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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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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…
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 …
Question People Ask Reasonably Often So Let Me Post About It? Did they serve popcorn at American silent movies? Yes! In fact there was a popcorn popper-peanut roaster all-in-one affair that was advertised in trade magazines throughout th…
Silent film starter pack: Way Down East (emphatic melodrama, but huge fun) Battleship Potemkin The Thief of Bagdad (oh, Doug ❤️) Sunrise (oh, George ❤️) The General (oh, Buster ❤️) If you can't intersect with those, silent films might a…
Aug. 23, 1926: Rudolph Valentino dies. The “Great Lover” of the silent film era, an idol to millions, succumbs at 31 after an eight-day battle with stomach ulcers that became peritonitis. Thousands crowd outside New York’s Polyclinic Hospi…
And at the same time, silent movies are the thing but lots of people hated the sound of popcorn munching a peanut shell cracking. I also have vintage theater slides offerIng concessions like chocolate and ice cream
Silent film star Rudolph Valentino died at age 31 on August 23, 1926, in NYC. His sudden death from peritonitis following surgeries for a perforated ulcer and appendicitis triggered worldwide mass hysteria, massive public riots during hi…
Dennis Wolkowicz, a beloved silent film organist, has been honored with a Six Corners street sign. blockclubchi.co/4hHxMbT
On a side note, I have the standard floor plan of middle class American homes 1905-1930 memorized thanks to silent films.
I also think about I wish that Victor Sjöström had directed some silent film versions of Chekhov and, certainly, Ibsen, but that's another matter entirely.
Recognizing that a lot of people think that silent movies can be a chore to watch (because, to be honest, they can be, some of them), I note that this one's immediately enthralling and keeps that up throughout.
For awhile I've been playing with the idea of making my own black metal playlists to act as soundtracks over my favourite silent films (haxan, faust, l'inferno)... Trying to align tracks and timing to the scenes and atmosphere...really wan…
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