Nate L · @Nathaniellockhart
201 followers · 501 posts · Server fosstodon.org

Last weekend at Capitolfest was just wonderful, got to have a lot of great conversations with a lot of great people. Also, I watched A TON of movies!

#capitolfest #silentfilm #silentmovies #talkies

Last updated 2 years ago

Andrew Kuchling · @akuchling
156 followers · 215 posts · Server dmv.community

100 years ago today: "American electronics engineer Lee de Forest held a press conference to demonstrate his new system of "talking movies", Phonofilm. The process recorded sound directly on to film so that what was seen and what was heard was simultaneously reproduced. De Forest announced that he would soon be releasing short Phonofilms to be played at New York's Rivoli Theater."

#movies #talkies

Last updated 2 years ago

@DemocracySpot · @DemocracySpot
86 followers · 329 posts · Server techhub.social

🎬 screens classic overnight on night.

Learned watching a doc about film editing—"The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing"—most silents were cut (edited) by women. They were anonymous almost always. Film editing was considered like knitting or sewing—weaving parts together. THEN, when came in, men took over because the craft was now seen as "scientific" and "technical"—areas of endeavor not suited to women.

"Master of the House (1925) screens next @ 12:15 E/P @

#tcm #silentmovies #silentsunday #talkies #filmhistory #movies #gender #women #filmediting #stereotypes

Last updated 3 years ago

Wayne Wallace · @wallaceedits
1 followers · 11 posts · Server postchat.io

The transition to sound in film in the late 1920s brought a new level of realism and immersion to movies.

#talkies #filmphistory #filmmaker #filmeditor #videoeditor #film #editing #wallaceedits

Last updated 3 years ago

Rob C · @SimpleRobC
58 followers · 673 posts · Server masto.ai

Morning Complaints

#dog #video #talkies

Last updated 3 years ago

Eyoki · @wiletha
46 followers · 478 posts · Server mastodonapp.uk

Today marks the 130th anniversary of the birth of Conrad Veidt, great actor and anti-Nazi.

He was brilliant in silent movies (I love Weimar Cinema!) but also in too. He was limited in his speaking roles, once he left Germany, by his strong German accent however.

In the ‘Cabinet of Doctor Caligari’ he somehow has to make a zombie soulful.

youtu.be/IAtpxqajFak

#german #talkies #conradveidt #weimarcinema #germancinema #silentmovies #greatactor #earlycinema #1920sfilm #antinazi

Last updated 3 years ago

bffjossy (she/her) :verified: · @bffjossy
82 followers · 94 posts · Server hachyderm.io

"They were supposed to go into the public domain in 2003, after being copyrighted for 75 years..."

Taking some time to check out all the cool things in 1927 that entered the public domain on January 1 of this year, under US copyright law. Now Canada is starting a copyright freeze though.

web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdo

#publicdomain #sherlockholmes #metropolis #silentfilm #talkies

Last updated 3 years ago