Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on March 31, 2013

Rudolf (Lewis Stone) is an Englishman on holiday in the unstable European kingdom of Ruritania. It turns out that he is a dead ringer for the soon-to-be-crowned king (also Lewis Stone). This comes in handy when the king is kidnapped by his evil brother and Rudolf must take his place...   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on March 26, 2013

Gibson’s romantic illustrations enhance the tale… Up until now I have focused on books about silent films themselves and the men and women who made them. For a change, I am going to cover some books that inspired silent films. Let’s start with the quintessential swashbuckler, The   read more