Despite being referred to as “The Silent Film Era,” 1920s Hollywood was filled with several highly talked about scandals, love affairs and dramas. One of the most notable was William Haines, a silent ...

A Bay Area attorney who researched silent films as a hobby, John Bengtson spent decades tracking down the exact streets where ...

The 1910s marked the birth of movie stardom, with women playing a central role in shaping this new form of entertainment. In the silent film era, actresses relied entirely on physical expression, ...

The Chicago International Film Festival, which returns this weekend, debuted 60 years ago under the direction of 22-year-old independent filmmaker Michael Kutza with financial and in-kind support from ...