Mary Pickford as introduced in the credits of Tess of the Storm Country (1914).
Theda Bara (and victim) in A Fool There Was (1915).
Theda Bara tantalizes Edward José in A Fool There Was (1915).
Quirky, little-known silent comedy character Musty Suffer (Harry Watson, Jr.) in Musty’s Vacation (1917). Click the title to watch the complete one-reeler uploaded and scored by my friend Ben Model, an amazing accompanist and film historian!
From F. Percy Smith’s The Birth of a Flower (1910).
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Harold Lloyd devours some flapjacks—with his own peculiar brand of table manners—in From Hand to Mouth (1919).
Happy National Pancake Day!
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Mabel Normand in Fatty and Mabel Adrift (1916).
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Happy Valentine's Day! Max Linder woos an English girl with gestures in Max Speaks English or L’anglais tel que Max le parle (1914).
Mabel Normand in Mickey (1918). If Normand were alive to hear people say that silent movies are dull, she'd probably deck 'em. Not only was Normand a hilarious comic actor, but she also wrote, directed, and produced films as early as 1914. She was some kind of badass and a very funny lady. You can watch Mickey for free at the Internet Archive.
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Happy birthday, Mabel Normand! From Fatty and Mabel Adrift (1916).
Lil Dagover in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919).
Fantastic news for Sherlock Holmes fans! A nitrate print of the 1916 film Sherlock Holmes, long presumed lost, was discovered at the Cinémathèque Française! Starring matinee idol William Gillette and based on the play he wrote, the movie portrayed Holmes as both a great genius and a distinctly romantic figure, shaping today's popular image of the great detective. A restoration is in progress and will premiere in Paris this upcoming January.
From Abel Gance's anti-war masterpiece J'Accuse (1919).
Theda Bara with her dog, Admiral Peary, on the set of Cleopatra (1917).