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British silent film screenings, autumn 2011
Underground (1928) There is far more to British silent cinema than Hitchcock, whatever recent news reports might have you believe. From Yorkshireman Louis Le Prince’s claim to have invented...
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Silent films at the West London Trades Union Club, 2012 season
Hindle Wakes (1927) The West London Trades Union Club in Acton, London W3 is a welcoming place for those who enjoy a well-kept ale and a natter, and a haven for left-leaning cinephiles too. The venue’s...
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Hindle Wakes (1927): an unconventional love story
Hindle Wakes (1927) This is a guest post for Silent London by Lucie Dutton. Lucie is currently researching a PhD thesis on Maurice Elvey’s early career. This post contains plot spoilers. Lights!...
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The Life Story of David Lloyd George (1918) – the great lost British film
The Life Story of David Lloyd George (1918) This is a guest post for Silent London by Neil Brand. In late 1918 a film was in preparation that was to rewrite the history books – a British picture,...
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The Silent London podcast: Maurice Elvey, City Lights and unsilent films
City Lights (1931) It’s podcast o’clock once more. This time I’m joined in the studio by the marvellous Pete Baran, and in the pub by Lucie Dutton, who tells us all about British silent film director...
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Forgotten Stars: My Father and the British Silent Film World – review
John Stuart, silent movie star Jonathan Croall would like to introduce you to his father, his father’s friends and their neglected, but fascinating, glory days. Readers of this blog will recognise...
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Poll: Which British silent film-maker is worth £20?
Click to view slideshow. The Bank of England doesn’t usually let the public have a say in its decisions, but there is a first time for everything. Having decided to boot Adam Smith’s profile off the...
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The Silent London Podcast: Festivals, firsts, a favourite and Flesh and the...
Flesh and the Devil (1926) Back to the studio for a full-length edition of the Silent London Podcast. I’m joined by Pete Baran to talk about the festival scene, discuss the first silents we ever...
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British Silent Film Festival 2015: Leicester letter No 1
The Guns of Loos (1928) Comfort zone be damned. Here I am in Leicester, an hour or so north of the Big Smoke and the first movies that the British Silent Film Festival chooses to show are all talkies …...
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British Silent Film Festival 2015: Leicester letter No 2
Not For Sale (1924) Get it together, people! We’re only on day two of the festival and it seems a collective mania has already descended. Call it camaraderie, call it cinephilia, call it cabin fever,...
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High Treason at BFI Southbank, 5 October 2011
The British Metropolis? Not quite. But Maurice Elvey’s High Treason was heavily influenced by Fritz Lang’s film – in its slick futurist designs and its pacifist theme too. Based on a play written by...
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