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Silent films and the silent era, same as the birdsite

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · Jul 31

"I Noticed That You Mentioned Silent Films So I Wanted to Come Over and Explain a Film I am Sure You Have Never Seen Called METROPOLIS" by Berthold Woltze

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 1m

You gotta admire a man who loves his work.

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FLIRTING WITH FATE (1916) is a Douglas Fairbanks picture with the ever-popular "Man wants to die, doesn't have the nerve to do it himself, hires a hitman, changes his mind when it's too late to call it off" plot.

George Beranger steals the film as the eager-to-please hired killer.

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 20m

Hahaha!
Bluesky moderation team has a dirty mind!

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Drug addicted Norma Talmadge prepares her syringe in THE DEVIL'S NEEDLE (1916)

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 35m

That would be normal for eight but these people were 20s-30s+

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I always just took it to be enchanted and never expected real food to tie in

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Citizen Screen @citizenscreen.bsky.social · 56m

Tom Mix plays horse for his daughter Thomisina ca. 1925. Some of Tom’s hats stand guard.

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It’s great, nice and tangy funk. I like it on pumpernickel with pickled onion, hot mustard and corned beef

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2010s YouTubers who tasted foods were legally required to shriek and freak out about Turkish Delight, Limburger Cheese and Salmiakki. No “hmm, not for me.” Shrieking, retching, and so forth.

Me, who likes all three

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 1h

They were making it themselves (not candymakers, just vloggers) and who knows what they messed up?

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Yes, films were hand-cranked, so there was no set runtime in minutes

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Dragonfruit suffers from what I call the Turkish Delight Problem:

With this magnificent appearance, people expect something exotic instead of what it is: subtle, tropical, refreshing.

(A bunch of vloggers saw Narnia, built strange expectations about Turkish candy and posted xenophobic taste tests)

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 1h

Affordable and fresh dragonfruit is a rarity in my neck of the woods but lo and behold!

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I have seen every available screen adaptation of IVANHOE (including the Italian peplum) but one version continues to elude me (I think it may actually be a lost film)

British people, check your attics!

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 6h

Phyllis Haver as Roxie Hart in CHICAGO (1927)

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 2h

Remember, don’t reply or quote dunk bait like this. Block and then have a ball with screenshots and memes. We get all the fun, they get none of the engagement and then we forget they exist.

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 2h

Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the soulless minions of orthodoxy

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 2h

We are toast. Sincerely

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 5h

Ratio me. It’s a badge of honor. Oooooo yes I like it when you ratio me. Ooh now ratio me harder yessss. Now ratio me while the neighbors watch. Ok now wearing that costume. Yessss.

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 2h

“You throwing me out after I vandalized my hotel room proves that I am right!”

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Also, I love toddlers because I don’t have any. They are these wonderful comical little people whom I get to return to their parents. They do not write think pieces.

Pundits are not:

A) small
B) funny
C) purveyors of popsicle stick jokes

I apologize for slandering toddlers