It’s hard to sum up the work silent film historian Ben Model does under one profession; he’s a preservationist, a lecturer and teacher, an author, and accompanist and composer who performs his own ...

Featuring actors like Clara Bow and Richard Arlen, Wings, released back in 1927, emerged as the only silent film in the history of the cinema to win a specific, highly prestigious award at the Oscars.

FREMONT, Calif. -- The Historic District of Niles in Fremont, Calif. is a living piece of history in the Bay Area. The district houses many original buildings built more than 100 years ago. Among ...

With Taylor Swift singing songs about Clara Bow, audiences have turned their attention to the first days of cinema. But even the most hardened Swiftie might find themselves confused by a strange ...

British actor, director, screenwriter and producer Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin and American actor Tom Murray in a scene from "The Gold Rush." While there are modern silent classics, such as ...

So many silent films have been lost, and with them significant aspects of the early history of the Hollywood film industry that women like June Mathis did so much to establish. Thomas J. Slater ...

The stars of yesteryear like Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Anita Page, and Harrold Lloyd, may be long gone, but they can still be seen on the big screen. And for anyone who loves film history or ...

NEWBURYPORT — The Newburyport Public Library is hosting History of Silent Movies on Tuesday, at 6:30 p.m. at the High Street library. Come take a look at newsreels, cartoons, early comedy, historical ...