Archival Spaces 355 Puffy’s Tragic End Uploaded 6 September 2024 Whenever they needed a fat man, Károly Huszár at 290 lbs. was there. Starting his film career with Michael Curtiz in Hungary in 1913, the comedian moved to Germany in 1920, before becoming a star of short comedies for Universal in 1924, as well asContinue reading “355: Charles Puffy”
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332: The Spanish Dancer (1923)
Archival Spaces 332 The Spanish Dancer (1923) on Blu-Ray Uploaded 13 October 2023 I first saw Herbert Brenon’s The Spanish Dancer (1923) in 1996 at the Giornate del Cinema Muto, when the Festival presented a mini-retrospective, “A Kiss for Herbert Brenon.” I had first discovered la Negri in her German films with Ernst Lubitsch, mostContinue reading “332: The Spanish Dancer (1923)”
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”
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”
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