Tuesday, 31 May 2011

René Clair - Under the Roofs of Paris (1930)

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“Sous les toits de Paris” is an early sound film directed by René Clair, probably the first French musical and certainly the first internati...
Sunday, 29 May 2011

Free-running Fairbanks! When the Clouds Roll by (1919)

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"When the Clouds Roll by" is a 1919 Douglas Fairbanks vehicle directed by Victor Fleming - later to make Clara Bow's "Man...
Friday, 27 May 2011

"...there is only Louise Brooks..." Pandora's Box (1929)

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Sometime back there was a bit of a to-do concerning the possible sighting of a woman using a mobile phone at the premier of Chaplin's ...
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Saturday, 21 May 2011

Jenny Hasselqvist – all acting, all dancing!

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Jenny Hasselqvist (or Hasselquist) was a top class ballerina who also starred in a number of high-profile silent movies. There’s very little...
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Sunday, 15 May 2011

The Smoke Fairies & Princess Nicotine (1909)

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"Princess Nicotine", aka "The Smoke Fairy", is a short film from 1909 that utilises various Melies-styled trickery to sh...
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Thursday, 28 April 2011

Joan of Arc (1928) Adrian Utley, Will Gregory live at Southbank Centre

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This was the first time I'd seen Carl Dreyer's "Joan of Arc" and taking in both the film and the new score from Utley, Gre...
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Friday, 15 April 2011

Portishead + Goldfrapp + Carl Dreyer?! Joan of Arc (1928)

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Adrian Utley and Will Gregory are accompanying the Carl Theodor Dreyer classic "Joan of Arc" as part of this year's Ether Fest...