Making Noise in the Silent Film Era
Douglas Fairbanks has been high on my list to watch more of for a long time so last week I purchased The Mask of Zorro and tonight I watched it and it DID NOT DISAPPOINT! The star-studded cast alongside Douglas all played their part in such a magnificent film. I have to admit, I was …
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After another period of time of not doing silent film reviews, I have decided to return and give Mabel Normand another chance with another short of hers, Mabel’s Adventures! I have to admit, it’s my first time watching both Fred Mace and Ford Sterling and they both did a terrific job of carrying this short. …
Hello everyone, I’m back with a new film review and it’s for a film I’ve been waiting to watch for a long time. So here we are! The Man Who Laughs is a classic silent film but I had to watch it for myself to determine how good it was and well, I actually cried …
I have been meaning to watch Gloria Swanson’s silent works for a while now and I came across The Danger Girl on YouTube and thought why not start with this one? And so I did and I wasn’t disappointed! Gloria’s character (The Danger Girl/Reggie’s madcap sister) will do anything to keep a “dangerous” vamp (Helen …
Unfortunately I have been out of action for a little while for numerous reasons, and the latest one being that I have COVID-19. However to pass the time I have in isolation, I decided to review another silent film, namely Cinderella! The lead role is played by the one and only Florence La Badie and …
I wanted to check out Stan Laurel’s solo work prior to becoming one half of the legendary Laurel and Hardy act so I chose the final solo film he did. In a star-studded line up featuring Laurel, Martha Sleeper, James Finlayson and Stuart Holmes, I found myself crying with laughter when Laurel’s character Texas Tommy …
Another newcomer to my ever growing film reviews is one that stars the rarely spoken about John Bunny who was a coveted silent film star in his day. This short also stars Flora Finch and Charles Bryant and whilst they both excel in their roles, it’s definitely John Bunny and his character (Bunny) who steals …
As a fan of Georges Melies, I wanted to watch another of his silent shorts so I came across The Astronomer’s Dream which starred Melies himself and his future wife Jehanne D’Alcy. I was again pleasantly surprised by the visual effects of the short and though the storyline is a little up and down, I …
Another day, another film review and what better way to open my Carole Lombard film account than with a silent short starring herself, Daphne Pollard and Lionel Belmore! From the very off, you can see that Daphne’s character (Coach Minnie Marmon) is just hilarious, constantly falling over and failing to get her team to concentrate, …
Having rediscovered my enthusiasm for watching silent films and then reviewing them, I decided to give Smashing Barriers a watch and see how it fared. It has been condensed into a 6 reel feature as it was originally a 15 part serial but it’s now lost. William Duncan and Edith Johnson both play their part …
Silent Stars 