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The Silent Era: Crash Course Film History
The Silent Era of Hollywood set a lot of things into motion in terms of how movies were made and sold. Big stars were one of the main ways studios tried to make their movies stand apart from one another and get the public to make choices...
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Where Are My Children: Crash Course Film Criticism
Before the Hayes Code was enacted, movies were a lot more brazen than we sometimes tend to think. Director/Producer Lois Weber spent much of her career making movies that challenged audiences. Her film, "Where Are My Children" is no...
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The Language of Film: Crash Course Film History
In this episode of Crash Course Film History, we talk about the development of the language of films by filmmakers like Edwin S. Porter and his films; Life of an American Fireman and The Great Train Robbery.
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
A lost art: music in silent film
Why did silent films have music? How do orchestras and conductors perform to silent films? Ben Winters, senior lecturer in music at the Open University, explains. In 1925 Richard Strauss's great comic opera and pop cultural sensation Der...
The March of Time
1926: NEW YORK CITY: Silent film actress Pola Negri (1897-1987) being escorted from funeral home into waiting car, pallbearers walking w/ casket of Silent film star Rudolph Valentino on shoulders,
MOT 1926: NEW YORK CITY: Silent film actress Pola Negri (1897-1987) being escorted from funeral home into waiting car, pallbearers walking w/ casket of Silent film star Rudolph Valentino on shoulders,
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1928: NEWLY WEDS: Silent film stars actor John Barrymore & actress Dolores Costello (Goddess of the Silent Screen) dressed in coats standing on deck of ocean liner, Dolores holding bouquet of roses. (Grandmother of Drew Barrymore) Faded film.
MOT 1928: NEWLY WEDS: Silent film stars actor John Barrymore & actress Dolores Costello (Goddess of the Silent Screen) dressed in coats standing on deck of ocean liner, Dolores holding bouquet of roses. (Grandmother of Drew Barrymore)...
Royal Opera House
How a silent film from Hollywood's golden age inspired Arthur Pita's ballet The Wind
Arthur Pita creates a new work for The Royal Ballet based on Dorothy Scarborough’s classic novel and the silent film it inspired. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/the-wind-by-arthur-pita Arthur Pita has forged a...
Weird History
Crazy Silent Film Stunts You Won't Believe Are Real
Think film stunts today are insane? Just wait until you see what silent film era stars were doing. Prepare to be blown away.
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1925: NEWLY WEDS: Silent film star Gloria Swanson (1899-1983) standing by railing on ocean liner, standing w/ new husband producer, director Henri le Bailly, Marquis de La Coudraye de La Falaise.
MOT 1925: NEWLY WEDS: Silent film star Gloria Swanson (1899-1983) standing by railing on ocean liner, standing w/ new husband producer, director Henri le Bailly, Marquis de La Coudraye de La Falaise.
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1926: NEW YORK CITY: Newspaper headline 'VALENTINO DIES...' HA WS HUGE Crowd of mourners outside Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home, police pushing people on sidewalk, WS Silent film star Rudolph Valentino lying in state in open bronze casket.
MOT 1926: NEW YORK CITY: Newspaper headline 'VALENTINO DIES...' HA WS HUGE Crowd of mourners outside Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home, police pushing people on sidewalk, WS Silent film star Rudolph Valentino lying in state in open bronze...
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1924: GERMAN CINEMA: CLIPS From Fritz Lang's 'Nibelungen' silent film: Wooden gates being opened, horses over bridge, Paul Richter as Siegfried riding on white horse, walking in royal hallway, meeting w/ royality. MS Audience applauding.
MOT 1924: GERMAN CINEMA: CLIPS From Fritz Lang's 'Nibelungen' silent film: Wooden gates being opened, horses over bridge, Paul Richter as Siegfried riding on white horse, walking in royal hallway, meeting w/ royality. MS Audience...
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1925: THE LATIN LOVER: Silent film star Rudolph Valentino (1895-1926) standing on deck of ocean lines dressed in fur trimmed coat, CU Valentino talking (No SOT).
MOT 1925: THE LATIN LOVER: Silent film star Rudolph Valentino (1895-1926) standing on deck of ocean lines dressed in fur trimmed coat, CU Valentino talking (No SOT).
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1927: NEWLY WEDS: Silent film actress Vilma Banky (1898-1991) walking out of church w/ actor Rod La Rocque (1896-1969), standing outside smiling, talking (No SOT).
MOT 1927: NEWLY WEDS: Silent film actress Vilma Banky (1898-1991) walking out of church w/ actor Rod La Rocque (1896-1969), standing outside smiling, talking (No SOT).
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1926: SON OF THE SHEIK: Silent film CLIP w/ Rudolph Valentino as Ahmed, kissing Vilma Blanky as Yasmin.
MOT 1926: SON OF THE SHEIK: Silent film CLIP w/ Rudolph Valentino as Ahmed, kissing Vilma Blanky as Yasmin.
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Georges Melies - Master of Illusion: Crash Course Film History
After the Lumiere brothers and Thomas Edison got the ball rolling with Vaudeville acts and Actualites, the time was coming for movie magic and fiction to make an appearance. The time was coming of filmmakers like Georges Melies and Alice...
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The First Vampire Attack
Thomas Hutter is growing concerned that the vampire stories he's heard are true and the Count Orlok is the vampire they speak of. When the clock strikes midnight, he hears a strange noise and opens the door to find Count Orlock moving...
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Nosferatu in 12 Minutes
This video is a visual summary of Nosferatu features many of the famous scenes from the film and takes viewers through the main plot points of the story. For those who do not have the time or itnerest in watching the complete film, this...
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Ellen Invites the Vampire into Her Home
Ellen decides to sacrifice herself to defeat Count Orlok once and for all. When Count Orlok's vampire powers wake her up in the middle of the night again, she makes the difficult decision to open the window and invite him in. She then...
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Nosferatu: a Symphony of Horror
Nosferatu: a Symphony of Horror is a visual retelling of Bram Stoker's famous novel, Dracula. This 1922 German Expressionist, silent film has become a pilar of the horror genre and inspired over a hundred years of vampire movies....
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A Victim of the Vampire Plague
Knock's condition has worsened and drawn attention from authorities. Knock, the real estate agent who facilitated Count Orlok's interest in moving to Wisborg has grown increasingly agitated and erratic as the vampire travels closer. In...
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The Vampire Ship
Count Orlok and his coffin are onboard an unsuspecting ship. Most of the crew quickly falls victim to the vampire plague. When it is down to the Captain and the last crew member, the crewman goes below deck to investigate and is met by...
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Nosferatu Dinner Scene
In this famously awkward scene, the young real estate agent, Thomas Hutter eats dinner while Count Orlok watches attentively. As the clock strikes midnight, Hutter accidentally slices his thumb while cutting a piece of bread. The scent...
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Death by Sunlight in Nosferatu
In one of the final scenes of Nosferatu, Ellen defeats Count Orlok by enticing him to stay out until sunlight. When the sunlight hits his skin, he disolves and disappears. This dramatic scene deviates from the original Dracula novel and...
Flipping Physics
A Tale of Three Accelerations or The Differences between Angular, Tangential, and Centripetal Accelerations
A Silent Film in honor of #DayofSilence to clarify the differences between angular, tangential, and centripetal accelerations
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