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Book review: “The Film Explainer” by Gert Hofmann
My grandfather Karl Hofmann (1873-1944) worked for many years in the Apollo cinema on the Helenenstrasse in Limbach/Saxony. I knew him towards the end of his life, with his artist’s hat, his walking stick, his broad gold wedding ring that … Continue reading
Mistinguett on film: three shorts
Mistinguett must be considered one of France’s great entertainers. Born Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois in 1875, in the early twentieth century she was a huge star of the French music hall, lighting up the stage of such legendary venues as the Moulin … Continue reading
To the stars and beyond: movies dream of outer space, 1898-1910
It was the end of the nineteenth century, a tumultuous time in Western society. Amidst the ongoing innovations in manufacturing and agriculture, there were new inventions such as the telegraph, the automobile, and lightbulbs; new forms of invisible energy such … Continue reading
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Tagged blogathon, cinema of 1910, cinema of England, cinema of France, cinema of Italy, cinema of New Zealand, cinema of the 1890s, cinema of the 1900s, Ferdinand Zecca, frères Lumière, Gaston Velle, George Méliès, original research, R. W. Paul, science fiction, Segundo de Chomón, space is the place, Walter R. Booth
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Oxilia, Menichelli, 1915: two short films
Via the excellent Sempre in Penombra blog; via FilmoTeca de Catalunya’s digitized collections Until his career was cut short by World War I, Nino Oxilia was one of the most promising Italian directors of the teens. Formerly a playwright, he entered … Continue reading
Karalli & Bauer: Счастье вечной ночи | The Happiness of Eternal Night (RU 1915)
This week, a return to the Yevgeni Bauer hour of power! The Happiness of Eternal Night sees Bauer working with actress and ballerina Vera Karalli, actor Vitold Polonsky, and cameraman Boris Zavelev; the same core of After Death, which was released just six … Continue reading
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Tagged blogathon, Boris Zavelev, cinema of 1915, cinema of Russia, excellent women, Vera Karalli, Vitold Polonsky, Yevgeni Bauer
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Anarchic architecture … Buster Keaton’s One Week (US 1920)
One Week of 1920 is one of my favourite Buster Keaton shorts; it’s the one I show to friends as a gateway drug to silent cinema. Keaton’s first foray into solo film-making, it shows him at the height of his powers … Continue reading
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Tagged blogathon, Buster Keaton, cinema of 1920, cinema of the US, my kind of comedy, Sybil Seely
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Double trouble: Die falsche Asta Nielsen | The False Asta Nielsen (DE 1915)
Die falsche Asta Nielsen is a film that, barring a miracle, I will never see: no copies are known to exist. It’s a great shame, because it looks like a lot of fun! Asta in a double role, a comedy … Continue reading
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Tagged Asta Nielsen, blogathon, cinema of 1915, cinema of Germany, dual roles, excellent women, film about film, lost films, original research, Urban Gad
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Silents, Please! 