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Stage Door: Chaplin

Fern Siegel | Posted 11.17.2012 | Arts
Read More: Entertainment, Charlie Chaplin, Musical, Silent Films, Cinema, Theater, Broadway, New York, Stage Door Chaplin, Chaplin Theater, Arts News
Fern Siegel

Charlie Chaplin was the consummate artist: He produced, directed, wrote and scored his films. But his cinematic genius, coupled with his sex scandals and progressive politics, made tabloid fodder. They are also fertile ground for a Broadway musical, Chaplin.

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Louise Brooks Stars in Beggars of Life

Thomas Gladysz | Posted 09.29.2012 | Los Angeles
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Thomas Gladysz

Is there any silent film star as popular as Louise Brooks? The actress, best known for her bangs and signature black bob, seems to be just about everywhere these days.

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What and Who (as in Doctor) Not to Miss at This Year's Silent Film Fest

Thomas Gladysz | Posted 07.05.2012 | Entertainment
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Thomas Gladysz

Festival regular Leonard Maltin says, "The San Francisco Silent Film Festival is in a class by itself." And it's true. Here are 10 things not to miss at this year's event, which is set to start in in a little more than a week.

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Strange Silent Film Screens in Syracuse

Thomas Gladysz | Posted 05.15.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Herbert Brenon, Street of Forgotten Men, Silent Film, Movie News, Movies, Moviefone Features, Moviefone, Cinefest, Syracuse Cinefest 2012, Silent Film New York, Syracuse Cinefest, Silent Films, Louise Brooks Silent Film, Louise Brooks, Silent Movies, Entertainment News
Thomas Gladysz

The Street of Forgotten Men will be shown at Cinefest, which is set to run Thursday through Sunday. Long thought lost, this "underworld romance" has seldom been seen since its debut 87 years ago.

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Cruel and Unusual Comedy?

Sheril Antonio | Posted 05.12.2012 | Arts
Read More: Moma, Comedy, Silent Clowns Film Series, Film Exhibitions, Ben Model, Silent Films, Arts News
Sheril Antonio

Ben Model, a musician and a preservationist in his own right, has made this his life's work and excels at it.

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PHOTOS: When Hollywood Was Silent

AP | By SOLVEJ SCHOU | Posted 02.17.2012 | Los Angeles
Read More: Los Angeles Travel, The Artist Film, Hollywood Silent Age, Video, The Artist Silent Film, La Travel, Hollywood Silent Films, La Around Town, Silent Films, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES -- From around 1910 to the late 1920s, the silent film industry dominated Los Angeles. The movies were filmed everywhere, from Hollywood t...

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Movies Make Merry Month at Niles

Thomas Gladysz | Posted 02.07.2012 | San Francisco
Read More: Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum, Essanay Silent Film Museum, Silent Film Festivals, Silent Films, Video, Silent Film, San Francisco Film Events, San Francisco News
Thomas Gladysz

This month, as they have every December for more than a few years, the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum in Fremont has put together a schedule of films which both celebrate the holidays and early cinema.

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Movie review: The Artist

Marshall Fine | Posted 01.22.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Douglas Fairbanks, Berenice Bejo, The Artist, Sunset Boulevard, The Artist Movie Review, Jean Dujardin, Singin' in the Rain, Citizen Kane, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Movies, Movie Reviews, Marshall Fine, Michel Hazanavicius, A Star Is Born, Silent Films, John Goodman, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

The Artist may be the year's most brightly imaginative and purely enjoyable film. It may also be the toughest sell. How many people, after all, will ...

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A Tale of Two Festivals: The Kansas Silent Film Festival and The True/False Documentary Film Festival

Dan Lybarger | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
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Dan Lybarger

One of the great things about being a film geek in Kansas City is that we are in throwing distance of a pair of two wonderful festivals that celebrate terrific movies from the past and first-rate documentaries.

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