SILENT ERA ARTICLES
An archive of articles on the silent era of world cinema.
Copyright © 2000-2010 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

CONTEMPORARY ARTICLES

When Mary Pickford Came to Me
The king of the stage writes about the queen of the movies.
by David Belasco

The Star Soubrette
Edna Purviance, Charlie Chaplin’s leading lady.
by John H. Blackwood

Little Stars, Part IV
Miriam Battista, Jane and Katherine Lee, Kittens Reichert and Lorna Volare

The Dual Personality of An Actress
Actress Cleo Madison

PHOTOPLAY STORIES

The Garden of Shadows (1916)
by Grace Oppen

The Quack Quakers (1916)
by Montanye Perry

MODERN ARTICLES

Crazy Rays and Scattered Shadows
Lokke Heiss reports on the 2007 Pordenone Festival of Silent Film.
by Lokke Heiss

The Suffering Earth and a Light from the East
Lokke Heiss takes a look the 2005 Pordenone Festival of Silent Film.
by Lokke Heiss

Sweet Dreams Are Made of These
Lokke Heiss reports from the 2004 San Francisco Silent Film Festival.
by Lokke Heiss

Far Away, So Close
Lokke Heiss reports from the 2003 Pordenone Silent Film Festival in Sacile, Italy.
by Lokke Heiss

Divine Grace and a Touch of the Devil
Lokke Heiss reports from the 2003 San Francisco Silent Film Festival.
by Lokke Heiss

Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Lokke Heiss reports from the 2002 Pordenone Silent Film Festival in Sacile, Italy.
by Lokke Heiss

Winsor McCay The Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y. Herald and His Moving Comics
A shot-by-shot comparison of two prints, available on home video, of Winsor McCay’s 1911 animation experiment.
by Carl Bennett