NOW PLAYING (100 YEARS AGO)
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by
scsu1975 »
January 1st, 2023, 11:14 am
Let’s take a look back at the films playing at the Poli Theatre in Bridgeport, CT, one hundred years ago. This is a continuation of the thread I...
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Last post by laffite
April 21st, 2024, 1:03 pm
WHAT SILENTS & PRE-CODES HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
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by feaito » January 19th, 2008, 3:19 pm
I thought that it might be a good idea to have a separate thread for Sielnts and Pre-Codes everybody has seen... Here I go my my first contribution...
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Last post by ziggy6708a
February 25th, 2024, 2:11 pm
TCM Silent Sunday Nights
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frogluvr67 »
February 15th, 2024, 12:49 pm
Hello Silent Movie Enthusiasts:
So, I am new to the app; And have made my 1st list, albeit with another member's hard work. Pretty excited to share...
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Last post by frogluvr67
February 15th, 2024, 12:49 pm
Safe in Hell (1931)
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wmcclain »
May 15th, 2023, 6:38 am
Safe in Hell (1931) , directed by William A. Wellman.
When a New Orleans prostitute encounters the man who ruined her life she leaves his body...
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February 8th, 2024, 6:47 pm
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Last post by FediVideo
January 29th, 2024, 2:34 pm
Actresses
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by
C*i*g*a*rTheJoe »
January 16th, 2024, 11:22 pm
Anybody think of any actresses who had a better career pre code than after?
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Last post by Dargo
January 20th, 2024, 8:07 pm
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Last post by FediVideo
January 12th, 2024, 5:43 am
FOR PEEBS: "CUPID'S FIREMAN"
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by
NoShear »
December 16th, 2023, 3:39 pm
The following film is said to have been released 100 years ago on this date, Peebs:
Charles Jones would later become better known as Buck Jones...
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Last post by NoShear
January 5th, 2024, 1:21 pm
For PEEBS: "The WANTERS"
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by
NoShear »
November 26th, 2023, 10:54 am
The WANTERS is said to have been released 100 years ago on this day:
Interestingly, Peebs, its star - Marie Prevost - will later die destitute...
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Last post by NoShear
December 7th, 2023, 12:39 pm
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November 21st, 2023, 10:55 am
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October 30th, 2023, 11:20 am
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Last post by Hibi
October 23rd, 2023, 10:41 am
Garbo Day
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by
Hibi »
September 18th, 2023, 9:17 am
Anyone watching? Assuming it's her birthday as I know she's a Virgo. I'm recording Susan Lenox (which I haven't seen in a long time) and The Painted...
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Last post by CinemaInternational
September 21st, 2023, 5:15 pm
Buster Keaton
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by
MichiganJ »
December 13th, 2010, 7:07 pm
I'm slowly and systematically re-watching the films of Buster Keaton. My plan was to watch them in the order they were released, but instead am...
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Last post by Allhallowsday
September 11th, 2023, 4:14 pm
New Kickstarter: STRANDED (1927)
by
drednm »
August 8th, 2023, 8:14 pm
Just a note. My new Kickstarter for STRANDED (1927) has abut a week to run.
Shirley Mason stars as a no-talent girl from Iowa who heads to Hollywood...
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Last post by drednm
August 8th, 2023, 8:14 pm
John Gilbert's Sound Career on TCM
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by
moira finnie »
November 30th, 2008, 7:22 pm
On Tues., Dec. 2 at 3PM ET, one of the rarely seen talkies of John Gilbert 's career will be broadcast on TCM. While it would be a few years before...
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Last post by LostHorizons
July 3rd, 2023, 4:13 pm
Best films and performances to 1930
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by
Belle »
May 9th, 2023, 5:11 pm
My best actors and films range from 1919 to 1930: all films made in Germany, unless otherwise stated.
Best actors:
Conrad Veidt The Man Who Laughs...
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Last post by Belle
May 21st, 2023, 2:56 am
Genevieve de Brabant
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LostHorizons »
May 17th, 2023, 8:17 am
This film from 1907 is the only adaptation of the tale of Genevieve de Brabant.
For those Proustians out there, it lacks the infamous Golo chase...
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Last post by LostHorizons
May 17th, 2023, 8:17 am
Peter Pan (1924)
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wmcclain »
May 9th, 2023, 6:39 am
Peter Pan (1924) , directed by Herbert Brenon.
I haven't made a study of Peter Pan in film -- I still have to get to Disney's Peter Pan (1953) --...
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Last post by wmcclain
May 9th, 2023, 6:39 am
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Last post by LostHorizons
May 2nd, 2023, 9:37 pm
New Kickstarter
by
drednm »
April 15th, 2023, 4:47 pm
I've launched my 23rd Kickstarter
Elaine Hammerstein and Forrest Stanley star in this romantic drama from Columbia Pictures. One of the few...
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Last post by drednm
April 15th, 2023, 4:47 pm
Ben Hur (1925)
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wmcclain »
April 9th, 2023, 7:34 am
Ben Hur (1925) , directed by Fred Niblo.
From a time when cast of thousands really meant something. The sea battle is beyond belief, totally...
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Last post by wmcclain
April 9th, 2023, 7:34 am
Pandora's Box (1929)
by
wmcclain »
April 5th, 2023, 7:20 am
Pandora's Box (1929) , directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst.
I was only vaguely aware of Louise Brooks, a silent film beauty with a brief career who...
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Last post by wmcclain
April 5th, 2023, 7:20 am
Norma Shearer
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by
dfordoom »
May 13th, 2007, 4:46 am
One of the big pre-code stars was Norma Shearer. What do you think of her as an actress? Do you have a favourite Norma Shearer pre-code movie?
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Last post by GaryCooper
March 31st, 2023, 9:53 am
Mary Astor
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by
rudyfan »
February 13th, 2009, 1:53 pm
Since I mentioned in the what are you reading thread that I am currently reading both Mary Astor's My Story and A Life on Film , I thought she might...
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Last post by LawrenceA
March 8th, 2023, 5:02 pm
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March 7th, 2023, 8:57 am
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Last post by GaryCooper
January 30th, 2023, 8:12 pm
Marion Davies on TCM
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by
drednm »
November 24th, 2022, 7:40 am
Hi all. I've migrated from TCM and haven't posted on this board in quite a while. Anyway, here's some news.
Marion Davies is finally Star of the...
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Last post by drednm
January 26th, 2023, 5:49 pm
Wallace Reid
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by
drednm »
January 12th, 2023, 11:04 am
My restoration of the Wallace Reid film The Valley of the Giants (1919) will get its first big screen showing at the Autry Museum of the American...
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Last post by Allhallowsday
January 15th, 2023, 4:39 pm
Sunrise
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by
GaryCooper »
November 26th, 2022, 11:13 am
Silents are Golden: A Closer Look at – Sunrise (1927)
Posted on September 16, 2021 by Lea Stans
Silents are Golden: A Closer Look at – Sunrise...
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Last post by LostHorizons
November 28th, 2022, 7:41 pm
By the Law (1926)
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by
BunnyWhit »
November 19th, 2022, 2:50 pm
By the Law (1926) is a Soviet chamber film written by Lev Kuleshov and Viktor Shklovsky and directed by Kuleshov. It is based on two short stories by...
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Last post by EP Millstone
November 23rd, 2022, 7:59 pm
Classic Movie Travels: Betty Compson
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GaryCooper »
November 18th, 2022, 10:29 am
Betty Compson was born Eleanor Luicime Compson on March 19, 1897, in Beaver, Utah. Her parents were Virgil and Mary Compson. Her father worked as a...
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Last post by GaryCooper
November 18th, 2022, 10:29 am
A Florida Enchantment (1914)
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by
EP Millstone »
November 6th, 2022, 3:38 pm
A Florida Enchantment is notable for several reasons:
It is an early (1914) American movie in which homosexuality, cross-dressing, and...
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Last post by LostHorizons
November 7th, 2022, 6:58 pm
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Last post by GaryCooper
October 28th, 2022, 9:08 am
James Cagney's pre-code films
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by
CoffeeDan »
March 26th, 2018, 11:24 am
Years ago, when I read James Cagney's autobiography Cagney by Cagney , I was rather disheartened by his dismissal of his pre-code work (up to 1934)....
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Last post by movieman1957
August 29th, 2019, 6:05 pm
Convention City- Maybe Still Out There?
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by
Lzcutter »
October 30th, 2011, 5:35 pm
Convention City , a sparkling pre-code with an all-star cast that includes Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Mary Astor and Adolph Menjou, has long been...
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Last post by CoffeeDan
May 1st, 2018, 5:15 pm
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Last post by feaito
March 26th, 2018, 3:23 pm
Harold Lloyd
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by
myrnaloyisdope »
April 30th, 2009, 11:04 pm
So I've discovered the films of Harold Lloyd, by means of the Harold Lloyd Collection I purchased from amazon.co.uk. I got the UK version because it...
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Last post by movieman1957
April 25th, 2016, 8:28 pm
Best Prints?
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by
HowardRoarkSheffield »
August 18th, 2013, 10:44 am
Hi, I recently watched the 1922 Sherlock Holmes film with John Barrymore. And if you know me you know my constant hunt to watch more and more of Mr...
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Last post by CoffeeDan
December 23rd, 2015, 5:23 pm
THE WIND
by
mrsl »
April 26th, 2015, 6:56 pm
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For the second time in my life I sat and watched a silent movie from beginning to end. I am not a fan of them because most of you know I like to...
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Last post by mrsl
April 26th, 2015, 6:56 pm
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March 2nd, 2015, 2:56 pm
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March 17th, 2014, 3:37 pm
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Last post by Ann Harding
December 17th, 2013, 10:33 am
Gribiche (1926, J. Feyder)
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by
Ann Harding »
August 31st, 2011, 7:48 am
Yesterday Arte TV showed this delightful Feyder picture.
Gribiche (1926, Jacques Feyder) with Jean Forest, Françoise Rosay, Cécile Guyon and...
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Last post by JackFavell
November 7th, 2013, 12:06 pm
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Last post by stuart.uk
October 16th, 2013, 11:39 am
Mary Pickford Film Discovered!
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moira finnie »
September 24th, 2013, 5:45 pm
Great News! A Mary Pickford film has been found and is now restored. This has been done by the same people at Keene State College in NH who unearthed...
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Last post by moira finnie
September 24th, 2013, 5:45 pm
Blancanieves-modern silent
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by
Countessdelave »
September 8th, 2013, 11:15 pm
Has anyone seen Blancanieves? It's a modern (2012) Spanish film, silent, 1:33 format, based upon the Snow White and the Seven Dwarves story. It just...
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Last post by JackFavell
September 9th, 2013, 6:05 am
Newbie silents
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by
SSO Admins »
July 9th, 2013, 12:14 am
I have a couple of friends I'm trying to convince of the value of silent film. If you were trying to convince someone that silents are a worthy and...
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Last post by JackFavell
August 31st, 2013, 10:02 am
The Tiger's Coat (1920)
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Saimo »
July 7th, 2013, 3:58 pm
Italian photographer/model/actress (1896-1942), Tina Modotti also starred in three American films between 1920 and 1922. Only the first, The Tiger's...
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Last post by Saimo
July 7th, 2013, 3:58 pm
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July 7th, 2013, 9:04 am
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