An attractive and scantily clad woman with shiny bobbed hair lounges in her apartment, sipping a cocktail while listening to a Victrola recording of “Hula Lou.” It’s a typical setting for a modern woman of the 1920s—except, perhaps, for the man lying at her feet, dying of a gunshot wound. The … [Read more...] about Chicago
Bucking Broadway
John Ford’s name is inextricable from the myth of the American West. The caustic grand old man with an eye patch made classic westerns such as My Darling Clementine (1946) and The Searchers (1956), shooting in the iconic Monument Valley and helping create the larger-than-life personas of actors such … [Read more...] about Bucking Broadway
The Brothers Who Filmed the Earthquake
A Collection of San Francisco Shorts A TRIP DOWN MARKET STREET (filmed April 14, 2006) Producer Miles Brothers Cinematographer Harry J. Miles Print Source The Library of Congress SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE, APRIL 18, 1906 Producer Unknown Cinematographer Unknown Lubin Film Company … [Read more...] about The Brothers Who Filmed the Earthquake
Au Bonheur des Dames
Soaring camerawork, luminous decor, and stylish montage sequences make Au bonheur des dames (“Ladies’ paradise”) appear strikingly modern, yet it can be seen as an elegy to silent filmmaking. Directed by Julien Duvivier, the film was shot in the autumn of 1929, just as the first French sound films … [Read more...] about Au Bonheur des Dames
Amazing Tales from the Archives 2006
Special Guests Patrick Loughney (George Eastman House), Mike Mashon (Library of Congress), Mona Nagai (Pacific Film Archive), Peter Limberg (Haghefilm Conservation) The San Francisco Silent Film Festival operates on the principle that it’s imperative we engage with our heritage, and that one way … [Read more...] about Amazing Tales from the Archives 2006