Charlie Chaplin is one of the greatest silent film stars and movies like The Great Dictator and City Lights show why he was one of the best. Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's famed 1886 novella ...
The 2025 Student Silent Film Festival held at the Tivoli Theatre in Downers Grove on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (James C. Svehla) All films screened at Tivoli last week were accompanied by live music.
Chaplin declared several times that this was the film for which he most wanted to be remembered.[2] Though a silent film, it received an Academy Awards nomination for Best Sound Recording In 1431, ...
“In the silent film, it all has to be done with the shots ... At the end of the evening, three schools walked away with the top prizes — in no particular order: Oak Forest High with ...
Even if its two-hour-plus runtime might turn off some viewers, Robin Hood has an immediacy not often seen in movies today. Image Credit: United Artists. Some readers might argue that silent cinema ...
Some readers might argue that silent cinema newcomers should check out Modern Times much sooner, as many regard it not just the best Chaplin movie but one of the greatest films of all time.
Image Credit: United Artists. Some readers might argue that silent cinema newcomers should check out Modern Times much sooner, as many regard it not just the best Chaplin movie but one of the greatest ...
Silent Witness fans will be very used to Emilia Fox’s face by now - she has led the cast since 2004, more than 20 years now. But as well as playing Dr Nikki Alexander she’s had plenty of other major ...