The right echo of the cymbals or the momentous thud of the drum brought alive a century-old French movie in the halls of ...

British actor, director, screenwriter and producer Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin and American actor Tom Murray in a scene from "The Gold Rush." While there are modern silent classics, such as ...

With Taylor Swift singing songs about Clara Bow, audiences have turned their attention to the first days of cinema. But even the most hardened Swiftie might find themselves confused by a strange ...

Today, silent films still are celebrated and enjoyed at film festivals – even some festivals that only screen silent films. September 28 of this year was deemed National Silent Film Day. Companies ...

Brad Pitt has named a 1928 French silent film as his all-time favourite classic movie. During an interview for a recent project, Pitt was asked about classical Hollywood cinema and cited The Passion ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — American-born French dancer, singer and actress Josephine Baker was the first black woman to start in a major silent film in 1927, but her career was far from silent. Ann ...

The film historian and accompanist talks to IndieWire about his work as a "missionary" for silent movies and his company's physical media releases of new restorations of two classic Tom Tyler Westerns ...