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Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
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2:02 pm - New Blog!
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| Monday, July 6th, 2009
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9:21 pm
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modpixie
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I recently completed work on a short subject, "A Doorman's Lullaby", that was influenced by Buster Keaton and his film Sherlock Jr. The short will have its world premiere at the Lyceum in Gowanus Brooklyn as part of the Flicker Super-8 Film Festival.
To honor the upcoming screening, I'm having a contest to name the film within a film that appears on a small TV in the doorman's office. If you're in the NYC area and would like to win tickets, watch this film:
...and Tweet a title with the hashtag #namethatfilm. The contest will be going on through Weds., 8 July at 10:30 PM, and I will announce the winner on Thursday morning.
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| Sunday, June 28th, 2009
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8:19 pm - TCM July '09 schedule.
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| Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
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5:35 pm - Silents for June
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| Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
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7:11 pm - Bardelys The Magnificent.
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zerozander
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Not sure how many of you have heard, but Bardelys The Magnificent was found a while ago. It was restored and was shown to the public at special screenings. Next month, it will be available on DVD!
( Read more... )
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| Friday, June 5th, 2009
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6:10 pm - Not to be missed!
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annereksik
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Tickets are on sale now for the foremost celebration of silent cinema in the Americas—The 14th Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival, scheduled for July 10–12 at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco.
In the space of a mere three days audiences will have the chance to experience the breathtaking vitality and depth of the silent era with 12 programs of classic films and rediscoveries—complete with live musical accompaniment in a grand movie palace setting!
Douglas Fairbanks, John Gilbert, Lillian Gish—superstars of the silent era, all—are just a few of the legendary talents returning to the big screen, and we're thrilled to welcome back some of the finest musicians to match music to image—including Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, Philip Carli, Stephen Horne, Dennis James, and Donald Sosin.
Mont Alto will premiere its brand new original score, written expressly for the Silent Film Festival, to accompany our Opening Night presentation of THE GAUCHO (1927), starring Douglas Fairbanks and the revelation of the festival—Lupe Velez. Fairbanks, a huge star at the time, wrote this glorious adventure and generously shares the spotlight with the dazzling newcomer in her first starring role. Mont Alto will also accompany the West Coast Premiere of the restored legendary “lost” King Vidor film starring John Gillbert, BARDELYS THE MAGNIFICENT (1927), as well as playing for the Czech scorcher, EROTIKON (1929).
Pianist Stephen Horne of the National Film Theatre in London will return to accompany Jean Epstein's surrealist masterpiece—THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (1928). Luis Buñuel, fresh from his collaboration with Salvador Dali on Un Chien Andalou, assisted Epstein on this French take on USHER. Horne will also play for Josef von Sternberg's proto-noir UNDERWORLD (1927), which will be introduced by the Noir City's Eddie Muller; and AMAZING TALES FROM THE ARCHIVES, the fourth edition of our free-admission spotlight on film preservation. This special program will include the World Premiere of SCREEN SNAPSHOTS—7TH SERIES, a rare short subject preserved by last year's recipient of our Silent Film Festival Preservation Fellowship, Anne Smatla. We will announce this year's Fellowship recipient at this program.
Philip Carli of George Eastman House, returns to the baby grand to accompany our Director's Pick program. Director Terry Zwigoff (Crumb, Ghost World, Bad Santa) has selected the rarely-screened comic gem SO'S YOUR OLD MAN, featuring the hilarious comedian W.C. Fields—a star well known for his work in talking pictures who proves to be a master of the silent screen as well!
The gloriously rousing Chinese film WILD ROSE (1932) starring Jin Yan, the Valentino of China will be accompanied by master pianist Donald Sosin, and the 2009 Silent Film Festival Award will be presented at this program to the Chinese Film Archive. Yan's widow Qin Yi, herself a celebrated entertainer in China, will introduce the program. Sosin will also accompany our family-friendly matinee program, featuring the wonderful Disney character OSWALD THE LUCKY RABBIT (1927–1928). Leonard Maltin and animator Ub Iwerks' granddaughter Leslie Iwerks will guide us through this enchanted animated program.
Our Closing Night film will be D.W. Griffith's last silent film—LADY OF THE PAVEMENTS (1929), starring the beautiful Lupe Velez—who opens the festival as well! With its splendid cinematic flourishes, LADY marks the master's return to the cinematic firmament after years in the critical wilderness. The film was completed as a silent, then partially re-shot to qualify as a part-talkie including two musical numbers—Griffith's innovative experimentation with “sound modulation.” Our presentation will include piano accompaniment by Donald Sosin, and vocal recreation of the musical numbers by Joanna Seaton!
The master of the Mighty Wurlitzer, Dennis James, will premiere his original score—commissioned by the Silent Film Festival—at our Centerpiece Presentation of Victor Sjöström's brilliant THE WIND (1928), starring Lillian Gish in her finest role. Along with Griffith and Murnau, Swedish director Sjöström was one of the giants of the silent era who convinced critics that the motion picture was not a bastard child of the stage, but a vital art form in its own right. Our presentation will include a special wind effect (the kind used in silent movie scores in the 1920s)! The Centerpiece Presentation will be introduced by Leonard Maltin. James will also accompany the delirious Soviet futurist drama AELITA, QUEEN OF MARS (1924) on the Mighty Wurllitzer and the Theremin, backed up by Mark Goldstein on the Buchla Lightning!
This year we celebrate Biograph Studios, director D.W. Griffith, and the company's most famous star Mary Pickford. This year marks the 100th anniversary of Pickford's screen debut and to celebrate the centenary of her career on the silver screen, we will present several shorts featuring America's Sweetheart, as well as recent preserved and restored Biograph titles from the Library of Congress and George Eastman House.
McRoskey Mattress Company will once again be the festival's lead sponsor. As part of their sponsorship they have generously donated a Salem Day Bed (a $2,700 value) which will go to the lucky winner of our Grand Prize Raffle!
For complete program information and to buy tickets, please visit www.silentfilm.org
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| Saturday, May 30th, 2009
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11:28 pm - G.W. Pabst
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jahrhundert
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I had a mini Pabst marathon on my own and posted about some of his silent films on my film blog.
-Tagebuch einer Verlorenen
-Die Büchse der Pandora
-Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney
-Geheimnisse einer Seele
What are your favourite Pabst films? Do you think that he lost his touch after the Nazis came to power?
Link to film blog: Sachlichkeit
current music: Noir Fleurir - Clockwork Fairy | Powered by Last.fm
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| Thursday, May 28th, 2009
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2:52 pm - sunnyside
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spaceygirl2000
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I am curious about this somewhat recent book called "Sunnyside" written by Glen David Gold - was wondering if anyone on this community knew more about it and/or have read it?
thanks!!
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| Sunday, May 24th, 2009
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10:46 am - I made a big mistake! *Important*
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zerozander
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This is the mistake.....
"Late Sunday the 24th/Early Monday the 25th
A Sailor-Made Man - 12:00 AM, Shoulder Arms - 1:00 AM, The Big Parade - 2:15 AM (Hard to find silent. Shown again for the first time in four years. Do not miss!)"
This is WRONG! A Sailor-Made Man and Shoulder Arms are correct, but The Big Parade is incorrect. The Big Parade is actually airing tomorrow! LATE MONDAY night the 25th/EARLY TUESDAY morning the 26th at 2:15 AM. Now I don't know if there was a change made, or I edited the schedule wrong or what, but I'M SORRY! Hopefully, this mistake will not cause some of you to miss it..... *shakes head*
Please remember that all times are EASTERN
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| Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
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12:13 am
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the_visitor
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Not exactly a film update or anything, but may be of interest to some...the latest edition of Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's celebrated comic series THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN (since made into a terrible movie), the first of a 3-part volume called CENTURY (the first issue is 1910), recently hit the stands and features a noteworthy appearance by Lulu, Louise Brooks' character from PANDORA'S BOX.
She isn't the first apperance by a silent film character in the series. In the last installment, THE BLACK DOSSIER, there was a segment on a German version of the league, consisting of Doctors Mabuse and Caligari, and Rotwang from METROPOLIS.
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| Sunday, May 17th, 2009
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11:40 am - Line up change.
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zerozander
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TCM - 5/17
Othello was originally scheduled to air tonight. It appears it has been replaced by The Parson's Widow. Movie begins at 12:30 AM EST.
Enjoy.
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| Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
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6:56 pm - TCM May '09 schedule of silents
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| Friday, May 1st, 2009
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4:51 pm - F. W. Murnau comm
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nostalgicchild
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1888 - 1931
Hello everybody! My name is Grace and I've been watching this community for a few years now and it is one of my favorites. I've been interested in the silent era for quite sometime and thought it was a good idea to create a community for one of my obsessions. Please join my new community for the director: ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) f_w_murnau (don't be shy to post). Also, this is a new account. I'd love to add some of you. :)
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| Saturday, April 25th, 2009
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9:10 am - Warner Bros. releasing lots of old rare films, many silents!
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thedabara_cds
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I just read this and almost had a heart attack:
http://www.slate.com/id/2216522/
"The recent launch of the Warner Archive Collection could well portend a revolution; it's DVD on demand, a way for Warner (and, one hopes, for every other studio) to make movies available without spending the $75,000 to $100,000 it costs to release an old title into an ominously contracting marketplace. Here's how it works: Go to the archive and browse the titles. Click on the ones you want, and for $19.95 apiece, they'll burn a DVD-R and ship you the movie in a standard plastic case with cover art. There are no extras except the trailer, if it's available; there isn't even scene-by-scene chaptering. But you will get the film, shown in the correct aspect ratio and with a picture and soundtrack of mostly high quality. Virtually none of the movies in this collection has been available on DVD before. Many never even made it to VHS.
So far, there are only 150 titles, but Warner plans to expand the archive by at least 20 selections a month, drawing from the 5,600-odd unreleased titles (including a huge number of vintage RKO and MGM movies) in its 6,800-film library."
When I saw some of the silent and early sound films they've already made available on-demand, I'm sure my happy squeals could be heard for hundreds of miles!! I cannot wait to see what else they release from the depths of their archives!
Here's a link to the archive:
http://www.wbshop.com/Warner-Archive/ARCHIVE,default,sc.html
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| Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
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8:53 pm - Buster Keaton wallpaper
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| Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
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11:44 pm - 1 Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Wallpaper
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vera_sabe
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Hello all. My name is Vera-Sabe and I just joined this wonderful community. I absolutely love silent/classic films and silent/classic leading men and women. My love for them is courtesy of my wonderful mom who raised me from birth to see such wonderful films as she loves silent/classic movies, actors, and actresses herself.
My all-time favorite actors are Gregory Peck and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. And I absolutely love Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Anita Page, Gloria Swanson, Ramon Novarro, Rudolph Valentino, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, and many others.
Please enjoy the photo, and I'm in the process of making more. Also, feel free to snag and save it on your desktops, computers, etc. Feedback is really welcomed if you so feel to comment. :-)
( Mr. Fairbanks, Jr. )
current mood:  irate
current music: Every Breath You Take by Sting & The Police
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| Sunday, April 5th, 2009
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11:40 am - TCM April schedule of silents
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10:59 am - I hear this is a beautiful silent.
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zerozander
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Turner Classic Movies, USA schedule. Late April 5th, early April 6th. 12:00 AM EASTERN
Visages D'enfants
Hope you people read this in time and don't miss it.
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| Saturday, March 28th, 2009
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10:58 pm - Urban Gad's Afgrunden
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jahrhundert
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I am not sure if Asta Nielsen has been mentioned in this community, but yesterday (well, technically today) I watched Afgrunden, one of her earliest films along with one of the 4 Danish films she starred in and wrote my thoughts about it on my film blog:
http://sachlichkeit.net/
Any feedback would be much appreciated and you can comment on the entry I wrote.
Most of you are probably familiar with Nielsen due to her role as the female Hamlet or her role in G.W. Pabst's Die freudlose Gasse/The Joyless Street along side Greta Garbo.
Also, if anyone has questions about the DVD the Danish Film Institute released with the 4 Danish films starring Nielsen, I'll be happy to answer your questions!
x-posted @ movie_greats
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| Friday, March 27th, 2009
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11:11 am - Gloria Swanson Birthday Tribute
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milesadrift
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Today is Gloria's birthday and I posted a large birthday tribute in my journal with photos throughout her life, video clips, trivia, and quotes. I thought I'd share it here in case anyone wanted to see it.
Beware that the post is VERY image heavy! I hope you enjoy it!
Find it Here!
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