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Photoplay Cookbook: Frances Marion’s “Tomato Nut Salad”

Article by Movies SilentlyJuly 10, 2014

Fun Size Review: The Hessian Renegades (1909)

Fun Size Review by Movies SilentlyApril 8, 2014

Silent Movie Bookshelf: JUDEX novelization by Louis Feuillade and Arthur Bernede

Blog by Movies SilentlyFebruary 13, 2014

Fun Size Review by Movies SilentlyFebruary 7, 2014

Fun Size Review: The New York Hat (1912)

It’s the story of an impoverished teen, a kindly minister, gossipy neighbors and a $10 hat. Griffith spins an alluring confection of small town America that both satirizes and celebrates the culture. Lionel Barrymore and Mary Pickford are excellent as the innocent pair who find themselves the subject of slander. If it were a dessert […]

Fun Size Review by Movies SilentlyJanuary 20, 2014

Fun Size Review: Friends (1912)

Henry B. Walthall is a slick miner. Mary Pickford is the local lady of the evening. Lionel Barrymore is Henry’s rootin’-tootin’ pal. Both guys like Mary but who will win the day? This is a short subject from D.W. Griffith extolling the virtues of male friendship. Some very fine acting from Mary. If it were […]

Unboxing the Silents: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Deluxe Edition Blu-ray)

Unboxing the Silents by Movies SilentlyJanuary 17, 2014

Blog by Movies SilentlyNovember 6, 2013

Fun Size Review: My Best Girl (1927)

Textbook Boy meets Girl. Fancy it ain’t but no romantic comedy has been sweeter than this one. Mary Pickford was never spunkier, Budder Rogers was never more adorable. An accomplished supporting cast rounds out this good-natured tale of a shop girl falling for the boss’s son. An ideal silent film for first-timers. If it were […]

The Great IMAGINARY Film Blogathon: The Golden Challenge (1926)

Blog by Movies SilentlyOctober 1, 2013May 15, 2020