SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – The Robinson Film Center (RFC) is honoring film history with “The Unspoken Frame: A Celebration of Silent Cinema.” The RFC will kick things off with an opening reception ...

Studios often destroyed prints to reclaim silver from the reels or simply tossed them aside once profits dried up. By the time preservation efforts began in earnest, it was too late for most. Nearly ...

Feb. 5 (UPI) --A 1915 silent film about Abraham Lincoln was thought to be lost forever before being found in a warehouse on New York's Long Island. Dan Martin, a summer intern at Historic Films ...

Giving recently restored silent films a live soundtrack — along with a new life on the big screen and fresh audience appreciation for pre-talkie history –- has been the Chautauqua Auditorium’s ...

The Museum of Modern Art’s 21 st “To Save and Project” international festival of film preservation, its annual festival dedicated to celebrating newly preserved and restored films, will take place ...

SHREVEPORT, La. — The Robinson Film Center will host "The Unspoken Frame: A Celebration of Silent Film" on Oct. 22–23, setting aside two days to recognize the artistry and legacy of early cinema. The ...

Years ago, the late renowned film archivist David Shepard put together a restored version of Merry-Go-Round (1923) from two16mm reduction prints. Film historians and silent film enthusiasts applauded ...

It’s been a moment since the world’s first real motion picture debuted, the 1895 black-and-white documentary “Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory in Lyon.” But in some minds silent films are as ...

Title card from the recently discovered and newly-restored Die Stadt Ohne Juden, or The City Without Jews (all images courtesy Austrian Film Archive) In the black and white footage of a silent film, ...

Feb. 5 (UPI) --A 1915 silent film about Abraham Lincoln was thought to be lost forever before being found in a warehouse on New York's Long Island. Dan Martin, a summer intern at Historic Films ...