330: Foolish Wives

Archival Spaces 330 Flicker Alley’s Foolish Wives (1922) Uploaded 15 September 2023 I met Arthur Lennig several times in the mid-1970s to late 1980s, mostly at IAMHIST (International Association of Audio-Media and History) Conferences, where he talked about his work on Stroheim and Griffith. He was really quite passionate about his research, that energy resultingContinue reading “330: Foolish Wives”

329: Tales from the Vault

Archival Spaces 329 Tales from the Vaults: Film Technology over the Years and across Continents Uploaded 1 September 2023 When I was a post-graduate intern at George Eastman Museum in the mid-1970s, I was sent by the Film Department to Yonkers, New York, to deliver a 28mm print of The Yellow Girl (1915) to DonContinue reading “329: Tales from the Vault”

328: Bonn Silent Film Fest

Archival Spaces 328 Bonn Silent Film Festival Uploaded 18 August 2023 I first wrote about the Bonn Summer Cinema – International Silent Film Festival two years ago. This week I’ve again been able to view films at the Festival for this 39th iteration from 10 – 20 August 2023. As in the past several yearsContinue reading “328: Bonn Silent Film Fest”

327: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Archival Spaces 327 A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream (1925) restored Uploaded 4 August 2023 One of the films I was most looking forward to at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival was the world premiere of the previously lost German film, A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream (1925) because I had as Director of UCLA Film & TelevisionContinue reading “327: A Midsummer Night’s Dream”