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Post by Silent Scream Queen on Apr 28, 2022 8:10:44 GMT -5
 Here I recommend and link to movies that are obscure World cinema, or silent, that interest me but aren't horror. You never know, they might interest you too! Stay tuned to find out! |
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Post by Silent Scream Queen on May 4, 2022 5:44:28 GMT -5
A Cottage on Dartmoor.
1929. Directed by Anthony Asquith. Starring Norah Baring and Uno Henning. Regarded by many as the pinnacle of British Silent Cinema, A Cottage on Dartmoor was made just as the era of silent film was coming to its end. It shows the techniques of the silent film to full effect, using camera angles and lighting to evoke moods. plymouthartscinema.org/whats-on/wurlitza-presents-a-cottage-on-dartmoor-pg/
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Post by Silent Scream Queen on May 5, 2022 5:01:33 GMT -5
Experimental Animation, aka Peanut Vendor (1933) Len LyeDespite the interest generated by his first film, Tusalava (1929), the early 1930s were a difficult time for artist and animator Len Lye. A series of projects were abandoned through lack of funding, and he supported himself by designing book jackets. By 1934 he was doing relatively menial work in the Wembley studios of Associated Sound Film Industries, while trying to convince investors to back his latest project with his long-time friend and collaborator, Jack Ellitt, provisionally titled Quicksilver. Lye had already produced dozens of set and costume designs for this ambitious science-fiction musical comedy but, although an American producer eventually expressed interest, the film that emerged bore little relation to the original concept, and neither Lye nor Ellitt benefited financially. In the meantime, Lye turned his attention to puppet animation. He scraped together enough funding and borrowed equipment to produce a three-minute short featuring his self-made monkey, singing and dancing to 'Peanut Vendor', a 1931 jazz hit for Red Nichols. The two foot high monkey had bolted, moveable joints and some 50 interchangeable mouths to convey the singing. To get the movements right, Lye filmed his new wife, Jane, a prize-winning rumba dancer. Ellitt assisted in synchronising the animation with the music. Lye hoped to use the film to interest advertisers, but again had no success. However, on the strength of the film the head of the newly established Shell Film Unit, Jack Beddington, was later persuaded by Lye's friend Humphrey Jennings to commission Lye to make a short animated advertising film, The Birth of the Robot (1935). Mark Duguid www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/531100/index.htmlThis is a recut featuring missing footage: Original:
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Post by endo on May 5, 2022 10:37:16 GMT -5
Man, now I can't stop singing "peanuts" over and over.
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Post by Silent Scream Queen on May 9, 2022 4:00:39 GMT -5
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Post by Silent Scream Queen on Jun 1, 2022 5:25:15 GMT -5
This is very strange.
It is Charles Bowers.
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Post by Silent Scream Queen on Jun 29, 2022 6:12:38 GMT -5
Dreams of Toyland (1908) Arthur Melbourne Cooper
Impressive use of stop-motion techniques to show toys coming to life in a young boy's dreams.
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Post by Silent Scream Queen on Jul 21, 2022 9:26:59 GMT -5
Winsor McCay (c. 1866–71 – July 26, 1934) McCay was famous for his creation of the cartoon character Little Nemo.  He created the animated character Gertie the Dinosaur. The Gertie film was actually used as part of his live act on stage, where he would interact with it as you see in the film below.
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Post by Silent Scream Queen on Aug 12, 2022 17:58:17 GMT -5
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Post by Silent Scream Queen on Nov 17, 2022 10:29:22 GMT -5
I though this was funny.
Apparantly it is by The Lubin Manufacturing Company which was active from 1896 to 1916.
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