Essanay Studios, founded in 1907 by George K. Spoor and Gilbert M. Anderson, helped shape the foundation of the American film industry. Headquartered in Chicago with a second studio in Niles, ...
Titanic is a 1915 Italian silent film directed by Pier Angelo Mazzolotti and starring Mario Bonnard, Giovanni Casaleggio and Pierino Chiesa. Despite its title, the film is not about the sinking of the ...
There is perhaps only one place in America that shows weekly silent movies on antique projectors using the original film prints, the light flickering across the screen as stories unfold.
Long running movie series adventure train films. This thrill-a-minute series was the longest running of the entire silent film era. It was produced between 1914 and 1917, and consisted of 119 ...
The black and white silent movie flickered into life as the pianist started up with a dramatic flourish. Cue the latest exploits of daring master criminal "Three-Fingered Kate". The head of a gang ...
FREMONT, Calif. — About the same time the movie industry was taking off in Los Angeles, hundreds of silent films were being produced in the hills above the San Francisco Bay in the little town ...