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San Francisco Silent Film Festival Preview, Why Be Good? (1929)

My San Francisco Silent Film Festival preview was interrupted due to being felled by a bug, but I want to mention a surefire hit of the fest screening today–Colleen Moore in Why Be Good? (1929).

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Beth Ann Gallagher
Colleen Moore, Film Festivals, Louise Brooks, San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Silent Film
May, 31, 2015
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San Francisco Silent Film Festival Preview, Part 2

Saturday morning’s program starts with the family-friendly Speedy (1928), and some parents likely will bring their tots for an outing to this…

Beth Ann Gallagher
Film Festivals, San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Silent Film
May, 26, 2015
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San Francisco Silent Film Festival Preview, Part 1

The San Francisco Silent Film Festival is almost here! Its first film fills the Castro Theatre’s screen on Thursday…

Beth Ann Gallagher
Film Festivals, San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Silent Film
May, 25, 2015
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San Francisco Silent Film Festival Official Press Accreditation

Saturday’s post was the start of my San Francisco Silent Film Festival coverage. I’m happy to announce Spellbound by Movies has received official press accreditation to the festival! In the coming days, look to this…

Beth Ann Gallagher
Film Festivals, Film Posters, San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Sherlock Holmes, Silent Film, William Gillette
May, 18, 2015
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For the Love of Film Blogathon: The Tin Man (1935)

I’ve been planning a post on The Tin Man for a while, and the For Love of Film: The Film Preservation Blogathon has provided the…

Beth Ann Gallagher
1930s, Blogathons, Comedies, Era, For the Love of Film, Patsy Kelly, Pre-Code, Slapstick, Thelma Todd
May, 17, 2015
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Supporting the San Francisco Silent Film Festival

As part of my preparation for the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, I renewed my membership to it. As a film fanatic with a particular passion for silents, I recognize that many of the specialty…

Beth Ann Gallagher
Film Festivals, Louise Brooks, Memberships, San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Silent Film
May, 16, 2015
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Using a Moment to Define a Character

“You know that scene in Rebecca when Joan Fontaine is exploring the room where everything is monogrammed “Rebecca,” and George Sanders just appears in the window? It’s a ground-floor room, and he’s sitting in…

Beth Ann Gallagher
Alfred Hitchcock, Directors, Films, George Sanders, Joan Fontaine, Matthew Weiner, Quotations, Rebecca
May, 13, 2015
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For the Love of Film Blogathon 2015

Yesterday I wanted some background noise TV, but when I turned it on an error message popped up on my screen, and that led me to contacting cable support, who worked me through a…

Beth Ann Gallagher
1910s, Blogathons, Era, Film Preservation, For the Love of Film, Science Fiction, Silent Film
May, 12, 2015
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Cinefest 35 Storifyed!

In advance of my write-up of Cinefest 35, I’ve curated an account of the Syracuse Cinephile Society’s final film festival from my and other attendees’ social media postings. You can read our shared excitement…

Beth Ann Gallagher
Cinefest, Comedies, Cowboy Films, Documentaries, Drama, Film Festivals, Musicals, Pre-Code, Romantic, Silent Film, War Films, Westerns
Apr, 07, 2015
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Happy Easter!

As an Easter treat, here’s the delightfully magical silent short Les oeufs de Pâques. The film was written and directed by Segundo de Chomón for Pathé Frères. A contemporary of Georges Méliès, de Chomón was often…