Silent Film Sources - Links

Links to Websites with Silent Film Resources

Seeing Silent Films

Live Cinema Calendar

http://www.cinemaweb.com/lcc
Tom Murray's comprehensive schedule of silent films shown with live musical accompaniment

Movie Palace Locator

http://www.execpc.com/~hiawatha/mp/mp.html

The Southern California Silent Calendar

http://www.mdle.com/ClassicFilms/SCSC/
The Silents Majority guide to silent film showings in and around Los Angeles.

Documentation on Silent Films

The Committee for Film Preservation and Public Access

http://www.cinemaweb.com/access/pre_stmt.htm
A statement on the reasons behind the unavailability of films from publicly funded film archives, and recommendations for changes.

Silent Film Bookshelf

http://www.cinemaweb.com/silentfilm/books.htm
Our sister site, devoted to reprints of original documents from the silent film era. New documents are posted monthly.

Taylorology

http://www.angelfire.com/az/Taylorology/
Bruce Long's publication on the people and circumstances surrounding the murder of director William Desmond Taylor in 1922.

General Movie Resources

The Silents Majority

http://www.mdle.com/ClassicFilms/
Diane MacIntyre and Spike Lewis' nearly comprehensive look at the people of the silent film era. Lots of resources, lots of links, always useful.

Personalities and Production Companies

The American Mutoscope and Biograph Company

http://www.altinet.net/biograph/

Arbucklemania- Roscoe Arbuckle

http://silent-movies.com/Arbucklemania
Filmography and articles on the underappreciated comedian

Buster Keaton

http://www.busterkeaton.com/
An elaborate site for fans and scholars of the comedian and his film

Lon Chaney

http://members.aol.com/ChaneyFan
The results of many years of research by Chaney scholar Jon Mirsalis

Kinoville

http://www.infinet.com/~fwylie/index.html
A variety of resources, including great sections on Production Techniques and Pioneers of Cinema

Harold Lloyd

http://www.haroldlloyd.com/
Annette D'Agostino's comprehensive tribute to the life and career of Harold Lloyd

Siegmund Lubin

http://www.mc3.edu/gen/faculty/jeckhard/lubin.htm

Mug Shots- Home Page of Forgotten Silent Comics

http://pw1.netcom.com/~lippfarr/mugshots.htm
Rob Farr's affectionate look at the stars of short comedies and the studios that produced them

Silent Gents

http://silent-movies.com/Gents/Gents.html
An on-line gallery of photos of silent film actors

Silent Ladies

http://silent-movies.com/Ladies/Ladies.html
An on-line gallery of photos of silent film actresses

Cinematographica

http://www.xs4all.nl/~wichm/cinemat.html
Collecting vintage movie equipment (and an excellent article on "One Hundred Years
of Film Sizes")

Universal Studios Archives and Collections

http://www.unistudios.com/archives/
"Lobby Cards from the Laemmle Era" and "Photographs from the Archives" are highlights of the Exhibits section. An article by Jan-Christopher Horak, "Three Smart Guys: How a Few Penniless German Refugees Saved Universal Studios," is included in the Features section.

Charles Urban - The Life and Achievements of a Motion Picture Pioneer

http://website.lineone.net/~luke.mckernan/Urban.htm
Charles Urban was active in the documentary, news, travel and educational film, and the producer behind Kinemacolor, the early color motion picture system.

Pages with Links

Jon's Film Page

http://members.aol.com/ChaneyFan/jonfilm.htm

Glen Pringle's Silent Film Resources

http://www.cs.monash.edu.au/~pringle/silent/faq/sites.html

Send suggestions to David Pierce, prizma@onetel.com

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