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

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

🎬 #TCM screens classic #SilentMovies overnight on #SilentSunday 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 #Talkies 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

#FilmHistory #Movies #Gender #Women #FilmEditing #Stereotypes

Fleischer Studios' Talkartoons cartoon short ACE OF SPADES (1931), courtesy Stathes Collection

#fleischerstudios #talkartoons #1930s #goldenagecartoons #classichollywood #oldhollywood #talkies #lostmedia #animation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSx4IAHfPF0

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 #filmeditor #wallaceedits

Morning Complaints
#dog #video #talkies

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

He was brilliant in silent movies (I love Weimar Cinema!) but also in #talkies 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.

#ConradVeidt #WeimarCinema #GermanCinema #SilentMovies #GreatActor #EarlyCinema #1920sfilm #AntiNazi

https://youtu.be/IAtpxqajFak

"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.

https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2023/

#publicdomain #sherlockholmes #metropolis #silentfilm #talkies