Before dialogue became the heart of cinema, silent film stars captured audiences through expression, presence, and pure screen charisma. The 1920s were a golden era for these performers, who became ...

Yvonne Stevens, 104, an actress who appeared in silent-film comedies and melodramas and was the first wife of Academy Award-winning director George Stevens, died of a heart ailment May 27 at her home ...

The Franklin Historical Museum has launched a new series called “Cinema 80” and this month is featuring the films of Harold Lloyd, a 1920s comedian who rivaled Charlie Chaplin for keeping audiences ...

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 ...

Silent Movie Mondays Season Three continues with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), a spine-tingling silent classic setting the tone for an autumn filled with suspense. Organist David Marsh provides live ...

Accompanying a 1920s silent film might be akin to the improvisation of the Jazz Age. “It all comes out of my imagination,” organist Dennis Scott says. “My sheet music is the image on the screen. I ...