#silentflickersunday — Public Fediverse posts

And now our feature presentation: “Robin Hood” (1922) written, produced and starring Douglas Fairbanks Sr.and directed by Canadian-American Allan Dwan (https://youtu.be/x73nPX-06X8?si=8Y301UDchJcaqjhJ)
#SilentFlickerSunday #RobinHood #AllanDwan #DouglasFairbanks

While not too dissimilar to “A Trip to the Moon” (e.g. men going on an adventure), “Robinson Crusoe” is really sophisticated for a Méliès film from 1902
#SilentFlickerSunday #RobinsonCrusoe #GeorgesMelies

While not too dissimilar to “A Trip to the Moon” (e.g. men going on an adventure), “Robinson Crusoe” is really sophisticated for a Méliès film from 1902
#SilentFlickerSunday #RobinsonCrusoe #GeorgesMelies

While not too dissimilar to “A Trip to the Moon” (e.g. men going on an adventure), “Robinson Crusoe” is really sophisticated for a Méliès film from 1902
#SilentFlickerSunday #RobinsonCrusoe #GeorgesMelies

While not too dissimilar to “A Trip to the Moon” (e.g. men going on an adventure), “Robinson Crusoe” is really sophisticated for a Méliès film from 1902
#SilentFlickerSunday #RobinsonCrusoe #GeorgesMelies

While not too dissimilar to “A Trip to the Moon” (e.g. men going on an adventure), “Robinson Crusoe” is really sophisticated for a Méliès film from 1902
#SilentFlickerSunday #RobinsonCrusoe #GeorgesMelies

Prior to 2011 it was believed that “Robinson Crusoe” (1902)🇫🇷 was a mostly lost film as only a few scenes had ever been found intact. A copy of the entire film was then donated to The Cinémathèque Française film archive in Paris where it was restored
#SilentFlickerSunday #RobinsonCrusoe #GeorgesMelies #SilentFilm

Prior to 2011 it was believed that “Robinson Crusoe” (1902)🇫🇷 was a mostly lost film as only a few scenes had ever been found intact. A copy of the entire film was then donated to The Cinémathèque Française film archive in Paris where it was restored
#SilentFlickerSunday #RobinsonCrusoe #GeorgesMelies #SilentFilm

Prior to 2011 it was believed that “Robinson Crusoe” (1902)🇫🇷 was a mostly lost film as only a few scenes had ever been found intact. A copy of the entire film was then donated to The Cinémathèque Française film archive in Paris where it was restored
#SilentFlickerSunday #RobinsonCrusoe #GeorgesMelies #SilentFilm

Prior to 2011 it was believed that “Robinson Crusoe” (1902)🇫🇷 was a mostly lost film as only a few scenes had ever been found intact. A copy of the entire film was then donated to The Cinémathèque Française film archive in Paris where it was restored
#SilentFlickerSunday #RobinsonCrusoe #GeorgesMelies #SilentFilm

Prior to 2011 it was believed that “Robinson Crusoe” (1902)🇫🇷 was a mostly lost film as only a few scenes had ever been found intact. A copy of the entire film was then donated to The Cinémathèque Française film archive in Paris where it was restored
#SilentFlickerSunday #RobinsonCrusoe #GeorgesMelies #SilentFilm

First up we have “Les Aventures de Robinson Crusoë” AKA “Robinson Crusoe” (1902)🇫🇷 (https://youtu.be/oWHtn6dr1JE?si=BeuU7T3WAtJeU-36) directed by and starring French wizard of early film Georges Méliès. It’s based on English writer Daniel Defoe's 1719 book of the same name, which can be read for free here (https://archive.org/details/cu31924011498676)
#SilentFlickerSunday #RobinsonCrusoe #GeorgesMelies

First up we have “Les Aventures de Robinson Crusoë” AKA “Robinson Crusoe” (1902)🇫🇷 (https://youtu.be/oWHtn6dr1JE?si=BeuU7T3WAtJeU-36) directed by and starring French wizard of early film Georges Méliès. It’s based on English writer Daniel Defoe's 1719 book of the same name, which can be read for free here (https://archive.org/details/cu31924011498676)
#SilentFlickerSunday #RobinsonCrusoe #GeorgesMelies

First up we have “Les Aventures de Robinson Crusoë” AKA “Robinson Crusoe” (1902)🇫🇷 (https://youtu.be/oWHtn6dr1JE?si=BeuU7T3WAtJeU-36) directed by and starring French wizard of early film Georges Méliès. It’s based on English writer Daniel Defoe's 1719 book of the same name, which can be read for free here (https://archive.org/details/cu31924011498676)
#SilentFlickerSunday #RobinsonCrusoe #GeorgesMelies

First up we have “Les Aventures de Robinson Crusoë” AKA “Robinson Crusoe” (1902)🇫🇷 (https://youtu.be/oWHtn6dr1JE?si=BeuU7T3WAtJeU-36) directed by and starring French wizard of early film Georges Méliès. It’s based on English writer Daniel Defoe's 1719 book of the same name, which can be read for free here (https://archive.org/details/cu31924011498676)
#SilentFlickerSunday #RobinsonCrusoe #GeorgesMelies

First up we have “Les Aventures de Robinson Crusoë” AKA “Robinson Crusoe” (1902)🇫🇷 (https://youtu.be/oWHtn6dr1JE?si=BeuU7T3WAtJeU-36) directed by and starring French wizard of early film Georges Méliès. It’s based on English writer Daniel Defoe's 1719 book of the same name, which can be read for free here (https://archive.org/details/cu31924011498676)
#SilentFlickerSunday #RobinsonCrusoe #GeorgesMelies

Despite all of their talents and trailblazing, both Mabel Normand and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle would hit some heartbreaking career lows (Normand with relationship and drug scandals the stress of which would worsen her recurrent tuberculosis; Arbuckle with career ending sex scandal). And they’d both pass away far too young in the early 1930s (Mabel at only 36 in 1930 & Roscoe at 43 in 1933)
#SilentFlickerSunday #MabelNormand #RoscoeArbuckle #SilentFilm

And finally, “He Did and He Didn’t” (1916) (https://youtu.be/5naCRo-i1JI?si=yxMvA_4hrmd0oCMo) is actually more of a dramedy VS the usual slapstick comedy or RomCom that Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle and Mabel Normand were known for while working for Keystone Studios.
#SilentFlickerSunday #MabelNormand #RoscoeArbuckle #SilentFilm

“Wished on a Mabel” (1915) (https://youtu.be/iDWXaF5MMBs?si=NnpB69KBpUKG-JbQ) is considered one of the more “sophisticated” films that Mabel Normand and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle would make together 

#SilentFlickerSunday #MabelNormand #RoscoeArbuckle #SilentFilm

During this time, Mabel Normand and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle would make 17 films together- mostly short comedies and often writing, producing and directing the films themselves. While at Keystone Mabel Normand would star in over 100 films and write & direct around 20 films on her own. Arbuckle would parlay his screenwriting & directorial work at Keystone into a contract with MGM in 1918.
#SilentFlickerSunday #MabelNormand #RoscoeArbuckle #SilentFilm

Mabel Normand (November 9, 1893-February 23, 1930) began her career as an artist’s model in the early 1900s and quickly moved on to working in film for various NYC-based studios, where she caught the eye of Mack Sennett of Keystone Studios, which she would join in 1912.
#SilentFlickerSunday #MabelNormand #SilentFilm #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenMakeFilm

“That Little Band of Gold” (1915) (https://youtu.be/yC7f-vorsN4?si=BZ8SzbWaTZJn2z6y) is somewhat of a departure for Mabel Normand and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle in that they also share top billing with Ford Sterling. This also features A LOT of Keystone Studio regulars (Minta Durfee, Edgar Kennedy, Al St. John, etc.) 

#SilentFlickerSunday #MabelNormand #RoscoeArbuckle #SilentFilm

“Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life” (1915) (https://youtu.be/1pXAXg2SEfU?si=7kau3kdJC1ojS8zQ) is another from the series that features the chaos trio (Mabel Normand, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle & Al St. John) but this time they’re joined by The Keystone Kops
#SilentFlickerSunday #MabelNormand #RoscoeArbuckle #SilentFilm

Here’s the first in the popular Mabel Normand-“Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle comedy series “Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life” (1915) (https://youtu.be/zxIQWn_fN88?si=Y35YbaBtj4Eh4pam). This was co-directed by both Mabel Normand and Roscoe Arbuckle, who by this point had been directing and producing films both individually and jointly for about a year. It also features Arbuckle’s nephew and frequent collaborator Al St. John

#SilentFlickerSunday #MabelNormand #RoscoeArbuckle #SilentFilm

Next we have “Mabel’s New Hero” (1913) (https://youtu.be/KNV793zpPy4?si=GLfqK4YsxhvYiEQQ) which fully features Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle as her co-star. It’s also directed by Mack Sennett
#SilentFlickerSunday #MabelNormand #RoscoeArbuckle #SilentFilm

I know that Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle is barely in “Mabel’s Dramatic Career” but I think his wanting Mack Sennett to STFU is pretty memorable 😂
#SilentFlickerSunday #MabelsDramaticCareer #MabelNormand #RoscoeArbuckle #SilentFilm

“Mabel’s Dramatic Career” (1913) is notable for being one of the earliest examples of a film-within-a-film
#SilentFlickerSunday #MabelsDramaticCareer #MabelNormand #RoscoeArbuckle #SilentFilm

First up we have “Mabel’s Dramatic Career” (1913) (https://youtu.be/gSTM9GbpQ_Y?si=YikhFM9EdkNB6Nx8) directed by Keystone Films impresario and Mabel Normand’s future co-conspirator and on/off lover Mack Sennett
#SilentFlickerSunday #MabelsDramaticCareer #MabelNormand #RoscoeArbuckle #SilentFilm

In the tradition of early French Trick films by Georges Méliès, René Clair & Co. utilized camera tricks like “Pepper’s Ghost”, painted effects directly onto film stock and even the layering of film stock.
#SilentFlickerSunday #ThePhantomOfTheMoulinRouge #ReneClair #SilentFilm

Our leading lady is Russian-French actress and dancer Sandra Milovanoff (June 23, 1892-May 8, 1957), who was. mostly known for her #SilentFilm work- especially in the early work of René Clair
#SilentFlickerSunday #ThePhantomOfTheMoulinRouge #SandraMilovanoff #ReneClair

And now our feature presentation: “Le Fantôme du Moulin-Rouge” AKA “The Phantom of the Moulin Rouge” (https://youtu.be/x3WccaQGYwc?si=aGcXXzMiy49_E4Un) directed by French auteur René Clair
#SilentFlickerSunday #ThePhantomOfTheMoulinRouge #ReneClair #SilentFilm

Apologies to anyone with Trypophobia. Please come back in 15mins
#SilentFlickerSunday #NightHunter

Next is one that I’d wanted to share for a long while but I hadn’t found the entire film available before: “Night Hunter” (2011) (https://youtu.be/Y6fX430Gt5o?si=nTeTeVcKcVlr8InH) created and directed by American paper and film collage artist Stacey Steers.
#SilentFlickerSunday #NightHunter #StaceySteers #SilentFilm

First up we have “Poison” (1933)🇫🇷 (https://youtu.be/jcE9CodbZsI?si=JCZVaagIM5qjeXtJ) a short, surrealist “home video” of sorts made by and starring American Dada and Surealist artist Man Ray and German-born Swiss Surrealist artist and photographer Méret Oppenheim.
#SilentFlickerSunday #Poison #ManRay #MeretOppenheim #surrealism #SilentFilm

First up is the trick #SilentFilm “Le Locataire Diabolique” AKA “The Diabolic Tenant” (https://youtu.be/k2LdhpySMpA?si=jaAbJqdJPgEvMTwt) This film reflects Méliès’s frustration over his career’s financial issues. The hand colored “Le Locataire Diabolique” AKA “The Diabolic Tenant”was written, directed & stars French wizard of early film Georges Méliès and his Star Film players-including his son André Méliès.
#SilentFlickerSunday #LeLocataireDiabolique #TheDiabolicTenant #GeorgesMelies

First up is the trick #SilentFilm “Le Locataire Diabolique” AKA “The Diabolic Tenant” (https://youtu.be/k2LdhpySMpA?si=jaAbJqdJPgEvMTwt) This film reflects Méliès’s frustration over his career’s financial issues. The hand colored “Le Locataire Diabolique” AKA “The Diabolic Tenant”was written, directed & stars French wizard of early film Georges Méliès and his Star Film players-including his son André Méliès.
#SilentFlickerSunday #LeLocataireDiabolique #TheDiabolicTenant #GeorgesMelies

First up is the trick #SilentFilm “Le Locataire Diabolique” AKA “The Diabolic Tenant” (https://youtu.be/k2LdhpySMpA?si=jaAbJqdJPgEvMTwt) This film reflects Méliès’s frustration over his career’s financial issues. The hand colored “Le Locataire Diabolique” AKA “The Diabolic Tenant”was written, directed & stars French wizard of early film Georges Méliès and his Star Film players-including his son André Méliès.
#SilentFlickerSunday #LeLocataireDiabolique #TheDiabolicTenant #GeorgesMelies

First up is the trick #SilentFilm “Le Locataire Diabolique” AKA “The Diabolic Tenant” (https://youtu.be/k2LdhpySMpA?si=jaAbJqdJPgEvMTwt) This film reflects Méliès’s frustration over his career’s financial issues. The hand colored “Le Locataire Diabolique” AKA “The Diabolic Tenant”was written, directed & stars French wizard of early film Georges Méliès and his Star Film players-including his son André Méliès.
#SilentFlickerSunday #LeLocataireDiabolique #TheDiabolicTenant #GeorgesMelies

First up is the trick #SilentFilm “Le Locataire Diabolique” AKA “The Diabolic Tenant” (https://youtu.be/k2LdhpySMpA?si=jaAbJqdJPgEvMTwt) This film reflects Méliès’s frustration over his career’s financial issues. The hand colored “Le Locataire Diabolique” AKA “The Diabolic Tenant”was written, directed & stars French wizard of early film Georges Méliès and his Star Film players-including his son André Méliès.
#SilentFlickerSunday #LeLocataireDiabolique #TheDiabolicTenant #GeorgesMelies

Also, here's all of the #SilentFilm and Transitional Sound films on the TCM schedule in February. Please note that the annual #31DaysOfOscar begins on February 13 (https://www.tcm.com/articles/021882/31-days-of-oscar-part-i) if anyone's interested in watching #SilentFilm please drop by my #SilentFlickerSunday watch party on Sunday nights @ 10pm EST/9pm CST while #SilentSundayNights is off the air
#TCMParty

@analgesicsleep oh wow she was the female lead in the London After Midnight! #SilentFlickerSunday #LostFilm

“3 Bad Men”(1926) is considered an influence on Japanese director Akira Kurosawa’s “Three Bad Men in a Hidden Fortress”(1958)🇯🇵which in turn inspired George Lucas’s “Star Wars” series
#SilentFlickerSunday #3BadMen #TheHiddenFortress #StarWars #JohnFord #AkiraKurosawa #GeorgeLucas

“3 Bad Men” (1926) would be John Ford’s final #SilentFilm western of the silent era. He wouldn’t direct another western until over a decade later with “Stagecoach” (1939)
#SilentFlickerSunday #3BadMen #JohnFord

Our final film of the night is “3 Bad Men” (1926) (https://youtu.be/8qQrKkoykZQ?si=Knp8XUPPk70jtpim) directed & produced by John Ford and starring #SilentFilm megastar George O’Brien
#SilentFlickerSunday #3BadMen #JohnFord #GeorgeOBrien

First up is “The Good Bad Man” (1916) (https://youtu.be/a4XLkT6jNOY?si=mcIbWdUtXkYmACDr) directed by Allan Dwan and written, produced and starring Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
#SilentFlickerSunday #TheGoodBadMan #AllanDwan #DouglasFairbanksSr #SilentFilm

Harold Lloyd in “Girl Shy”(1924) x Buster Keaton in “Seven Chances”(1925)
#SilentFlickerSunday #GirlShy #SevenChances #HaroldLloyd #BusterKeaton #SilentFilm

Supposedly, “Won in a Cupboard” (1914) is a send up of D.W. Griffith’s short crime thriller “An Unseen Enemy” (1912), which was the first film to star The Gish Sisters.
#SilentFlickerSunday #WonInACupboard #MabelNormand #DWGriffith #AnUnseenEnemy #SilentFilm

First up, is “Won in a Cubboard” AKA “Won in a Closet” (1914) (https://tinyurl.com/yc2dchrb) starring and directed by Mabel Normand. This is the second film she ever directed. It was considered to be a lost film until it was rediscovered in an Aotearoa/New Zealand archive in 2010.
#SilentFlickerSunday #WonInACupboard #MabelNormand #SilentFilm

And finally, The short RomCom “Fatty and Mabel Adrift” (1916) (https://tinyurl.com/456aa2np) starring and directed by Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle and Mabel Normand
#SilentFlickerSunday #FattyAndMabelAdrift #SilentFilm #MabelNormand #RoscoeArbuckle

Despite their clear appreciation and respect for each other, William Gillette and Arthur Conan Doyle didn’t met until nearly 1900 when they met during one of Gillette’s London stage tours. The two men became lifelong friends after that.
#SilentFlickerSunday #SherlockHolmes #ACD #WilliamGillette