In one film, a housemaid is lighting a fire when she spontaneously combusts out of the chimney. Her body parts rain down on the village. When she returns, as a ghost, to her gravestone, the audience ...

Michael Britt has a general idea of the music he'll play during his performance this year at Artscape. But then again, things could change. Britt, who received a bachelor's degree in Organ Performance ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In our time, so far removed from the early days of cinema, silent films are considered obscure, ...

Silent film and slapstick comedy were reborn to the lively, hoppy beat of “Easy Street” and “Train a Comin'" last week at Central-Linc School. Kids took turns performing original skits with ...

The indie success story of the year is for a movie you maybe haven’t heard of: “Hundreds of Beavers.” Director Mike Cheslik’s film is a black-and-white, silent, slapstick comedy about a fur trapper ...

With Taylor Swift singing songs about Clara Bow, audiences have turned their attention to the first days of cinema. But even the most hardened Swiftie might find themselves confused by a strange ...

The shift from silent films to talkies was a huge deal for actors in the late 1920s. Many silent film stars found it difficult to “find their voice” and place in this new Hollywood medium, which ...

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Willie Barcena: will be taping his shows for his next special, “But, You Don’t Hear Me Though.” 8 and 10 p.m. today and Saturday, The Ice House, 24 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, $25, plus two-drink ...

Silent film and slapstick comedy were reborn to the lively, hoppy beat of “Easy Street” and “Train a Comin'" last week at Central-Linc School. Kids took turns performing original skits with ...