Film historian Ben Model talks to IndieWire about his new book 'The Silent Film Universe' and his company Undercrank ...

The shift from silent films to talkies was a huge deal for actors in the late 1920s, and many silent film stars found it difficult to “find their voice. ... despite being British.

1. Feature Film: 1917. This British silent film, with former Gaiety Girl Ruby Miller as Jo, is the first-ever adaptation of Little Women to the big screen. It is considered lost.

Feb. 5 (UPI) --A 1915 silent film about Abraham Lincoln was thought to be lost forever before being found in a warehouse on New York's Long Island.Dan Martin, a summer intern at Historic Films ...

She enjoyed a lucrative silent film career, appearing in 57 British and German films between 1921 and 1932, capturing the hearts of audiences with her striking features.

His rich musical vocabulary fully came into play when he was approached in the late 1970s by British film historian Kevin Brownlow, who had completed a restoration of the 1927 silent film ...