Essays on Silent Film

The history of film, much like any other industry throughout time, has largely been male-dominated, with the vast majority of opportunities and accolades going to male filmmakers. However, it is important to note the influence of women in the film industry, and the sorely underappreciated role they have throughout the history of cinema. When tracking women directors through the 100+ years film has existed, their impacts and struggles has ebbed and flowed in surprising ways. From the silent film era’s breadth of opportunities to modern filmmaking’s slow but steady infiltration of women directors today, female filmmakers have ...

This review is devoted to the French film “Ménilmontant”. It is truly a pearl of avant-garde culture, which will definitely touch your heart with its sensible characters’ stories. Directed by Dmitri Kirsnoff (Russian by his origin) in 1926, this is a beautiful example of the combination of pure French romanticism and sensitiveness with Russian rapidness and assertiveness. One can find “Ménilmontant” just another story about a broken-hearted girl, but if one looks deeper into her story, tries to see the situation with her eyes, it appears, that her character has some kind of evolution. This evolution ends ...

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The part in question begins on a night when Nina sleepwalks and heads to the terrace where Lucy follows her. Nina points out to Lucy that somebody is coming and that she is obliged to go and meet him in person. We are then taken to another scene at the Bremen harbor where we are shown the Demeter sailing into the port. Reinfield is locked up in a cell at the Sanitorium where he attempts to escape by climbing out through the window. The film is in the form of silent film, and the narrations, and explanations reveal that he is ...

Thames Television produced the series in the 1980, and it explored the making of Hollywood Studio and the influence it had on the culture of 1920s. Every episode of the thirteen in the series was made to center on a precise characteristic of Hollywood past. This term paper examines two episodes of “Hollywood-The Silent Era” namely; “The Pioneers” and “The Man with the Megaphone”. The documentary is written and directed by Kevin Burrow and David Gill.

The pioneers

The Pioneers is the first episode of the series, and it outlines the transition of the film over a period. The episode details how the ...

- Harry and Reasons for escapes. - Types of magic tricks and escapes. Harry Houdini performed magic tricks in which he escaped from bondage by different objects. It included chains and handcuffs through which he would be tied first before he could manage to get off the chains and escape. He also performed magic tricks in which he was buried, but still managed to get him out of the coffins and the soil hence cheating death. His escapes were from different objects that were tied around his body or in the hands and legs only (Phillips). ...

Canadian History

Thesis Statement: America's sweetheart “Mary Pickford”, who was a strong, career oriented women and significantly contributed to Canada's society as she helped change the role of women in the “1920's”, and was known as a trend setter in fashion and influenced the American life and culture in Canada. The contribution of Mary Pickford in Canadian history goes a long way. Pickford became one of the well-loved artists of all time, as she became instrumental in establishing United Artists in the year 1919. She started to join the theater at age seven and was identified by the name “Baby Gladys Smith” and adopted ...

BEETHOVEN - Coriolan Overture, Op. 62HUGO GONZALEZ-PIOLI - The Love of Zero (Bassoon Concerto with Robert Florey's 1927 short silent film) (US premiere)ANNA CLYNE - Within Her ArmsSHOSTAKOVICH - Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107 The concert got underway with a rip roaring performance of Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture. Here the LACO played with considerable technical panache and demonstrated an intricate and almost intimate understanding of the work which is one of the most difficult of Beethoven’s overtures to bring off. The strong introduction showed off the LACO strings to excellent effect and the winds ...

Compare and Contrast the Gold Rush and. Battleship Potemkin

Battleship Potemkin is a 1925 silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein and produced by Mosfilm. The film presents a dramatized version of the mutiny that took place in 1905 when the crew of the Russian battleship, Potemkin rebelled against their officers. On the other hand, “The Gold Rush” is a silent film comedy written, produced, and directed by Charlie Chaplin in 1925 where he stars in his Little Tramp role. The film narrates a story of the Gold Rush, where Charlie Chaplin searches for gold in Arkansas. The aim of this paper is to compare and contrast the two films by making specific ...

This was the blurb which introduced the concert:

“Be there for a triumphant return and an auspicious introduction! MacArthur 'Genius Grant' recipient Alisa Weilerstein, graduated from Columbia University in Russian history, brings a depth of understanding to the concerto Shostakovich originally wrote for the great cellist Rostropovich. LACO principal Kenneth Munday introduces you to a novel bassoon concerto performed with Florey's avant-garde silent film. The music is the creation of talented USC graduate Hugo Gonzalez-Pioli - another LACO first”.The evening's program included:Jeffrey Kahane, conductorAlisa Weilerstein, celloKenneth Munday, bassoonBEETHOVEN - Coriolan Overture, Op. 62HUGO GONZALEZ-PIOLI - The Love of Zero (Bassoon Concerto with Robert Florey's 1927 short silent film) (US ...

Movie review: The Artist

Introduction Michel Hazanavicius' interesting courageous, non-verbal comedy-drama, was a movie that lacked talking but did build up some nonverbal performance. The Artist displays a performance idol in Hollywood right before talkies came on the scene. His marriage appears to be on the rocks, and things start to change for him once he meets the go-getting chorus girl Peppy Miller and is smitten. Very quickly thereafter, sound comes to movies, and George throws every penny right into the last classic silent film, while Peppy turns out to be the infamous star of the new period. This essay will discuss the scenes ...

The Kid, a 1921 film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, is a tale of a tramp (Chaplin) who happens upon an abandoned baby and raises it as his own. Made in 1921, this film draws greatly upon Chaplin's own experiences as a child, and was a breakthrough for the silent film actor from shorts into successful feature length films. Still reeling from the end of World War I and the start of Prohibition, the United States in 1921 was dealing with its newfound prosperity and stricter moral code on the part of the state. This film helped to prove that Chaplin's comedic stylings ...