Combine the three streaming platforms listed below to get access to a wonderful selection of silent films. Movies today can be awfully…well, loud. Even if the particular movie you’re watching doesn’t ...

Before movies had sound, female silent film stars told stories through movement, expression, and quiet magic shown on screen. In the 1920s, a remarkable group of women became some of the most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gloria Swanson stars in Erich von Stroheim's "Queen Kelly" (1929). (S.F. Silent Film Festival) After two years at other venues as ...

When thinking about the classic Hollywood era of filmmaking, we tend to think about movies made under the restrictive, prudish rules of the Hays Code. Protestant moralism meant that films after 1934 ...

The 1910s marked the birth of movie stardom, with women playing a central role in shaping this new form of entertainment. In the silent film era, actresses relied entirely on physical expression, ...

After two years at other venues as the Castro Theatre was being renovated, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival returns to its ancestral home in time for its 30th anniversary. Technically, it's the ...