The silent film era feels almost like a dream now, a time when everything was new, and nothing about movies was certain. Actors had to rely on their eyes, their hands, and the smallest lift of a smile ...

In Birth of the Pearl, an early silent film (1901) by Frederick S. Armitage, a woman slowly rises from a giant oyster shell. She looks annoyed to be awake, rolling her eyes, and striking a halfhearted ...

Henry Roberts discovers a programme of classic films at HippFest, a movie celebration in the most unlikely of locations ...

Silent films were never really silent. Theaters filled them with live music… from lone pianos to full orchestras. This week on Reel Music, hear powerful themes from early cinema, including Wings, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Bengtson Powell on the corner of Powell and Washington Streets in San Francisco where scenes with Buster Keaton and the ...

Among the fellowship of silent-movie fans, if you needed to know exactly where Buster Keaton ran down a San Francisco hill - or which Los Angeles alley Charlie Chaplin turned into a comic battleground ...