John Bengtson, Bay Area silent-movie expert and ‘Sherlock Holmes of film locations,' dies

A Bay Area attorney who researched silent films as a hobby, John Bengtson spent decades tracking down the exact streets where ...

Restored 1914 Asian American silent film added to the National Film Registry

A 1914 Japanese American silent film long believed lost has been added to the National Film Registry as part of the Library ...
Hyperallergic

Faster than Sound: Color in the Age of Silent Film

Looking back now, there is the impression that all old silent films were black and white, the advent of sound in the mid-to-late 1920s marking the first great milestone on the march to our 3D, ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Bank robbing movie star Henry Starr topic of free presentation at Fort Smith Museum of History

FORT SMITH -- Bank robber turned silent movie star Henry Starr will be the topic of a presentation at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Fort Smith Museum of History. Author Mark Archuleta host a presentation on ...
Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Silent Film Fest makes the old new, plus the week’s best films in L.A.

Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. Team LAT wrapped up another trip to Toronto this week, seeing a lot of movies, talking to ...
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At the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Movies as They’re Meant To Be Seen

The arguments are legion for seeing motion pictures in a movie theater rather than on a home screen or (perish the thought) cellphone. It’s all the more true for silent films. And that case was ...