Showing posts with label 1910s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1910s. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 25, 2023

'The Good Bad-Man' is Excellent

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The Good Bad-Man (1916/1923) Starring: Douglas Fairbanks, Bessie Love, Sam de Grasse, and Pomeroy Cannon Director: Allan Dwan Rating: Eight ...
Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Film Clears Boy of False Charges! Read... um, WATCH all about it!

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The Evidence of the Film (1913) Starring: Florence La Badie, Marie Eline, and William Garwood Directors: Lawrence Marston and Edwin Thanhous...
Tuesday, April 25, 2023

What's here is funny stuff, but...

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Take a Chance (1918) Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Harry 'Snub' Pollard, William Blaisdell, Belle Mitchell, and Helen Gilmore Director...
Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Interesting gothic romance that's too slow in the wind-up

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The Portrait of the Lady Anne (1912) Starring: Florence La Badie, Henry Benham, and William Russell Director: Lloyd Lonergan Rating: Five of...
Thursday, January 19, 2023

'Troublesome Secretaries' is a goofy romantic comedy

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Troublesome Secretaries (1911) Starring: John Bunny, Mabel Normand, and Ralph Ince Director: Ralph Ince Rating: Seven of Ten Stars An overpr...
Thursday, January 5, 2023

'What the Doctor Ordered' is okay medicine

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What the Doctor Ordered (1912) Starring: Mack Sennett, Mabel Normand, Edward Dillon, Jack Pickford, Kate Toncray, and J. Jiquel Lanoe Direc...
Friday, August 12, 2022

D.W. Griffith brings us a fine drama starring two great actresses

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The Mender of Nets (1912) Starring: Mary Pickford, Charles West, Mabel Normand, Dell Henderson, and W. Chrystie Miller Director: D.W. Griffi...
Tuesday, June 14, 2022

A high-flying early action/comedy!

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A Dash Through the Clouds (1912) Starring: Mabel Normand, Fred Mace, Phillip Orin Parmelee, Jack Pickford, and Sylvia Ashton Director: Mack ...
Thursday, May 26, 2022

Dont be shy. Watch 'Bashful'!

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Bashful (1917) Starring: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, William Blaisdell, Snub Pollard, Belle Mitchell, and Bud Jamison Director: Alf Goulding...
Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Men, Women, and In-Between in the Workplace

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Mabel's Stratagem (1912) Starring: Mabel Normand, Fred Mace, and Alice Davenport Director: Mack Sennett Rating: Six of Ten Stars A secre...
Tuesday, March 15, 2022

'The Non-Stop Kid' is non-stop funny

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The Non-Stop Kid (1918) Starring: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Snub Pollard, William Blaisdell, Billy Fay, Lew Harvey, and Sammy Brooks Direc...
Thursday, September 9, 2021

Silent action film 'A Beast at Bay' holds up

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A Beast at Bay (1912) Starring: Mary Pickford, Alfred Paget, Edwin August, and Henry Lehrman Director: D.W. Griffith Rating: Nine of Ten Sta...
Sunday, May 16, 2021

'Move On' is worth pausing for

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Move On (1917) Starring: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, William Blaisdell, and Sammy Brooks Directors: Billy Gilbert and Gilbert Pratt Rating: ...
Tuesday, April 27, 2021

You should witness 'Shep's Race with Death'

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Shep's Race with Death (1914) Starring: Shep the Dog, Marion Fairbanks & Madeline Fairbanks [as the Thanhouser Twins], J.S. Murray, ...
Sunday, April 18, 2021

'Doctor Cupid' is predictable but still well-done

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Doctor Cupid (1911) Starring: John Bunny, Carlyle Blackwell, and Edith Storey Director: Unknown Rating: Seven of Ten Stars A young poet (Bla...
Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Harold and Bebe grapple with 'Spring Fever'

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Spring Fever (1919) Starring: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Snub Pollard, Noah Young, Fred C. Newmeyer, Marie Mosquini, Gus Leonard, and Raye ...
Thursday, February 11, 2021

'Mabel's Strange Predicament' is worth witnessing

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Mabel's Strange Predicament (1914) Starring: Mabel Normand, Charlie Chaplin, Chester Conklin, Harry McCoy, and Alice Davenport Director:...
Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Krazy Kat in motion

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Krazy Kat Goes A Wooing (1916) Starring: N/A Director: Leon Searl Rating: Seven of Ten Stars Krazy Kat goes to serenade Ignatz Mouse.  If th...
Friday, December 18, 2020

'The False Magistrate' is silent end for Fantomas

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The False Magistrate (1914) Starring: René Navarre, Germaine Pelisse, Mesnery, Suzanne Le Bret, Laurent Morleas, Georges Melchior, and Edmon...
Friday, December 4, 2020

Strong ideas, weak execution, and a bad ending

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Fantomas vs. Fantomas (1914) Starring: René Navarre, Georges Melchior, Renée Carl, Edmund Breon, and Laurnt Morleas Director: Louis Feuillad...