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Intersting!

1959

*Buster Keaton ... I’d rather rewatch him and my Chaplin favs as well as our other respected pioneers of the genre repeatedly ad Infinitum* than most things modern. Unless they’re modern takes on older material for the sake of preservation. Like moving film to digital archives. So our ancestors don’t forget what *American Culture used to be with proper diction and enunciation and actual literacy and a non-monosyllabic repertoire without coming across as overly loquacious and accidentally snobbish. *Think Gore Vidal, (even Norman mailer) Dorothy kilgallen, Dick Cavette, Tom Snyder. Noam Chomsky. Etc etc. I don’t care about HD quality or FPS or nits or whatever jargon they use nowadays. America used to have a true grand culture worth respecting and appreciating. Not what it’s devolved into currently due to 1337 leet speak and autocorrect and near illiteracy condoned and actually made popular by our current generations ‘role models’ and what most of the world considers a sick joke of an educational system Sorry please excuse my outburst. I feel pretentious and almost like the very thing I’m complaining about now. I know many of you and us and our peers and acquaintances are perfectly admirable and I’m just making unfair broad oversimplifications and generalizations to prove a personal opinion passing it off at a factual point

That voice! Perhaps THE finest narration I've ever heard. Thank-you, Mr. Mason

He had a squeaky voice.

Can't stand Garbo.

Today we call IT the "manic pixie dream girl".

No mention of Buster Keaton?

Not only did Silents end, but at and around the same time, so did vaudeville. Vaudeville gave many early silent film actors another outlet to ply their craft. Only the legitimate stage was able to survive beyond silent and vaudeville.

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I love the way she deadpans the line, "They said he was a nice lion" - gives a withering sideway glance, "Two weeks later, it almost killsed someone" - dismissively, "We didn't know that then."

"The atrocities in this film were not committed by the Germans in World War I." Actually, they were.

I would agree that John Gilbert got a raw deal. His later sound films prove his voice was fine.

Fascinating stuff,!

Why don't these videos have more views? All these pioneer's voices in one series are priceless. Thank you for making them available.

I love this series that cover every aspect of early film making. Having these "unknowns" archived is invaluable. Thank you for posting this series!

These camermen were creative geniuses, to be sure. They were the first to work a concept never seen before, never dreamed of by most people, yet they are barely mentioned in early silent film studies. Wonderful to have these cameramen on film. That's one for the archives! Thank you for posting.

I was an odd kid in the 60’s….. my mom said every-time anything black & white came on our new colour tv I would scream ,” Mommy ! I found a black & white movie!” The love is with me 60 years later. Loved Lillian Gish & Mary Pickford❤️❤️❤️❤️🇨🇦

$12,500 a week was more than major CEOs were getting.

"Mr. Griffith loved the Black people." Oh, come on, Lillian! It's a great movie - and repulsive one.

Once you get into these incredible silent films, you get hooked . They have so much integrity.

Oh! how lucky those folk were, to be there at that time!

Edison claimed to have invented everything, he certainly invented himself!

What a splendid program, with the great James Mason at the helm. Silent films were a true art form in themselves , simply because you had to act the dialogue. I believe these great old films will have there day again, as pure Theatre, as the CTV. and real drama makes realistic acting redundant.

11:47 Hell hath no fury like an angry Caucasian man in power.

Awe, Clara... Hollywood chewed her up & spit her out. She glowed on screen. After her horrendous childhood & we won't mention what her father did to her...she just followed her dream to what she thought would make her happy. It did in the beginning, but then a different type of abuse set in.

Does anyone know the name of the music at 42:40? It's beautiful.

Well sex isnt all of it ...Edward G Robinson didnt have sex appeal..or Boris Karlov, or May Robson

Clara Bow made several 'talkies', so to say that she 'didn't make it' is simply not true. Just Googled it.....she made 11 talkies.

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I love the score to this documentary. Does anyone know what it’s called?

She was so beautiful, rest in peace Mary ❤️💕

85 percent of Silent Films are Gone Forever! Enjoy what you can

Buster Keaton was brilliant.

The powers that be tried their hardest to cover it up, but they couldn't quite pull it off... great series though.

It was very ironic that Douglas Fairbanks was not keen on talkies because he had considerable stage experience and thus had a pleasant speaking voice.

The companion series-the 6 part “Cinema Europe-The Other Hollywood”- can be seen on YT.

James Mason was the perfect narrator of this series. His voice is so unique and mellifluous without being obtrusive.

Lillian Gish (my favorite silent actress) says that making “The Wind” was her most uncomfortable experience making a film. I can only say, that slight woman had the endurance of a Spartan, considering what she went through to make “The Wind” and “Way Down East”. She was utterly dedicated to her art. She was, along with Mary Pickford, one of the first exponents of a more naturalistic acting style on film. They still couldn’t be completely natural in the modern acceptance of the concept, but it really wouldn’t have been possible in a silent film. Silent film really was its own art form. It was absolutely not just movies without speech.

❤👑✝️ I was a lonely little kid but, when I found Carmen Miranda movies 🎥 Idied@been watching her ever since💃💃💃🌹💃💃💃🌹💃

Thank you so very much for providing these videos of what is still the finest documentary series on Hollywood that has ever been made. I saw it when first shown on ITV in 1980 and have seen it again since. It gave me an interest in what many people still wrongly regard as non-movies and I have loved reading about and seeing silent films and studying them ever since then.And all those wonderful actors, directors, stuntmen all now no longer with us but capturing their memories of their glory days. This series will be watched again for sure.

Carl Davis' soundtrack for this series is fantastic. No other composers write better music for silent films.

George Folsey was the father of George Folsey, Jr. - longtime producer for John Landis

Pola Negri was besotted with Valentino, she claimed he wanted to propose to her with a engagement ring. She was beside herself with grief. Hollywood Babylon book suggested Valentino was bisexual, not sure if this was true, loved these pics all the same ❤❤❤

Amazing stuff, powerhouse film making!! Love it ❤❤❤❤❤

I love her energy. I absolutely love Carmen. Her music makes me happy.

A great history of silent films!

Dame Mae Fishman, a rising star in the silent film era, was a force to be reckoned with. Born at the turn of the 20th century, she was one of the earliest female figures to dominate the silver screen. Her talent caught the eye of Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Normand, who became her close friends. They spent countless hours together, sharing laughs and refining their craft. Her performances were so compelling that she was honored in both Germany and the United States. She even earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Despite the hurdles, Dame Mae Fishman refused to fade into oblivion. She pushed through, making her last film in 1939 before retiring from the big screen. Unfortunately, only seven of her silent films have survived the test of time. But those that remain serve as a reminder of her exceptional talent.

Who is the girl who dances next to the man with the hat at minute 0:44

Who is the girl who dances next to the man with the hat at minute 0:55