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You Know You’re A Film Fanatic When–Judy Holliday!

You know you’re a film fanatic when you get emotional defending Judy Holliday’s 1950 Oscar win for Born Yesterday to your husband–and he agrees with you the whole time!

Judy had formidable competition that year….

Beth Ann Gallagher
Appreciations, Awards, Comedies, Judy Holliday, Oscars, Performances
Apr, 05, 2014
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The Little Tramp at 100, Part 1

Last month, The San Francisco Silent Film Festival joined a worldwide celebration of Charlie Chaplin with The Little Tramp at 100. Three programs celebrated the one-hundredth anniversary of the Little Tramp persona’s first film…

Beth Ann Gallagher
Charlie Chaplin, Comedians & Comediennes, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Film Festivals, San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Silent Film
Feb, 08, 2014
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Tune in Tonight or Set Your DVRs! Souls for Sale Re-Airs on TCM.

This month marks the eighth anniversary of the Turner Classic Movies broadcast premiere of Souls for Sale (1923), and the network obliges silent film buffs by…

Beth Ann Gallagher
Airing on TCM, Available on DVD, Eleanor Boardman, Movies About Making Movies, Must Watch List, Rupert Hughes, Silent Film, Tune in or DVR
Jan, 19, 2014
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Happy New Year!

Wishing you a wonderful New Year’s Eve and New Year! May both be filled with everyone and everything you love–like movies! As a special holiday treat for you, here is a scene from one of…

Beth Ann Gallagher
Comedies, David Niven, Ginger Rogers, Holidays, New Year, New Year's Eve, Romantic, Screwball
Jan, 01, 2014
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Quote: Silent Film Can Become An Addiction

“Silent cinema can become like an hypnotic experience. I think you can get entranced. It’s almost like a voodoo experience. At least it has happened to me, and I really believe that some of…

Beth Ann Gallagher
Pablo Berger, Quotations, Silent Film
Jul, 17, 2013
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SF Silent Film Festival Press Accreditation

Spellbound by Movies has received official press accreditation by the San Francisco Silent Film Festival! I am excited to be given this opportunity to bring you fuller coverage of its offerings. Check this blog…

Beth Ann Gallagher
Anouncements, Film Festivals, San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Silent Film
Jul, 13, 2013
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San Francisco Silent Film Festival Preview

In one week, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival kicks off with a return of everyone’s favorite former showgirl, Louise Brooks. She stars in the recently restored Prix de Beauté. Thirteen other feature-length films…

Beth Ann Gallagher
Film Festivals, San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Silent Film
Jul, 12, 2013
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We Want Ice Cream!

This weekend I celebrated a milestone birthday, and my confectionery of choice was ice cream. That got me thinking of the technicolor conclusion of Kid Millions (1934). If you’ve never seen the film, watching…

Beth Ann Gallagher
Eddie Cantor, Musicals
Jul, 08, 2013
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Happy Fourth of July!

Have a happy Fourth of July! Don’t be like Joan and get too close to fireworks.

After the holiday, expect posts on recent Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum events, Charlie Chaplin Days and the 16th…

Beth Ann Gallagher
Fourth of July, Holidays
Jul, 04, 2013
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Quote: The Power of Silence

“One of the things that Scorsese said right from the beginning was that I want silence, silence, as much silence as possible. Of course the instinct of the sound editors is always to put…