La Petite merchande d’allumettes (1928) Director: Jean Renoir ★★★★☆ "The Little Match Girl" is a beautiful and dreamy short Renoir silent film. It is difficult to find a bad Renoir film. "The Little Match Girl" is a sad little story, but the cinematography and editing in this film makes incredible use of the camera -from … Continue reading La Petite merchande d’allumettes (1928)
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Robin Hood
Robin Hood (1922) Director: Allan Dwan ★★★★☆ Robin Hood is a notable epic of the silent era. The title was actually copyrighted in 1922 as "Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood." It was one of the most expensive films of the 1920s with a budget estimated to be as much as $1,000,000. It was the first … Continue reading Robin Hood
Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam
Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (The Golem: How He Came Into The World) (1920) Director: Paul Wegener, Carl Boese ★★★★☆ The Golem is a visually stunning film: its scenes are impressive, particularly the set designs. It beautifully captures an old European-Jewish ghetto while the terrible golem creature is fearsome and unpredictable, however, … Continue reading Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam
The Short Films of the Edison Studio
On the Short Films of the Edison Studio Blacksmithing Scene (1893) Director: W.K.L. Dickson The "blacksmithing scene" short clip is significant for being the first publicly shown Kinetograph motion picture in May 1893. It features a still camera recording of three blacksmiths hammering, pausing for a moment to share a drink of beer, and then … Continue reading The Short Films of the Edison Studio
The Kid Brother
The Kid Brother (1927) Director: Ted Wilde (though there were several directors) ★★★☆☆ The Kid Brother is another fun movie from Harold Lloyd. As usual, the Criterion Collection did a masterful job of revitalizing this Harold Lloyd film, though I prefer Lloyd's most popular film, Safety Last! Nevertheless, it is an amusing film worth seeing for lovers of … Continue reading The Kid Brother
The Littlest Rebel
The Littlest Rebel (1935) Director: David Butler The film is a beautiful and classically heart-warming tale of a Southern plantation family during the American Civil War. It was released in 1935, and became a top box-office film, along with Shirley Temple's signature performance in Curly Top, which was also released in 1935. Shirley Temple stars alongside Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, the … Continue reading The Littlest Rebel
