Feathered hats with rhinestone buckles, heavily embroidered flapper dresses in shades of brilliant plum and powdery pink, and ...

If you walked past Joe Rinaudo’s house in La Crescenta-Montrose, you probably wouldn’t think anything extraordinary of it. You wouldn’t expect, for example, that it contains a 20-seat silent movie ...

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, mime and title ...

The silent film era feels almost like a dream now, a time when everything was new, and nothing about movies was certain. Actors had to rely on their eyes, their hands, and the smallest lift of a smile ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joe Rinaudo, the foremost expert on photoplayers, sits next to his photoplayer in his living room. If you walked past Joe ...

Rossellini, who signed on after meeting with Kozlov and getting to know his story, sees parallels between the late silent film star, who tragically died on Aug. 23, 1926, at 31 years old, and the ...

Before dialogue became the heart of cinema, silent film stars captured audiences through expression, presence, and pure screen charisma. The 1920s were a golden era for these performers, who became ...

There is a common misconception that the earliest era of cinema was a quiet affair. In reality, the “silent” films of the late 1890s to 1920s were loud, vibrant, and alive, driven by the thunderous, ...

The annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival continues to be a mainstay in the annual Bay Area film landscape and attracts throngs from around the world and showcases silent film classics. It’s ...

WILTON — The iconic image of actress Lillian Gish trapped on an ice floe and headed straight for a waterfall will once again fill the big screen when ‘Way Down East’ (1920) is revived on Sunday, Jan.