Could several silent films thought t be lost forever actually have copies residing in an archive in Cuba? Silent film historian Kevin Brownlow has reason to believe that is true. [click for more]
Virginia Davis, who starred in a series of short films for Walt Disney that combined animation and live action and pre-dated Mickey Mouse, died last Saturday, August 15, at her home in Corona, CA. She [click for more]
It has taken a year, but the only known nearly complete version of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis has finally made its way from where it was discovered in Buenos Aires to Wiesbaden, Germany where it will [click for more]
One of the greatest films of the silent era is Metropolis. A Gothic science-fiction tale and social critque, it is now taught in both film and literature courses in colleges and universities and continues to [click for more]
We all know that the early years of cinema are not known for their farsightedness in preserving the history was being creating. To many on the business side of things, movies were a disposable commodity. [click for more]
Fritz Lang’s 1927 gotchic science-fiction classic Metropolis has influenced numerous other films that have followed in the eight decades since its premier. Everything from James Whale’s original Frankenstein (1931) to the futuristic noir Blade Runner [click for more]
Despite missing the final 20 minutes, The Academy Film Archive will be screening the 1917 Lon Chaney drama Triumph this coming Thursday at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood as part of their occasional “Lost [click for more]
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