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silents-please · 6 years

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Shots from El sexto sentido (The Sixth Sense, ES 1929), an independent film that looks at the objectivity and manipulability of images within the frame of a melodrama. Read more about the film here!

#cinema of spain #cinema of 1929 #Nemesio Sobrevila #Antonia Fernández #silent dancing

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silents-please · 6 years

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My latest post writes up Il padrone delle ferriere (The Master of the Ironworks, 1919). The incomparable Pina Menichelli is resplendent in this ludicrous melodrama about social class, pride, and passion.

#cinema of Italy #cinema of 1919 #Pina Menichelli #diva films #cinemamuto

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silents-please · 6 years

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Desire, dreams, and mythology: Il fauno (The Faun), Italy 1917.

#cinema of Italy #cinema of 1917 #diva films #Febo Mari #Nietta Mordeglia #Elena Makowska #cinemamuto

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silents-please · 8 years

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The emulsion boils and bubbles: examples of nitrate deterioration. For more information on nitrate film, please have a look at this article.

These shots are from The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies (US 1914); Gemma di’Sant Eremo (IT 1918); Die Filmprimadonna (DE 1914); Pasionaria (ES 1915).

#nitrate #nitrate damage #silent film #silent cinema

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silents-please · 8 years

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Dancer and cinema actress Stacia Napierkowska. Left: Le pain des petits oiseaux | Bread for the Birds (FR 1911); right: Les Vampires II: La bague qui tue (FR 1915). Napierkowska was fêted in France, prolific in Italian film, and arrested in America - read more about her career here.

#Stacia Napierkowska #silent film #dancers #cinema of France #cinema of 1915

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silents-please · 8 years

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On New Year’s Eve, do the sugar foot strut!

More here, film from the NFPF.

#silent film #dance #Sugar Foot Strut #NFPF #vintage dancing

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silents-please · 8 years

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Lia Formia in L’illustre attrice Cicala Formica (IT 1920). Read more here.

#silent film #Lia Formia #Diva Films #cinema of Italy #cinema of 1920 #Lucio D'Ambra

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silents-please · 8 years

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Caino (IT 1918), starring the diva Helena Makowska. Read more here.

#Helena Makowska #silent film #cinema of Italy #cinema of 1918

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silents-please · 8 years

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Lyda Borelli in Malombra (1917). Read more about this film here.

#Lyda Borelli #silent film #diva films #cinema of Italy #cinema of 1917 #Malombra

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silents-please · 9 years

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Danish actress, stuntwoman and all-around action woman Emilie Sannom. These shots are from a compilation film of her work called Filmens Vovehals (Daredevil of the Movies; DK 1923). Read more about her here!

#silent film #Emilie Sannom #cinema of Denmark #cinema of 1910s #Filmens Vovehals

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silents-please · 9 years

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Shanghai on screen in the 1930s. Gifs made in reference to the short stories of Chinese modernist writer Mu Shiying; read more here.

#silent film #cinema of China #Shanghai #jazz-age #Mu Shiying #Lianhua #1930s

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silents-please · 9 years

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Lonesome, dir Paul Fejös (US 1928).

#silent film #stencil-colouring #cinema of 1928 #cinema of the US

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silents-please · 9 years

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Asta Nielsen in Die Filmprimadonna | The Film Prima-donna, dir. Urban Gad (DE 1913). More info here.

#silent film #Asta Nielsen #cinema of 1913 #cinema of Germany #Urban Gad

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silents-please · 9 years

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Ruan Lingyu (阮玲玉) in 新女性 | New Woman (CN 1935). A tragic film that anticipated the death of one of the greatest of all silent screen actresses. More here.

#silent film #Shanghai #Ruan Lingyu #Cai Chusheng #cinema of China #cinema of 1935 #阮玲玉 #蔡楚生

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silents-please · 9 years

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A post for the Cats of Silent Film ;)

From Sessue Hayakawa vehicle His Birthright (US 1918). Read more here

#silent film #cats of silent film #cinema of 1918 #cinema of the US #Sessue Hayakawa #Marin Sais

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silents-please · 9 years

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Sessue Hayakawa in His Birthright (US 1918). Read more here!

#silent film #Sessue Hayakawa #cinema of 1918 #cinema of the US #Marin Sais

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silents-please · 9 years

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Hesperia, Emilio Ghione and Kally Sambucini in the Za La Mort film Anime buie | Dark Souls (IT 1916). More on the film here and on the Za La Mort series here.

#silent film #diva films #Hesperia #Emilio Ghione #Za La Mort #Kally Sambucini #cinema of Italy #cinema of 1916

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