “I watch FUN movies not black and white silent movies made in Croatia!” because I always …
Hey there, hi there! One of the things people "know" about silent movies is that they are simply packed with women tied to the tracks! Happened all the time. In every film! Right? Right?
Disney adding commercials even if you pay a lot? Boo! Why not watch silent movies for free courtesy of archives and nonprofits? Talkies? Who needs 'em!
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