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Posts Tagged "silent film"

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Wolf Song ** (1929, Gary Cooper, Lupe Vélez, Louis Wolheim) – Classic Movie Review 12,276

Paramount Pictures’ 1929 American Western romance film Wolf Song stars Gary Cooper and Lupe Vélez, and is one for curio corner, surviving only in its silent version. Director Victor Fleming’s 1929 American silent Western romance […]

Aug, 10

Tillie’s Punctured Romance **** (1928, W C Fields, Louise Fazenda, Chester Conklin, Mack Swain) – Classic Movie Review 11,461

Director A Edward Sutherland’s 1928 silent circus comedy film Tillie’s Punctured Romance stars W C Fields, Louise Fazenda, Chester Conklin and Mack Swain. Sadly, this film is presumed lost. W C Fields stars as a […]

Aug, 08

Early to Bed *** (1928, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy) – Classic Movie Review 9438

‘9:00 am to 10:00 am. That important hour when financial kings of American affairs open their mail.’ Director Emmett J Flynn’s 1928 two-reeler black and white silent comedy short Early to Bed is the first […]

Feb, 28

Angora Love **** (1929, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Harry Bernard) – Classic Movie Review 7595

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy upset their suspicious landlord (Edgar Kennedy) and another house-guest (Charlie Hall) when they hide a stray goat in their ‘no pets’ lodgings after they hear that the pet-shop owner thinks that […]

Sep, 18

Laurel and Hardy’s Laughing 20’s **** (1965, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase) – Classic Movie Review 7525

Writer-producer-director Robert Youngson’s Laurel and Hardy’s Laughing 20’s is a delectable feature film compilation of primarily Laurel and Hardy shorts, with some of Stan and Ollie’s finest scenes from the silent era. There are delightful […]

Sep, 01

We Faw Down [We Slip Up] ** (1928, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Vivien Oakland, Bess Flowers) – Classic Movie Review 7370

‘This story is based on the assumption that, somewhere in the world, there are husbands who do not tell their wives everything.’ Ah, ha! Director Leo McCarey’s 1928 We Faw Down [We Slip Up] is […]

Jul, 29

Nanook of the North **** (1922, Allakariallak, Nyla, Cunayou, Allegoo) – Classic Movie Review 7017

Director Robert J Flaherty’s famous 1922 black and white silent film documentary about the hardships experienced by an Eskimo (Inuit) family living in the Arctic Circle is an admirable, enduring achievement, especially given the obvious problems […]

May, 07

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