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Audiobooks are here to save the day!

The theaters are packed. The weather isn’t pleasant. A better alternative? Audiobooks. And not just any, but the audiobooks of the movies...
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Georges Méliès - Cinemagician of the early movies

By Thomas Gladysz San Francisco Silent Film Examiner For good reason, the early French filmmaker Georges Méliès was called a &ldquo...
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Exploring the avant-garde, or Weldon Kees where are you?

By Thomas Gladysz San Francisco Silent Film Examiner The "avant-garde" - it’s a French term which means "advance guard."...
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Miss Mend is masterful melodramatic mash-up

By Thomas Gladysz San Francisco Silent Film Examiner Chances are even the most dedicated film buff hasn’t heard of Miss Mend. It is unlike...
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Rare Louise Brooks films issued on DVD

By Thomas Gladysz San Francisco Silent Film Examiner The silent movie star Louise Brooks has long been a local favorite. And her films, especially...
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What we want for Christmas . . .

By Thomas Gladysz San Francisco Silent Film Examiner What we want for Christmas . . . are more DVD’s featuring Louise Brooks. Best known for...
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Best DVDs of 2009

By Thomas Gladysz San Francisco Silent Film Examiner This year was a good year for F.W. Murnau. The great German director saw a number of his films...
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J'Accuse - a masterpiece not to be missed

By Thomas Gladysz San Francisco Silent Film Examiner From its opening credits – in which the film’s title is spelled out through masses...
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Bardeleys the Magnificent is that

By Thomas GladyszSF Silent Film ExaminerIt’s a sad fact. Today, at least 70% of the films made during the silent era are lost. Some...
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Old San Francisco among newly released silent films

By Thomas GladyszSF Silent Film ExaminerWe see San Francisco destroyed. Buildings shake, and crumble. Rubble rains down. Men, women, and children...
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