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As The Golden Age of Swedish Silent Film Begins to Wane
Swedish Silent Film Companies Merge Author Leif Furhammar has written that the merger between Swedish Silent Film companies Svensk Bio and Skandia to form Svensk Filmindustri took place in 1919, after...
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The Golden Age of Swedish Silent Film: Victor Sjostrom and Mauritz Stiller
"The Image Makers see their images emerge out of the story. And then suddenly: darkness."- Per Olov Enquist in Bildmakarna, a fictional account of Victor Sjostrom, Julius Jaenzon, Tora Teje and Selma...
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Before Charles Magnusson, who became manager of Svenska Bio during 1909, had initiated the beginning of the classic period of the Golden Age of Swedish Silent Film, while Victor Sjostrom and Mauritz...
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Sweden Talks, Waiting in Vain for Greta Garbo; Victor Sjostrom the actor
Author Jon Wengstrom has noted that as early as October of 1933 director Gustaf Molander and cameraman Julius Jaenzon were among the founding members of the Swedish Film Society (Svenska...
View ArticleScott Lord Scandinavian Silent Film: The Gardner (Tradgardsmastanen, Vic...
Banned in Sweden during 1912, "The Gardner", written by Mauritz Stiller and directed by Victor Sjostrom was thought to be lost untill a surviving copy was found sixty eight years later in the Library...
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Scott Lord Silent Film: Rudolph Valentino in The Sheik (Melford,1921)
The 1921 Photoplay review of "The Sheik", starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayers may or may not infact seem cryptic to modern readers, "For the glamor and beauty of the desert, the colorful...
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Scott Lord Silent Film: Lon Chaney in The Trap (Thomby, 1922)
"The Trap" (six reels) by directed by Robert Thorby featured both actors Lon Chaney and Lon Chaney Jr. The scenario of "The Trap" was written by George C. Hull from a story by Lon Chaney. The film was...
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: Lon Chaney in The Scarlet Car (DeGrasse, 1917)
Directed by Joseph de Grasse during 1917, "The Scarlet Claw" starred Lon Chaney, Franklin Farnum and Edith Johnson.During 1917, Joseph de Grasse also directed Franklin Farnum and Lon Chaney in the film...
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: Lon Chaney in The Monster (West, 1925)
Roland West directed Lon Chaney during 1925 for Metro Goldwyn in "The Monster", costarring Gertrude Olmstead. "The Monster" was photographed by cameraman Hal Mohr.In his biography Faces, Forms, Films,...
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Scott Lord Silent Film: Lon Chaney in Mr. Wu (William Nigh, 1927)
William Nigh directed Lon Chaney in "Mr. Wu" costarring actresses Louise Dresser, Gertrude Olmstead and Renee Adoree. "Mr Wu" was photographed by cameraman John Arbold. The periodical Moving Picture...
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Scott Lord Silent Film: Lon Chaney in He Who Gets Slapped (Victor Seastr...
Scholar Bo Florin points out that a famikar image in "He Who Gets Slapped" (seven reels), directed by Victor Sjostrom is referred to in the cutting continuity script as the "Symbolic Clown", the...
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: Lon Chaney in While the City Sleeps (Jack Conway...
Biographer Robert G. Anderson, in his his volume Faces, Forms and Films, the artistry of Lon Chaney, describes the portrayals made by the Man of A Thousand Faces, including thos in which he used...
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: Lon Chaney in The Ace of Hearts (Worsley, 1921)
During 1921 Wallace Worsley directed Lon Chaney with actress Leatrice Joy. "The Ace of Hearts" was photographed by cameraman Don Short.Lon ChanaeyLon ChaneyLon Chaney Movie Posters
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Scott Lord Silent Film: Lon Chaney in Oliver Twist (Frank Lloyd, 1922)
Frank Lloyd directed and co-scripted with Harry Weil the film "Oliver Twist" for First National during 1922. Lon Chaney stars in the film with child actor Jackie Coogan. Robert G. Anderson, in his...
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Scott Lord Silent Film: Lon Chaney in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Worsley,...
Prior to having directed Lon Chaney in the twelve reel silent film“The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Wallace Worsely had been behind the camera for the films “The Penalty” (1920” and “The Ace of Hearts”...
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Scott Lord Silent Film: Lon Chaney in Victory (Maurice Tourneur, 1919)
Robert Gordon Anderson, in his 1971 volume Faces, Forms, Films, the artistry of Lon Chaney, writes about the film "Victory" (five reels), directed by Maurice Tournuer. "The picture had good reviews...
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View ArticleSwedish Silent Film: Monastery of Sendomir (Klostret I Sendomir, Victor...
Bo Florin, Stockholm University, in his volume Transition and Transformation, Victor Sjostrom in Hollywood 1923-1930, points to Victor Sjostrom's use of dissolves in the film "Monastery of Sedomir" as...
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Scott Lord Silent Film: Hotel Imperial (Mauritz Stiller, 1927)
The periodical Photoplay during 1927 looked at the film "Hotel Imperial", "Here is a new Pola Negri in a film story at once absorbing and splendidly directed...Hotel Imperial places Mauritz Stiller at...
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Scott Lord Silent Film: A Little Princess (Neilan, 1917)
Silent FilmScott Lord Marshall Neilan during 1917 directed actress Mary Pickford with actresses Kathleen Griffith, Zazu Pitts, and Ann Schraeder in "The Little Princess" (five reels) with a photplay...
View ArticleGreta Garbo before Hollywood- Lars Hanson
The 1927 article "Swedish Hospitality featured in Motion Picture Magazine gave an account of journalist Rilla Page Palmborg, author of "The Private Life of Greta Garbo", being entertained by actor...
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View ArticleScott Lord: Greta Garbo in The Divine Woman (1928, Victor Sjostrom)
"The Divine Woman" directed in the United States during 1928 featured three Swedish Silent Film stars from the Golden Age of Swedish Silent film, two of whom, Victor Sjostrom and Lars Hanson, would...
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: An Unseen Enemy (D.W. Griffith, Biograph 1912)
The year 1912 was to mark the first film with Lillian and Dorothy Gish, “An Unseen Enemy” (one reel), directed by D.W. Griffith. Lillian and Dorothy Gish appeared in a dozen two reel films together...
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: The Water Nymph (Sennett, Keystone, 1912)
The 1912 directorial debut of Mack Sennett for the Keystone Film Company, "The Water Nymph" starred actress Mabel Normand. Silent Film
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Under the Red Robe (Victor Sjostrom, 1937)
Advertisements placed in the Motion Picture Herald during 1937 noted the film "Under The Red Robe, directed by Victor Sjostrom as having been adapted from the "unforgettable novel" written by Stanley...
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Scott Lord Swedish Silent Film: The Phantom Carriage (Korkarlen,Victor...
With the subtitles Sweden Strikes a Lyrical Note, Garbo is Lost and Found, and Sweden Studio is Re-Born, in 1947 author Leslie Wood, in her book Miracle of the Movies, note the contribution of Victor...
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