Video: The Sheik (1921) A Silent Movie Review
Here it is! My very first video review. It’s been in the works for six months and I am delighted to be finally unveiling it. I am covering one of the most famous (and kitschiest) silent films ever...
View ArticleVideo: Barbed Wire (1927) A Silent Movie Review
Welcome to my second-ever video review! This time, I am sharing Barbed Wire, a beautiful silent drama starring Pola Negri. She’s a French farmer. He’s a German soldier. Her farm has been converted into...
View ArticleVideo: Hell’s Hinges (1916) A Silent Movie Review
My third video review! William S. Hart’s apocalyptic western is considered a classic of the genre. It features a suspenseful build-up, a fiery climax and an 18-year old John Gilbert in a supporting...
View ArticleVideo: The Cat and the Canary (1927) A Silent Movie Review
The Cat and the Canary is a tried and true silent crowdpleaser. An old dark house comedy, it follows the adventures of a very eccentric group of people spending the night in, you guessed it, an old...
View ArticleVideo: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) A Silent Movie Review
One of the most popular, discussed and examined silent films of all time, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is quite a rarity. It is an art film that also manages to be a crowd-pleaser. I take a look at the...
View ArticleVideo: The Beloved Rogue (1927) A Silent Movie Review
John Barrymore gnaws on the scenery in this zany medieval action-comedy. The Beloved Rogue was his first film for United Artists and it was also the American debut of Conrad Veidt. Veidt and Barrymore...
View ArticleVideo: A Woman of the World (1925) A Silent Movie Review
Team Pola! Availability Available on DVD. A gender-reversed version of The Taming of the Shrew with feminist overtones and starring Pola Negri? Yes, please! This Roaring Twenties dramedy casts Pola as...
View ArticleVideo: Waxworks (1924) A Silent Movie Review
We’re heading back to Germany with something that often gets described as a carnival nightmare. I’m not sure if I would go so far but it is marvelously creepy and stylish. Paul Leni (The Cat and the...
View ArticleVideo Review: The Road to Yesterday (1925)
After a very long hiatus, video reviews are back! You have probably learned by now that I adore kitsch and I will be reviewing one of the zaniest, kitschiest films of the silent era: Cecil B. DeMille’s...
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