Silent Beauties

A certain child actress is in this film, who would be very successful in the future. Her name? Natalie Wood.

Noir film.

This film is also known as "Patterns of Power".

This film was directed by Tadashi Imai.

Directed by Roger Corman.

This film is also known as Wild Weed; The Devil's Weed; Marijuana, the Devil's Weed; and The Story of Lila Leeds and Her Exposé of the Marijuana Racket.

One of those lesser known classic Japanese films that we do need to know. Delicate and touching.

A film directed by Mikio Naruse.

Golden Age Hollywood touching our hearts, a great cast with a young Elizabeth Taylor.

A gem of classic Korean cinema that deserves more recognition.

The beautiful good bye of Victor Sjöström, as he deserved.

When joy and wish to enjoy good things go beyond death.

Directed by Mikio Naruse.

This film is also known by the title of "The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women".

Classic Japanese cinema at its best.

One of most iconic films of the Hollywood Golden Age.

Audio review of the film Charade (USA, 1963) starring Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant.

Audio review.

How I started watching and being involved with silent films? How I started producing content about it to the internet? Why the wish of sharing my cinematic hobbies? Get to know about it here.

In this episode, instead of talking about a single subject related to the silent era, we will have brief introductions to some silent films, which are: 1. The Merry Widow (USA, 1925) 2. The Furs (USA, 1912) 3. His Wedding Night (USA, 1917) 4. A Muddy Romance (USA, 1913) 5. The Perils of Pauline (USA, 1914) [Serial] 6. Barney Oldfield’s Race for a Life (USA, 1913) 7. Bumping intro Broadway (USA, 19...

Are you enthusiastic about a subject and would like to know about it more deeply? Do you want to engage in it as a hobby? In the mood of further develop your tastes/passions? Perhaps this episode can help you to have some insights about how to get more knowledge and organize your methodology for it.

2020 has been a really weird and surprising year. Nobody could expect that the world would stop due to a virus. New practices had to be implemented immediately and all old certainties were lost in a blink of eyes. Public gatherings were suddenly gone and life had to be more internet-oriented. This has definitely included silent film festivals, which had to adapt to the new reality. By doing so, th...

Do you know those truly inspirational stories of people who fought all sorts of adversities and succeeded anyway? Who had no other resources besides their own will power and resilience? Who suffered but remained true to their character? This is the life of Clara Bow, who faced lots of difficulties but succeeded due to her undeniable talent, strength of character and friendly personality. Listen to...

Mary Pickford's career was so full of accomplishments that it was necessary another episode. She was a real pioneer, not only as an actress but also as a businesswoman, screenwriter, headhunter and even studio mogul. Being a hard worker, she was involved with nearly every aspect of her work and was competent in all of them. Even out of cinema field per se she was active and competent, for instance...

The silent era has many competent actors, actresses, directors, etc. Some of them even had inspirational stories. This is the case when it comes to pioneering Mary Pickford and vibrant Clara Bow, both very skilled actresses, who overcame lots of difficulties reached stardom.