Flowers and chocolates and clichés, I don’t care, but I really like the idea of reclaiming Valentine’s Day as a time to express your feelings for the important people in your life. I have so many amazing friends, they mean the world to me—and sometimes you just have to say that! So, what better than to send out a bunch of film postcards to my best pals?
Several were silent film-themed: let me share them with you.
Die Asta at her gothic best as Hamlet
Anna Sten in the wonderful Девушка с коробкой | Girl with a Hatbox (USSR 1927)
Brigitte Helm in a publicity still for Metropolis. Maximum glam!
The multi-Moz
Triple Pola
An alarmed Bertini in La piovra (1919), which incidentally is quite a good film
Solo Pola
This is a semi-annual tradition of mine. See my 2015 cards here!
And remember what they say: Roses are red, gender is performative, mass market romance is heteronormative!
Silents, Please! 