Silent Horror

Elmo Lincoln of the Apes

feeds@yuku.com (DoctorJekyll77) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:49:04 GMT

TARZAN OF THE APES (1918) isn't horror by any stretch, but this board has participants with resources and knowledge beyond all others, and I'm wondering about something. Elmo Lincoln (1889-1952) is credited as the first screen Tarzan (let's not get into semantics about Gordon Griffith) and later reputedly appeared in a couple of Tarzan "talkies" with Johnny Weissmuller and Lex Barker. Has anyone ever been able to ID Lincoln in either TARZAN"S NEW YORK ADVENTURE...

Link To Some Fritz Lang Photos

feeds@yuku.com (Buzz Dixon) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:44:32 GMT

Including a couple of behind the scenes shots from METROPOLIS and FRAU IM MOND that I wasn't familiar with and posters for a lot of his latter silent and Hollywood movies.

http://goldenagecomicbook...irectors-fritz-lang.html

Haunted Castle aka Schloß Vogeloed (1921)

feeds@yuku.com (Dr Acula) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:12:32 GMT

Is this early Murnau worth tracking down?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012651/

In the castle Vogeloed, a few aristocrats are awaiting baroness Safferstätt. But first count Oetsch invites himself.. Everyone thinks he murdered his brother, baroness Safferstat's first husband, three years ago. So he is rather undesirable. But Oetsch stays; arguing...

Exploits of Elaine / National Film Registry?

feeds@yuku.com (Barbenfouillis) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:55:06 GMT

I don't get it. E of E was added to the National Film Registry in 1994 according to this link:

http://www.nytimes.com/19...o-national-registry.html

According to Wikipedia (which I just happened to browse) "The National Film Registry preserves up to 25 "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant films" each year, showcasing the...

Silent: the movie (2008?)

feeds@yuku.com (rogueevolent) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:28:29 GMT

I didn't know whether to ask this question here, or over in the INDEPENDENT FILMS folder...

I saw today over at Luke McKernan's wonderful blog THE BIOSCOPE, some good info on an independent movie that came out last year, I guess, by the name of SILENT. Any of you familiar with it, see it, is it any good?

The site given in the BIOSCOPE for the movie is: http://silentthemovie.com/

--Jay

Premiere of Restored METROPOLIS

feeds@yuku.com (PhantomXCI) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:02:06 GMT

The restored version of METROPOLIS will receive its U.S. premiere at the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, April 22-25, 2010. Tickets for the 3 day event are extremely expensive ($399-$1,090), so I'm holding out for the DVD.

The European world premiere will take place a few months earlier (February 12) with a simultaneous live showing and TV broadcast on Arte.

Thanhouser Films

feeds@yuku.com (bgart13) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:57:32 GMT

While driving today, NPR had a bit about Thanhouser Films. Was a pretty interesting piece. What's the word from fans I can identify with about this company's output? http://www.thanhouser.org/ Ben

SOMEBODY HELP IDENTIFY THIS FILM

feeds@yuku.com (hamish) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:38:38 GMT

Does anybody know what film this gif is from? I'm wondering if it's from Murnau's 1926 'FAUST'

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/5287/organist.gif

Italian 1925 phantom... Anyone seen it?

feeds@yuku.com (jpakendal) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:32:17 GMT

Looking through some old threads on alt.movies.silent it seems there's a 35mm Italian print of the 1925 phantom. Is this the case or is it just another copy of the 1930 reissue? Has anyone seen it? John

New Trip To The Moon DVD ?

feeds@yuku.com (dhtreptow) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:12:28 GMT

Anyone know what this new release is all about? It's not super pricey, but I smell DVD-R.

Music for Haxan

feeds@yuku.com (rogueevolent) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:52:28 GMT

Maybe I should post this over at the Soundtracks/Horror Music page, but because a huge chunk of Paul Roland's cd is music he wrote for Haxan, I thought I'd drop it in here. fwiw.
Cd Baby says:
A double CD of unreleased songs by England's psychpop guru including his complete soundtrack recordings for the silent horror movie...

Regardless of the genre, what's your fave SIlent ?

feeds@yuku.com (FanOfHorror) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:07:03 GMT

Again, there will & should be many different answers. Now, because of the set design, makeup, other effects, I would say the Julian/Chaney POTO, but for me, I really like Chaplin's City Lights as it has a very well written story with a nice little twist at the end of the film. So they would be 1-2; at Halloween, it's POTO, other wise it's City Lights. And in 3rd ?All the other Chaney films !

It's odd as I love all of Chaplin's, but never a really fan of...

Anyone in Cardiff (Wales), check this out!!!

feeds@yuku.com (Alonso Chaney) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:19:09 GMT

http://www.chapter.org/17344.html

Hopefully this will take you to the screening of Dreyer's Vampyr!!!

If not, here's some info:

Thu 29 Oct
Iau 29 Hyd

Germany/1932/75mins/PG. Dir: Carl Theodor Dreyer. With Julian West, Maurice Schultz, Rena Mandel.

When a young traveller arrives at a dour and isolated village he is drawn into a nightmarish...

Phantom of the Opera & it's music

feeds@yuku.com (FanOfHorror) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:50:02 GMT

I love this film; one of my all time faves ! That said, I will never get used to the music when he first has Christine in his subterranean chambers, some 5 floors below, & again later on in his realm. The Classical piece is just too light & airy to have playing in the background. It should be slower, darker, perhaps a Wagner piece. I can't recall the name of the music, but it may very well have been used - amongst others - in a classic Casper The Ghost episode, when he...

Nosferatu's Make-up

feeds@yuku.com (Dr Acula) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:00:27 GMT

I've read quite a bit about what Chaney Sr. did for his various make-ups... but the only thing I've ever heard about Max Schrek's Nosferatu look was the urban legend that it was mostly his natural look, and not a make-up job.

So what do we actually know?

1) Did Schrek devise and apply his own make-up?
2) If not, who did?
3) What is the most likely things that was done to create the Nosferatu look? I'm going to guess there was nose putty for a...

The Cabinet Of Doctor Caligari (1919)

feeds@yuku.com (Tripod) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:15:11 GMT

This is one of the most influencial films of all-time, which can be credited as being the very first horror movie. The fact that it's still popular today----and still relevant-----is a statement to its artistic grandeur.

There's a constant duality and tension in the film between the storyline and the warped, surreal backgrounds. This expressionistic decor ultimately loses the battle, however, as you become focused on the story. And the classic twist at the end finally gives...

Soundtracks online for NOSFERATU, other silents?

feeds@yuku.com (bgart13) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:36:37 GMT

Has anyone ever found recordings that can be played at home with movies like NOSFERATU? I'm thinking about this, as I'm going to see it this evening with live piano by David Drazin here in Chicago. I see he has a cd or two available of bits he plays for silents on a website. I could imagine a blog having these or a site selling them cheap for download - simply DL them and play along on your iPod or stereo while the movie plays.

Ben

Miss Mend, a 1926 three-part serial / soon on DVD

feeds@yuku.com (Barbenfouillis) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:16:23 GMT

This announcement of a December DVD from Flicker Alley thanks to the ever diligent work of Bruce Calvert as posted over in Nitrateville:

http://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?t=4808

Steve

The House on Silent Hill

feeds@yuku.com (MonogramPictures) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:10:21 GMT

I watched Nosferatu over the summer with my friends and I had a challange late in September is to make an Silent Horror Short and this was produced with a shoe-string budget

This is a treat to Silent Horror Fans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTm4-U-0goU&feature=player_profilepage

The House on Silent Hill

feeds@yuku.com (MonogramPictures) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:10:11 GMT