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Geraldine Chaplin: Veteran actress receives star on the Ostend Walk of Fame

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Geraldine Chaplin: Veteran actress receives star on the Ostend Walk of Fame
Yesterday, actress Geraldine Chaplin (b. 1944) received a star on the Walk of Fame in Ostend during a ceremony that took place during the Ostend Film Festival. Because of the wind and the cold weat…
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Geraldine Chaplin: “I try to do what my humble self can do, I try to be a good tool at what I do”

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Geraldine Chaplin: “I try to do what my humble self can do, I try to be a good tool at what I do”
Screen actress Geraldine Chaplin recently visited BOZAR in Brussels, Belgium, to attend the premiere of her latest film “The Barefoot Emperor.” She was accompanied by filmmakers Peter Brosens and J…
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Geraldine Chaplin: “My father was always the first person on the set and the last one to leave”

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Geraldine Chaplin: “My father was always the first person on the set and the last one to leave”
Geraldine Chaplin (b. 1944) has always been a spectacular actress. Of course, when hearing or reading about Chaplin, the first thing that comes to mind is British-born screen legend Charlie Chaplin…
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2019 Film Fest Ghent: ...And this year’s Life Achevement Award goes to screen icon Geraldine Chaplin

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2019 Film Fest Ghent: …And this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award goes to screen icon Geraldine Chaplin
This year’s 46th edition of Film Fest Ghent has honored screen actress Geraldine Chaplin (b. 1944) with its Lifetime Achievement Award, a.k.a. the Joseph Plateau Honorary Award, referring to Belgia…
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Josef von Stroheim: “My father [Erich von Stroheim] only pretended to be very difficult to handle”

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Josef von Stroheim: “My father [Erich von Stroheim] only pretended to be very difficult to handle”
Almost a century ago, the silent screen’s most mythical ‘cinema artist,’ as he considered himself, began his Hollywood career when he wrote, directed, and starred in “Blind Husbands” (1919), the fi…
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A century ago with Mary Pickford and Frances Marion: Powerful and influential women in early Hollywood

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A century ago with Mary Pickford and Frances Marion: Powerful and influential women in early Hollywood
What do these two prominent and legendary ladies of the screen—both Hollywood pioneers of the silent era—actress Mary Pickford (1892-1979) and screenwriter Frances Marion (1888-1973) have in common…
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Carla Laemmle: “Growing up on the Universal lot, near the New York street, was like a dream come true”

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Carla Laemmle: “Growing up on the Universal lot, near the New York street, was like a dream come true”
As the niece of Carl Laemmle, founder of Universal Studios in 1915, Carla Laemmle lived a long and happy life. Born in Chicago in 1909, she passed away 104 years later in Los Angeles, where she alm…
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31 days of horror history and I’m starting with The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. This 1920s horror classic is known as the first real horror movie ever made. #horrorhistory #31daysofhorror #silentera
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The first true horror film released in 1920. The Cabinet of Dr. Calibari was part of German Expressionism horror films. It can be streamed on YouTube in its original form. #horror #horrorhistory #thecabinetofdrcaligari #firsthorrormovie #silentera #horrorcommunity #horrorhost
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Film director Jacques Feyder: Hollywood's starmaker from—once again—Elsene, Brussels

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Film director Jacques Feyder: Hollywood’s starmaker from—once again—Elsene, Brussels
European film directors at work in Hollywood silents, early 20th century. It was pretty common, and there were quite a bit of them who were lured to Southern California: they left their native (oft…
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Velveteen Revue

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#aiart #vintageportrait #stageperformer #1920sglamour #filmgrain #retroaesthetic #theaterlight #silentera
a low-resolution black and white studio portrait of a 1920s stage entertainer seated with poise in side profile, wearing a floor-length velvet gown with lace-trimmed shoulders, her marcel-waved bob glossy under the soft falloff of early tungsten stage lights, eyes slightly downcast with an expression of detached allure, captured on orthochromatic 4x5 film using a Graflex camera, backdrop a gently blurred painted muslin, the print bearing signs of chemical retouching, silver halide blooming, and light surface abrasions, evoking a mood of bygone theatrical elegance preserved in a timeworn emulsion.
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Short newsreel of the Wales v. England rugby match during the 1922 Five Nations Championships

Via @BFI

#silentfilm #silentera #1920s #1922
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In #SEPTEMBER 1928
Tea party thrown by Mary Pickford.
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(1/3) Mary Brian was born Louise Byrd Dantzler on February 17, 1906 in Texas. Her name was changed by the studio, Famous Players-Lasky, when at the age of 18, she made her film debut in their movie, Peter Pan.
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) UHD + Blu-ray released 2024 by @kinolorber.com

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Enter Madame (USA, 1922). It is a romantic comedy film produced by Harry Garson for his star Clara Kimball Young. Wallace Worsley directed.

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Newspaper advertisement in the The Morning Tulsa Daily World. We can see a woman standing up with her right arm raised and her left arm on her chest. Her hair is short, dark and waivy. She is wearing a long-sleeved dress.
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The Glorious Adventure (USA, 1918). It is a drama film directed by Hobart Henley.

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Lantern slide. We can see a man and a woman standing up. He has short, dark, straight hair. He is wearing a black suit, a black tie and a white shirt. She has short, dark, straight hair. She is wearing a green overcoat.
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Babs (USA, 1920). It is a comedy film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Corinne Griffith. This film is presumed lost.

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A man and a woman are indoors. There are shelves of books around them. They are both sitting side by side and we can see in front of them a desk with many things on it, especially papers. The woman is playing with the man's hair and he doesn't seem to be pleased with it.
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The Face on the Bar Room Floor (USA, 1914). It is a short film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin.

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A scene of the film, black and white. The little tramp is sitting down on a bench. He is wearing black clothes and black hat. There is a man wearing a black top hat and a woman wearing a long-sleeved black dress, all of those grown ups around a group of children.
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Werner Krauss (1884-1959) in The Student of Prague directed by Henrik Galeen (1881-1949) in 1926.
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(8/8) The couple were also suing each other. Her ex-husband was also at one point, her agent/manager. Owing her $80,000 that she supposedly had lent him. #silentera #silentfilms #rudolphvalentino #polanegri #oldhollywood #hollywoodhistory
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Aleksander Hertz (1879–1928) was a Polish film producer and director. Hertz was an influential figure in early Polish cinema, directing films such as the historical Countess Walewska in 1914.

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Black and white photo. Undated. We can see the face of a man with short, dark, straight hair. He has a dark moustache and is wearing a black suit.
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#OTD #TDIH #June29, 1933 #DOTD: #RIP #RoscoeArbuckle. #FattyArbuckle #FilmPioneers #SilentMovies #SilentEra #Movies #Film #Hollywood #GoldenAgeOfHollywood #OldHollywood #SilverScreen #MovieStars #FilmStars #PopIcons #CulturalIcons #SilentSky #MovieSky #MusicSky
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Best of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle silent comedy
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The Red Head (France, 1925). It is a drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Henry Krauss, Charlotte Barbier-Krauss and André Heuzé. Duvivier remade it as a sound film of the same name in 1932.

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We can see a boy and a woman. The boy has short, straight, blondish hair and seems to be in distress. A woman is talking to him and touching his face with her right hand. She has long, tied, black, straight hair and is wearing a long-sleeved, black dress.
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Napoléon (France, 1927). It is an epic historical film, produced and directed by Abel Gance, that tells the story of Napoleon's early years.

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A poster of the film. We can see a man wearing a black hat, a gray coat, white trousers leading other men in a battle.One of those men is carrying a gun.
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