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Dedicated to the Art of Silent Film - with regard for the past, and an eye forward.

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The basic visual aesthetics of the silent era pt. 2: lab work and speed
rack and tank film processing Another visual quality characteristic of the silent era you might notice is a pulsating in the image.  The blacks do not stay at a constant level, but in a...
Joanthewoman
The basic visual aesthetics of the silent era pt. 1: ortho film and color
If you are new to films from the silent era, you may have noticed a distinctive look to the image, or depending on what you’ve seen, even thought the films look bad due to early technology being primitive...
Still from Maurice Tourneur's 1918 film Prunella.
introduction and mission
Hello, you don’t know me, but I want to talk to you about silent film.  For my credentials: I am a graduate of the L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation at the George Eastman Museum....