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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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

During Hollywood’s early years, women commonly occupied positions of filmmaking power. In the silent era there were a dozen women directors and several dozen women screenwriters. A couple of women ...