Today we celebrate National Silent Movie Day by opening the treasure chest and sharing some of the resources that the Library of Congress offers to research and expand your interest in these classic and iconic motion pictures. The American silent feature film era lasted from 1912 to 1929 with nearly 11,000 feature films produced, but …
It’s a good week for silent film lovers at the Packard Campus Theater with four consecutive programs starting Wednesday. And as usual, all will be accompanied by live music. We welcome London favorite Stephen Horne for two WWI related-screenings on Wednesday (On the Firing Line with the Germans, about which I wrote last week) and …
This is a guest post by Amy Jo Stanfill, Processing Technician in the Moving Image Section and coordinator of the Silent Film Project. As we have mentioned in a post or two, the survival rate of films released in the silent era is abysmally low. This statement has long been an article of faith in …
