Caftan Woman Posted by on September 29, 2021

The first annual National Silent Movie Day has inspired Crystal at In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood and Lea at Silent-ology to host The Silent Movie Day Blogathon this September 29th. Your journey begins HERE. The first National Silent Movie Day will be celebrated on September 29, 2021...   read more

Pop Culture ImagineMDD Posted by ImagineMDD on April 4, 2015

Happy Easter Here are some silent film stars who are breaking out of their shells to celebrate Easter and welcome springtime. A short more recent video is in the middle. Bessie Love is carried away by Easter Bunnies 1929 May Allison 1919Blonde blue-eyed screen star half of famous Hollywood ro   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on January 7, 2015

By Fritzi Kramer on January 7, 2015 in Blog, Humor, Silent Movie Rules Tempest was one of many silent Hollywood romances set around the Russian Revolution. One of the most troubled productions of its day, the film had a revolving door for directors and leading ladies. The resulting film reveals...   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on January 3, 2015

By Fritzi Kramer on January 3, 2015 in Blog, Silent Movie Trivia (click to view in lightbox) Joe May catches a lot of flak for this one. A lot of Fritz Lang fans have 20/20 hindsight and curse May for taking Lang off directing duties for this picture. First of...   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on January 1, 2015

By Fritzi Kramer on January 1, 2015 in Blog, Feature, The Lighter Side Welcome to a fun little quiz I whipped together. I hope to release an intermediate, advanced and maybe even a murderous level at some point. In the meantime, enjoy! How it works: Answer twenty questions and hit...   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on December 29, 2014

By Fritzi Kramer on December 29, 2014 in Blog, Humor, Silent Movie Rules Before sound movies revealed that, that, that voice*, Ronald Colman was a steady, likable (if unremarkable) lead in romantic comedies and dramas. In Her Night of Romance, Mr. Colman gets a snoot full and ends up returning...   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on December 27, 2014

By Fritzi Kramer on December 27, 2014 in Blog, Silent Movie Trivia (click to view in lightbox) There’s no use pretending that The Beloved Rogue is subtle. It isn’t. John Barrymore and Conrad Veidt (in his American debut) shamelessly mug their way through medieval Paris. However, what it   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on December 24, 2014

By Fritzi Kramer on December 24, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor I pay attention to the keywords that bring people to my site and they can often reveal a lot about what people think of silent movies. The keywords and terms also let me know about shortages on my site...   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on December 20, 2014

By Fritzi Kramer on December 20, 2014 in Blog, Silent Movie Trivia (Click to view in lightbox.) Every genre and every era has its infamous bombs. In the case of silent comedy, that bomb is the 1925 version of The Wizard of Oz. It’s not the worst silent movie ever...   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on December 17, 2014

By Fritzi Kramer on December 17, 2014 in Blog, Humor, Silent Movie Rules Cesare had one job: Kill Jane. But nooooo, he has to drag her off and carry her over hill and dale (or the painted approximation). It’s Dr. Caligari’s fault, really. Mind controlling a somnambulist is all fun...   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on December 13, 2014

By Fritzi Kramer on December 13, 2014 in Blog, Silent Movie Trivia Click to view in lightbox Iconic roles are a blessing and a curse. On one hand, it assures screen immortality and a loyal group of fans. On the other, it means that a performer’s career is overshadowed by...   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on December 11, 2014

By Fritzi Kramer on December 11, 2014 in Blog, Humor, Silent Movie Rules Douglas Fairbanks had a lot of fun with Zorro’s dual identity in The Mark of Zorro. No one believed that the sleepy Don Diego was really the fearless Zorro. Robert McKim’s villain certainly had no idea who...   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on November 29, 2014

By Fritzi Kramer on November 29, 2014 in Blog, Silent Movie Trivia Click to view in lightbox. Now we are going to have some trivia from one of my favorite silent sleepers. Miss Lulu Bett is a powerful little drama about gender, women’s liberation and the changes in society that...   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on November 25, 2014

By Fritzi Kramer on November 25, 2014 in Blog, Humor, Silent Movie Rules Ah! What would we ever have done without dueling? (Answer: Have a more civilized society, for one thing.) More to the point, what would movies do without dueling? From Errol Flynn to Darth Vader, the movie duel...   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on November 14, 2014

By Fritzi Kramer on November 14, 2014 in Video Alright, so they are not exactly the most intimidating mob on the block. I mean, their threatening note looks like something a seven-year old boy would come up with and I consider that insulting to the boys. In any case, in...   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on November 8, 2014

By Fritzi Kramer on November 8, 2014 in Blog, Humor, Silent Movie Rules Poor D.W. Griffith. A man of… singular predilections, he never quite figured out that audiences (and sometimes the actresses themselves) were not quite as fond of whirling, swirling, hippity-skippity heroines as he was. C   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on November 7, 2014

By Fritzi Kramer on November 7, 2014 in Blog, Feature I am trying something new. If it’s a success, I will be doing more of them. Basically, you get to decide what I write about. Readers are free to ask silent film-related questions. (With a few caveats.) What do I...   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on November 1, 2014

By Fritzi Kramer on November 1, 2014 in Blog, Silent Movie Trivia Click here to view in lightbox This time, we are going to be looking at trivia from one of Mary Pickford’s last child roles, Little Annie Rooney. She played a teen in Sparrows but this would be her...   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on October 25, 2014

By Fritzi Kramer on October 25, 2014 in Blog, Silent Movie Trivia Click to view in lightbox This time, we are going to be looking at trivia from a very famous film, Way Down East. Most of us know the story already. D.W. Griffith paid out an enormous sum for...   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on October 22, 2014

By Fritzi Kramer on October 22, 2014 in Blog, Humor, Silent Movie Rules Mr. Chaney was one of the most prolific and frightening villains in motion picture history. West of Zanzibar contains one of his most elaborate and warped vengeance schemes. The crime: Lionel Barrymore broke Chaney’s back   read more