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November 19th, 2011, 3:03 pm
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November 12th, 2011, 1:44 pm
Louise Brooks
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drednm »
November 10th, 2011, 1:08 pm
Louise Brooks in top ten silent star list at The Guardian
But what about Mary Pickford, Gloria Swanson, Clara Bow, Norma Talmadge?
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November 10th, 2011, 1:08 pm
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Last post by Ann Harding
November 5th, 2011, 9:00 am
Treasures V: The West (1898-1938)
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Ann Harding »
October 17th, 2011, 10:37 am
I started exploring the new box from the NFPF. And so far, I must say I am enthusiastic. It contains some great pictures. 8)
Salomy Jane (1914,...
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Last post by Ann Harding
October 17th, 2011, 10:37 am
New Book on Rin Tin Tin
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Lzcutter »
October 1st, 2011, 5:45 pm
Susan Orlean's new book on the life and times of perhaps the most famous dog in the movies is on bookshelves now.
Here's a link to the review in the...
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Last post by Lzcutter
October 1st, 2011, 5:45 pm
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Last post by moira finnie
October 1st, 2011, 10:51 am
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Last post by Ann Harding
September 30th, 2011, 12:11 pm
Cinesation 2010
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MichiganJ »
October 3rd, 2010, 4:41 pm
Last weekend's Cinesation, which took place at the Lincoln Theater (opened its doors in 1915 and renovated in 1982) in Massillon, Ohio, was the first...
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Last post by MichiganJ
September 28th, 2011, 9:27 am
Lon Chaney
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charliechaplinfan »
September 9th, 2011, 2:52 pm
I wasn't really sure where to put this thread but I thought if I put it in the silent category he wouldn't get mixed up with his son and namesake....
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
September 10th, 2011, 12:52 pm
Reels of White Shadow have been found
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Lzcutter »
August 3rd, 2011, 11:12 am
The National Film Preservation Board announced that they have found a couple of reels of the thought lost film, White Shadow (1923) in a New Zealand...
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Last post by Lzcutter
August 3rd, 2011, 11:12 am
Baby Peggy
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Moraldo Rubini »
July 31st, 2011, 12:22 pm
I just learned that Baby Peggy (Diana Serra Cary) will be making an appearance in San Francisco on Sunday, August 7; in case anyone's interested....
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Last post by Moraldo Rubini
July 31st, 2011, 12:22 pm
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Last post by Lzcutter
July 30th, 2011, 10:54 pm
Jeanne Eagels sighting!
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Jezebel38 »
February 26th, 2008, 2:33 pm
WHOO-WHOO!! Just caught this listing from another site - Man Woman & Sin is playing this Saturday night at the Niles Essanay Museum in Fremont! I've...
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Last post by moira finnie
July 13th, 2011, 8:35 am
Albert Capellani Silents
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Ann Harding »
May 15th, 2011, 7:53 am
A new boxset of Capellani pictures just came out in France. Pathé just released a 4-DVD box with four features and 7 shorts. Albert capellani was one...
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Last post by Ann Harding
July 10th, 2011, 7:54 am
Birth Of A Nation
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stuart.uk »
June 7th, 2011, 10:49 am
In the first part of Paul Merton's Birth Of Hollwood series, he slaughtered Birth Of A Nation for it's length, its racism and its potrayal of the...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
June 9th, 2011, 1:30 pm
Roscoe Arbuckle
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stuart.uk »
June 7th, 2011, 9:46 am
In the UK we've been enjoying Paul Merton's doc series The Birth Of Hollwood, which concentrates on the Silent Era. In part 2, much of it was about...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
June 8th, 2011, 2:17 pm
Opening Of LILAC TIME (1928)
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Gagman 66 »
May 28th, 2011, 1:28 am
:D For Memorial Day weekend. The opening of Colleen Moore's LILAC TIME. The rendition of Jeannine is the original recording of the entrance music...
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May 28th, 2011, 1:28 am
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May 28th, 2011, 1:25 am
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May 26th, 2011, 4:50 pm
The Garden of Eden (1928)
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moira finnie »
May 12th, 2007, 9:55 am
The Garden of Eden (1928) was on Silent Sunday last week on TCM. It featured Corinne Griffith and the charming Louise Dresser . I don't think I've...
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Last post by CineMaven
May 16th, 2011, 1:24 am
Charley Chase
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silentscreen »
February 20th, 2011, 1:51 pm
I've heard it said that the only reason he was not among the big three or four was that he never made a feature.
Seen him in a few films, both silent...
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Last post by Papermoon
May 2nd, 2011, 9:53 pm
VIRTUE (1932) on TCM 12/14
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Jezebel38 »
December 12th, 2007, 6:05 pm
This Columbia pre-code was making the rounds a couple years back at the revival houses, and I made the trip up to The Castro in SF just to see...
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Last post by feaito
May 1st, 2011, 9:22 pm
The Last Flight (1931)
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Mr. Arkadin »
October 19th, 2010, 9:06 pm
The Last Flight solos in prime time thanks to TCM's critics picks festival on 10/20.
When I was introduced to this film by drednm a few years ago,...
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Last post by knitwit45
April 8th, 2011, 3:49 pm
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Last post by Gagman 66
April 5th, 2011, 3:47 am
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Last post by Rita Hayworth
March 26th, 2011, 9:17 pm
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Last post by MichiganJ
March 7th, 2011, 2:06 pm
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Last post by Gagman 66
March 5th, 2011, 6:38 pm
What is a PreCode?
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Rita Hayworth »
February 14th, 2011, 1:08 am
Can anyone here can tell me what a PreCodes is?
I know Silents - but - this is the first time I heard this term - maybe I seen some of them by...
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Last post by Rita Hayworth
March 5th, 2011, 5:24 pm
Carl Davis Interview
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Ann Harding »
February 18th, 2011, 6:41 am
I interviewed Carl Davis two days ago in Paris. He is preparing for the performance of The Gold Rush & The Immigrant on Sunday. It was an ideal...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
February 22nd, 2011, 11:32 am
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Last post by JackFavell
February 22nd, 2011, 9:10 am
The Top 10 Female Stars Of 1928?
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Gagman 66 »
September 17th, 2008, 12:35 am
These are the Top 5 Female Stars for 1928, according to the same distributors survey in Moving Picture World magazine toward the end of that year....
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Last post by knitwit45
February 20th, 2011, 7:25 pm
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Last post by feaito
January 27th, 2011, 10:58 am
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Last post by MichiganJ
January 11th, 2011, 2:27 pm
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Last post by Gagman 66
December 29th, 2010, 10:30 pm
C.B. DeMille Silents
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Ann Harding »
April 25th, 2009, 4:38 am
We are having a full C.B. DeMille retrospective at the moment. I took advantage to catch some rare silents as well as some famous films on nice 35 mm...
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Last post by Gagman 66
December 7th, 2010, 5:05 pm
New Nita Naldi Website
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rudyfan »
December 6th, 2010, 2:19 pm
After a year of work, a revamp to Gloria Bowman’s old Nita Naldi site has been done. Gloria’s site went AWOL after Yahoo killed off Geocities (also...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
December 6th, 2010, 3:45 pm
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Last post by feaito
November 16th, 2010, 7:35 pm
Vally of the Giants Clip Posted On-Line
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Gagman 66 »
October 29th, 2010, 5:50 pm
:wink: Hey take a look at this. A brief 26 second clip from the legendary VALLEY OF THE GIANTS (1919) with Wallace Reid one of the 10 films exported...
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Last post by drednm
October 29th, 2010, 9:46 pm
Is this a HOAX - or what ?!!!
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by klondike » October 26th, 2010, 2:46 pm
Somebody text M. Night Shyamalan !
This is from a site called Technolog, the feature being run as a newsbyte on MSN.
{Had to go to YouTube in order...
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Last post by Gagman 66
October 29th, 2010, 5:45 pm
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Last post by Gagman 66
October 23rd, 2010, 3:49 pm
Lubitsch Silents
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Ann Harding »
September 9th, 2010, 10:48 am
Right now, the French Cinémathèque is doing a full Lubitsch retrospective. I am going to investigate the rarest silent features that I have never...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
October 7th, 2010, 1:58 pm
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Last post by Gagman 66
August 26th, 2010, 3:42 pm
The Constant Nymph (1928)
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Ann Harding »
August 24th, 2010, 9:59 am
The Constant Nymph (1928, Adrian Brunel) with Ivor Novello, Mabel Poulton, Elsa Lanchester and Benita Hume
Lewis Dodd (I. Novello), a bohemian...
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Last post by drednm
August 25th, 2010, 9:40 am
Cinecon 2010 - Labor Day
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rudyfan »
July 28th, 2010, 12:50 pm
Okay, any SSO people planning on going to Cinecon? I shall be there and am looking forward to it. The film line up so far looks pretty interesting....
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Last post by moira finnie
August 24th, 2010, 6:31 pm
MURNAU, BORZAGE AND FORD AT FOX
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charliechaplinfan »
January 1st, 2010, 5:42 am
Part 1
Last night I got two thirds of the way through the documentary about Fox, Borzage and Murnau, this is included in the box set edition. The...
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Last post by MissGoddess
August 7th, 2010, 9:13 am
San Francisco Silent Film Festival
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rudyfan »
July 10th, 2010, 12:56 pm
It's almost here. Anyone on SSO going to be in attendance? I'll be there to watch films and (begin shameless self promotion) will be signing copies...
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Last post by Lzcutter
July 24th, 2010, 2:33 pm
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Last post by rudyfan
July 22nd, 2010, 6:33 am
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Last post by MichiganJ
July 18th, 2010, 9:58 am
THE BLUE ANGEL
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charliechaplinfan »
July 14th, 2010, 5:16 am
I've seen the English Version of The Blue Angel twice over the last 5 years. It's one of the very best of the early talkies and a film in which we...
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July 14th, 2010, 10:57 am
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