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Home > Posts tagged "classic movies"
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    The “Million Dollar Baby” in CHILDREN OF DIVORCE: An Interview with Louise Paziak on her Mother, Child Star Mary Louise Miller

    By Sarah Bastin Mary Louise Miller (1924–2003) had a brief but indelible career as a child star during the silent film era. Her film career began when she was just six months old and ended at the age of […]

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    14.11.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    An Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood in CHILDREN OF DIVORCE (1927)

    Flicker Alley is proud to present the following essay by Beth Ann Gallagher. Film fanatic Beth Ann Gallagher lives on a California island, where she writes her blog Spellbound by Movies. Being a retro buff, her blog celebrates silent […]

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    8.11.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    Yep, Nope, and “It”: Gary Cooper and Clara Bow

    Flicker Alley is proud to present the following essay by Jeff Lundenberger. A graduate of Thomas Edison State University, Jeff Lundenberger is an ardent classic film fan who is a regular contributor to blogs, printed publications, and classic film […]

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    4.11.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    Lon Chaney Gives an Interview—for Once

    Flicker Alley is proud to present the following essay by Robert M. Fells. Robert M. “Bob” Fells is an independent film historian and author. An attorney and trade association executive in the Washington, D.C. area, Bob has been collecting […]

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    21.10.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW:
    Cinerama Inc.’s Dave Strohmaier on Cinerama’s Russian Adventure and The Best of Cinerama

    By Sarah Bastin Today, September 30, 2016, is the 64th anniversary of the debut of Cinerama, when This Is Cinerama premiered in theaters in 1952. In honor of this anniversary, Flicker Alley presents the following interview!   Film historian […]

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    30.9.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    Chaplin’s Greatest Rival?

    Flicker Alley is proud to present the following essay by Robert M. Fells. Robert M. “Bob” Fells is an independent film historian and author. An attorney and trade association executive in the Washington, D.C. area, Bob has been collecting […]

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    7.9.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    Santa Monica! Win Tickets to Henri-Georges Clouzot Double Feature Screening!

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    24.6.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW:
    Blackhawk Films® Collection’s David Shepard on MOD Blu-rays Five American Experimental Films of the 1950s and The Ghost That Never Returns (1930)

    By Sarah Bastin Film historian and preservationist David Shepard is the founder of Film Preservation Associates, the owner of Blackhawk Films® Collection and the producer of many Flicker Alley titles, including Masterworks of American Avant-garde Experimental Film 1920-1970, Chaplin’s […]

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    13.6.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    Los Angeles! Win Tickets to Douglas Fairbanks’ WILD AND WOOLLY Saturday, May 21 at the Egyptian!

    Our Los Angeles fans have the chance to see Wild and Woolly (1917), featured on Douglas Fairbanks: A Modern Musketeer, on screen this Saturday! Enter below!         [contesthopper contest=”4897″] For more giveaways, exclusive essays, film preservation […]

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    18.5.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    The Unapologetic Women of TOO LATE FOR TEARS (1949) and WOMAN ON THE RUN (1950)

    Flicker Alley is proud to present the following essay by Kendahl Cruver of A Classic Movie Blog, written for Detectives and Dames: A Flicker Alley Noir Blog-a-Thon! Too Late for Tears (1949) and Woman on the Run (1950) are […]

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    11.5.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    TOO LATE FOR TEARS: Lizabeth Scott Triumphs in an Underrated Noir Classic

    Flicker Alley is proud to present the following essay by John Grant/Noirish, written for Detectives and Dames: A Flicker Alley Noir Blog-a-Thon! Too Late for Tears (1949) is available NOW on Blu-ray/DVD! Order today! John Grant is an award-winning […]

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    10.5.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    TOO LATE FOR TEARS, but Never Too Late for Censorship: A Look into the Film’s Production Code Administration File

    Flicker Alley is proud to present the following essay by Kim Luperi of I See a Dark Theater, written for Detectives and Dames: A Flicker Alley Noir Blog-a-Thon! Too Late for Tears (1949) is available on Blu-ray/DVD tomorrow, May […]

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    9.5.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW:
    Treasure Hunting: Lobster Films’ Serge Bromberg on “Amazing Film Discoveries”

    By Sarah Bastin Last week, Flicker Alley sat down with Serge Bromberg, film preservationist and founder of Paris-based Lobster Films, before his presentation at the TCM Classic Film Festival on Friday, April 29, entitled “Amazing Film Discoveries.” Bromberg is […]

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    4.5.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    Win Tickets to the 90th Anniversary Pickford/Fairbanks Double-Feature May 14 in Los Angeles!

    [contesthopper contest=”4691″] For more giveaways, exclusive essays, film preservation news and special discounts, sign up for the Flicker Alley Newsletter.

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    4.5.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    Spotlight on Dennis O’Keefe

    Flicker Alley is proud to present the following essay by Film Noir of the Week, written for Detectives and Dames: A Flicker Alley Noir Blog-a-Thon! Woman on the Run (1950) is available on Blu-ray/DVD May 10! Pre-order today! It’s […]

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    3.5.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    The Lasting Legacy of Roy Huggins

    Flicker Alley is proud to present the following essay by Vince Keenan, written for Detectives and Dames: A Flicker Alley Noir Blog-a-Thon! Too Late for Tears (1949) is available on Blu-ray/DVD May 10! Pre-order today! Vince Keenan is the […]

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    29.4.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    Ann Sheridan’s Film Noir Marriage

    Flicker Alley is proud to present the following essay by Silver Screenings, written for Detectives and Dames: A Flicker Alley Noir Blog-a-Thon! Woman on the Run (1950) is available on Blu-ray/DVD May 10! Pre-order today! We just discovered a […]

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    27.4.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    Femme vs. Homme in TOO LATE FOR TEARS

    Flicker Alley is proud to present the following essay by Elyce Rae Helford, written for Detectives and Dames: A Flicker Alley Noir Blog-a-Thon! Too Late for Tears (1949) is available on Blu-ray/DVD May 10! Pre-order today! Elyce Rae Helford, […]

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    20.4.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    A Closer Look at Ann Sheridan and Lizabeth Scott

    Flicker Alley is proud to present the following essay by EverythingNoir.com, written for Detectives and Dames: A Flicker Alley Noir Blog-a-Thon! Ann Sheridan stars in Woman on the Run (1950) and Lizabeth Scott stars in Too Late for Tears […]

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    18.4.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    Punishing Mrs. J: Gender in WOMAN ON THE RUN

    Flicker Alley is proud to present the following essay by BNoirDetour, written for Detectives and Dames: A Flicker Alley Noir Blog-a-Thon! Woman on the Run (1950) is available on Blu-ray/DVD May 10! Pre-order today! Note: This essay contains spoilers […]

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    13.4.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    Win Tickets to the April 24 TOO LATE FOR TEARS Screening in Hollywood!

    [contesthopper contest=”4516″] Remember to pre-order Too Late for Tears and Woman on the Run and save 25% off MSRP while the sale lasts! For more exclusive essays, film preservation news, and special discounts, sign up for the Flicker Alley […]

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    12.4.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    The Life and Times of Arthur Kennedy

    Flicker Alley is proud to present the following essay by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry of Shadows and Satin, written for Detectives and Dames: A Flicker Alley Noir Blog-a-Thon! Actor Arthur Kennedy stars in Too Late for Tears (1949), available on […]

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    11.4.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    An Uncommon Woman in WOMAN ON THE RUN (1950)

    Flicker Alley is proud to present the following essay by Andy Wolverton of JOURNEYS IN DARKNESS AND LIGHT, written for Detectives and Dames: A Flicker Alley Noir Blog-a-Thon! Woman on the Run (1950) is available on Blu-ray/DVD May 10! […]

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    4.4.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    Flicker Alley Presents TOO LATE FOR TEARS at American Cinematheque on April 24!

    Come be a part of Flicker Alley’s first-ever Blu-ray/DVD release party screening! Flicker Alley and the Film Noir Foundation are proud to present Too Late for Tears at NOIR CITY: HOLLYWOOD, the 18th Annual Los Angeles Festival of Film Noir! The screening […]

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    1.4.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    A Birthday Tribute to Dennis O’Keefe

    Flicker Alley is proud to present the following essay by Laura Grieve of Laura’s Miscellaneous Musings, written for Detectives and Dames: A Flicker Alley Noir Blog-a-Thon! Actor Dennis O’Keefe stars in Woman on the Run (1950), available on Blu-ray/DVD […]

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    29.3.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    Detectives and Dames:
    A Flicker Alley Noir Blog-a-Thon!

    In order to celebrate our upcoming Blu-ray/DVD releases of Too Late for Tears (1949) and Woman on the Run (1950), Flicker Alley is hosting Detectives and Dames: A Flicker Alley Noir Blog-a-Thon! Every week until the films’ release on May 10, […]

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    29.3.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    Announcing New Bonus Feature for WOMAN ON THE RUN

    Flicker Alley is proud to announce a new bonus feature to our upcoming Blu-ray/DVD Combo Edition of Woman on the Run: “Woman on the Run Locations Then and Now.” CitySleuth of ReelSF.com leads a virtual tour around San Francisco, […]

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    22.3.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    What is Charlie Chaplin Doing in Ballet Mechanique?

    Ballet Mechanique (1923-24) by Fernand Léger and Dudley Murphy is hailed as a masterpiece of early avant-garde filmmaking. The opening credits features a title card with the phrase "Charlot présente le ballet mécanique" along with a cutout figure all modern movie-goers [...]
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    1.2.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    Joseph Csaky’s Sculpture from L’Inhumaine Sells for Over $460,000

    When filming L'Inhumaine (1924), director Marcel L'Herbier endeavored to assemble an artistic team of visual and plastic vanguards. Who better then to provide sculptures for this cutting-edge production than avant-garde artist and pioneer of modern sculpture, Joseph Csaky? Born [...]
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    29.1.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    Meet “Miss Mary” Coley: Scene from All My Babies

    All My Babies: A Midwife's Own Story is the story of "Miss Mary" Coley, an African-American midwife more than half a century ago in rural Georgia. Its production sponsored by the Georgia Department of Public Health as a demonstration [...]
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    15.1.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    How Georgette Leblanc Captivates the Crowd in L’Inhumaine

    Feminist, rebellious, and a close friend of Marcel L’Herbier’s, famed opera singer Georgette Leblanc shared the director's artistic vision for L'Inhumaine (1924). In the film, Leblanc plays Claire Lescott, the "inhuman woman" who lives on the outskirts of Paris where she draws important men [...]
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    14.1.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    The Artists of L’Inhumaine: Claude Autant-Lara’s Avant-Garde Greenhouse

    With the intention of capturing the trends of the time in the field of artistic creation, director Marcel L'Herbier surrounded himself with exceptional collaborators on the film L'Inhumaine. One of these collaborators was future filmmaker Claude Autant-Lara, whose first [...]
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    14.1.2016
    by Flicker Alley
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    2015 National Film Registry Honors 3 Flicker Alley Titles

    The Library of Congress has announced its annual selection of 25 films to be named to the National Film Registry, and we’re proud to announce that three of the films honored have been published by Flicker Alley! The Mark […]

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    18.12.2015
    by Flicker Alley
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    “A Lifetime of Study, of Poetry, Music, Painting, Film and Vision Went into Any and All of Stan’s Work” | Interview with Marilyn Brakhage

    Stan Brakhage had a voracious appetite for visionary experience in all forms. Not only did Brakhage pursue a radical approach to filmmaking between 1953 and 2003, he also lectured widely and wrote on the history of cinema, art, literature and aesthetics, […]

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    18.12.2015
    by Flicker Alley
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    Move Over Irene Adler: Meet the Only Sherlock Love Interest Arthur Conan Doyle Approved

    In the midst of drafting his 1899 stage adaptation of Sherlock Holmes, William Gillette sent Arthur Conan Doyle the following cable: “May I marry Holmes?” To which Conan Doyle famously responded, "You may marry him, murder him, or do [...]
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    20.11.2015
    by Flicker Alley
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    How Teachers Used Berlin, Symphony of a Great City in Classrooms of the 1930s

    What role should film play in the classroom? Are movies a distraction or a tool that can be used to enhance children’s learning experience? These questions that educators grapple with today are anything but new. Take this excerpt from the April 11, […]

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    17.11.2015
    by Flicker Alley
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    His New Job: Chaplin’s First Days at Essanay

    By Dan Kamin, performer and author of  The Comedy of Charlie Chaplin: Artistry in Motion Mr. Chaplin threw up his hands.  “I have been in the Essanay Studio just fifteen minutes,” he said, “and I don’t know anything about anything.”[1] […]

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    11.11.2015
    by Flicker Alley
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    How Avant-Garde Filmmakers Achieve the Impossible: Interview with Bruce Baillie

    Bruce Baillie is one of the great figures in American avant-garde filmmaking. Since 1960, he has produced a body of films unsurpassed for their lyrical sensuality, expressive honesty and formal inventiveness. His 1966 film, Castro Street (The Coming of Consciousness) transforms a walk down a […]

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    11.11.2015
    by Flicker Alley
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    How Bad Detectives Forced Arthur Conan Doyle to Create Sherlock Holmes

    One of the many rare bonus features included on the Sherlock Holmes Blu-ray/DVD set is an HD transfer of ‘Interview with Arthur Conan Doyle’ from the Fox Movietone Collection. In this excerpt, Conan Doyle explains how his frustration with […]

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    2.11.2015
    by Flicker Alley
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    How Benedict Cumberbatch has the Original Sherlock Holmes to Blame for this Bad Habit

    “It is quite a three pipe problem,” Sherlock Holmes tells Dr. Watson in The Red-Headed League, “and I beg that you won’t speak to me for fifty minutes.” While that short story was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle […]

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    29.10.2015
    by Flicker Alley
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    Avant-garde Filmmaker Lawrence Jordan on the Magic of Film, Joseph Cornell, and San Francisco’s Art Scene

    Experimental filmmaker and artist Lawrence Jordan is known as a maverick spirit in the avant-garde world. A key figure in San Francisco’s avant-garde art scene in the 1950s-60s, Jordan also played a pivotal role in the expansion of the Film Department […]

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    13.10.2015
    by Flicker Alley
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    Serge Bromberg on the Genesis of The Chaplin Project

    Launched in 1999, The Chaplin Project brings together a consortium of international archives with Lobster Films in Paris and the Cineteca di Bologna in Italy to restore all of Charlie Chaplin’s short films and features. Serge Bromberg, founder of […]

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    9.10.2015
    by Flicker Alley
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    Maya Deren the “New and Emphatic Voice” of Experimental Film – 1946 Review

    The National Board of Review’s Committee on Exceptional Motion Pictures reviewed three experimental films by Maya Deren for their March 1946 issue of New Movies magazine, including Meshes of the Afternoon, part of Masterworks of American Avant-garde Experimental Film […]

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    2.10.2015
    by Flicker Alley
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    Donald Sosin on Composing New Scores for Manhatta & Other Avant-garde Restorations

    In this Flicker Alley exclusive, Donald Sosin describes his journey to becoming one of today’s leading silent film composers and his method behind creating new scores for four of the films included in Masterworks of American Avant-garde Experimental Film 1920-1970: Manhatta, The […]

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    22.9.2015
    by Flicker Alley
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    Charlie Chaplin in Niles

    by Charles Epting The community of Niles, California is synonymous with Charlie Chaplin. The town hosts an annual Charlie Chaplin Days festival, antique store windows are lined with images of the iconic actor, and a life-sized statue of the […]

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    17.9.2015
    by Flicker Alley
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    “Jonas Mekas was definitely the driving force of that movement in his quiet.” – Interview with Wendy Clarke

    Daughter of acclaimed independent filmmaker Shirley Clarke, Wendy Clarke grew up immersed in the avant-garde art film culture of New York in the 1960s. Her wedding is the focus of the “Wendy’s Wedding” vignette in Jonas Mekas’  Walden: Diaries, Notes and […]

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    11.9.2015
    by Flicker Alley
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    Images from Ballet Mechanique (1923-24)

    Ballet Mechanique (1923-24) by Fernand Léger and Dudley Murphy is a Dadaist post-Cubist art film. The film has undergone a 2K digital restoration from 35mm for the Masterworks of American Avant-garde Experimental Film 1920-1970 Blu-ray/DVD collection with music by George Antheil from original [...]
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    11.8.2015
    by Flicker Alley
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    A New Realism – The Object (Its Plastic and Cinematic Graphic Value)

    By Fernand Léger Every effort in the line of spectacle or moving picture should be concentrated on bringing out the values of the object—even at the expense of the subject and of every other so called photographic element of […]

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    11.8.2015
    by Flicker Alley
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    1950s Review of The Childhood of Maxim Gorky in The Harvard Crimson

    After its 1938 premiere, Mark Donski’s The Childhood of Maxim Gorky quickly became essential viewing for film societies and art houses across the globe. In 1957, nineteen years after the debut, the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, MA was one such repertory film house […]

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    11.8.2015
    by Flicker Alley
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    The Moving Picture World: Where Everything Old Is New Again

    Movie magazines are an invaluable resource to silent film scholars and fans alike. Join noted author and researcher Annette D’Agostino Lloyd as she describes the fascinating story of one of the most important such publications. This essay originally appeared […]

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    7.8.2015
    by Flicker Alley
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    Joe Morgenstern Picks The Man with the Movie Camera for KCRW’s DVD Club

    We’re honored to announce KCRW has named Dziga Vertov: The Man with the Movie Camera and Other Newly-Restored Works as one of its exclusive DVD Club selections. Each year, Wall Street Journal film critic and KCRW film commentator, Joe Morgenstern […]

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    6.8.2015
    by Flicker Alley
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    You Could Win William Gillette’s Sherlock Holmes on Blu-ray/DVD

    [contesthopper contest=”3401″] For more information about all things Sherlock Holmes, visit I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere.

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    23.7.2015
    by Flicker Alley
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    Images from The Affairs of Anatol

    Cecil B. DeMille created a world of style and elegance in The Affairs of Anatol, starring Gloria Swanson and Wallace Reid. Presenting debauchery with amazing visual flair, DeMille clearly meant the film to be as much a decorative feast. [...]
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    20.7.2015
    by Flicker Alley
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    David and Goliath: Richard Barthelmess, Ernest Torrence and the Great Fight of Tol’able David

    In the blog post below, Fritzi Kramer of Movies Silently takes a look at the iconic David and Goliath fight scene in the coming-of-age silent Tol’able David, now available on Manufactured-On-Demand (MOD) DVD. This blog post originally appeared on the […]

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    29.6.2015
    by Flicker Alley
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    Inside the Sherlock Holmes Premiere at #SFSFF20

    On Sunday, May 31, the new restoration of William Gillette’s Sherlock Holmes premiered to North American audiences at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Long considered lost until a complete dupe negative was identified in the vaults of la Cinémathèque […]

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    10.6.2015
    by Flicker Alley
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    Images from The Sheik with The Son of the Sheik

    Women fainted in the aisles when The Sheik was released in 1921. The titled Lady Diana Mayo (Agnes Ayres) is carried into the desert by an Arab chieftan, Ahmed Ben Hassan (Rudolph Valentino), who takes one look at her […]

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    9.6.2015
    by Flicker Alley
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    Modern Times: A Millennial’s Love Affair With Silent Films

    by Charles Epting, author of University Park, Los Angeles (Brief History) My name is Charles Epting. I’m 21 years old, and I almost exclusively watch silent films. That is a fact that is often met with incredulity by my peers. […]

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    22.5.2015
    by Flicker Alley
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    Enter the 3-D RARITIES Giveaway

    [contesthopper contest=”2746″] 3-D Rarities premieres June 16th. Get $10 OFF when you PRE-ORDER today.

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    13.5.2015
    by Flicker Alley
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    Silver Screenings Reviews THE MAN WITH THE MOVIE CAMERA

    In this review of The Man With the Movie Camera, blogger Silver Screenings posits that the innovative techniques used in the silent Soviet documentary represent both the construction of visual poetry and the deconstruction of filmmaking. This post originally appeared […]

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    30.3.2015
    by Flicker Alley
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    Scene from BED AND SOFA

    Liuda meets Volodia for the first time when Volodia inadvertently walks in on her changing in this scene from the 1927 Soviet comedy, Bed And Sofa. ***If the video below will not load, click here to watch directly on YouTube.***   Bed […]

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    23.3.2015
    by Flicker Alley
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    In 1925 Russia ‘Tis Chess, not Love that conquers all – CHESS FEVER from Flicker Alley

    Classic film blogger Aurora (@CitizenScreen) talks chess obsession and the art of film editing in her review of the 1925 Soviet classic, Chess Fever. The post below originally appeared on the Once Upon a Screen blog as part of Movies Silently‘s […]

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    20.3.2015
    by Flicker Alley
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