It’s been a moment since the world’s first real motion picture debuted, the 1895 black-and-white documentary “Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory in Lyon.” But in some minds silent films are as ...

Studios often destroyed prints to reclaim silver from the reels or simply tossed them aside once profits dried up. By the time preservation efforts began in earnest, it was too late for most. Nearly ...

It took a little detective work - and a lot of patience - for film restorers Robert Harris and James Mockoski to realize the long "lost" 1926 comedy "The New Klondike" wasn't missing after all. Now, ...

The arguments are legion for seeing motion pictures in a movie theater rather than on a home screen or (perish the thought) cellphone. It’s all the more true for silent films. And that case was ...

Feb. 5 (UPI) --A 1915 silent film about Abraham Lincoln was thought to be lost forever before being found in a warehouse on New York's Long Island. Dan Martin, a summer intern at Historic Films ...

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 ...

San Diego Theatres will screen a series of silent films accompanied by organists on various Mondays beginning in August at the Balboa Theatre in the Gaslamp. This special showcase invites audience ...