The silent film era feels almost like a dream now, a time when everything was new, and nothing about movies was certain. Actors had to rely on their eyes, their hands, and the smallest lift of a smile ...

In the earliest days of movie history, women played key roles on screen and behind the scenes. Dwight Cleveland, author of ...

WHEN WAS THE last time you saw a movie in a theater? Today, many stream movies from anywhere but theaters. No surprise, given society’s embrace of the convenience and selectivity of the internet. So ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With Taylor Swift singing songs about Clara Bow, audiences have turned their attention to the first days of cinema. But even the ...

A study from the Library of Congress reveals for the first time how many feature films produced by U.S. studios during the silent film era still exist, what condition they’re in and where they are ...

The cold, climate-controlled stacks at the Historic Films Archive in Greenport made the ideal place for film student Dan Martin to spend last summer as an intern: in a basement out of the heat, ...

This weekend the San Francisco Film Preserve and the Tenderloin Museum are celebrating the history of silent film in the Tenderloin neighborhood. The event this Saturday at the Great American Music ...

Mary Pickford, star of the silent film era and wife of Buddy Rogers, is shown speaking in front of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., as she starts a new U.S. Defense Bond drive, along the lines of one ...