The 1915 motion picture released by Universal was listed by the Library of Congress as among 7,000 silent films believed to be lost forever. The director and star of the film was Francis Ford ...

So often we read about the movie moguls who created and ran the Hollywood movie industry. Louis B. Mayer, Jesse Lasky, Carl ...

Northwest Siders are mourning the loss of the accomplished photoplay organist who founded the Silent Film Society of Chicago and was instrumental in getting the Portage Theater landmarked.

Both exalt art as a calling. After a movie collapses as a result of a scandal, Tinseltown’s moguls blacklist Klaus, who flees ...

Dennis Wolkowicz accompaned silent films in Chicago-area theaters for ... His wife serves as executive director of the organization and he served on its board. “He just wanted the best for ...

See an hourlong documentary about silent film comedy. See a short compilation of films made between 1907 and 1912 by actor and director Max Linder. See "Ice Cold Cocos," a 1926 short film ...