Toronto Silent Film Festival

Love ❤️ from Gilbert & Garbo

Christmas comes early with the arrival of the new resto of Beau Geste. I remember seeing stills from this in Kevin Brownlow's Hollywood Pioneers book when I was young & never imagined I could ever see a beautiful restoration that matched those images.

Getting ready for the Screening of David Cronenberg's Shivers. And on luscious 35mm. It'll be a packed house.

Nov 21st is Sold Out.

Have at you! From your friendly local bat ladies

In this crazy old world, get up to mischief

The mystery deepens. First I receive a Secret Silent Santa copy of the April 1923 edition of Motion Picture in my mailbox. Now dvd copies of 2 fab films turns up in the same mailbox!

a cartoon of tom and jerry saying oh babez , got me all shy over here . ALT: a cartoon of tom and jerry saying oh babez , got me all shy over here .

Ah, shucks

It's a beautiful film

That will be quite the event. Bravo to everyone involved

”You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom.”

– Clarence Darrow

So you’re telling me the Wizard of Oz presented itself as a towering force of overwhelming technology, only to be unmasked as just some guy, off-screen?

My newly arrived reading material all the way from across the pond. Been looking for it for yrs but it proved as elusive as the sanity in the film. Always a pleasure to add another David Robinson to the collection.

The Man Who Laughs (1928) Gwynplaine, son of Lord Clancharlie, has a permanent smile carved on his face by the King, in revenge for Gwynplaine's father's treachery. Gwynplaine is adopted by a travelling showman and becomes a p...

My third silent Library of Congress National Film Registry nomination would be the first-ever for director Paul Leni, who left Germany for Hollywood only to die far too young at age 44. A magnificent Universal Super-Jewel with a Conrad Veidt performance that influenced the creators of DC’s The Joker

I’m covering all the action from here (drinks included)

I might call my partner-in-crime that when he gets home just to see his reaction!

violets! That's a new to me heartthrob name!

Ned Sparks/Sam De Grasse

Director Del Lord, Academy Award winners Norma Shearer & Marie Dressler, Marie Prevost

Florence Lawrence/Fay Wray/Al Christie

It’s the annual #CanadaDay reminder of contributors to early Hollywood: famous, hidden or forgotten, their birth certificates verify them with maple in their blood:Pickford/Shipman/Sennett

Little Mickey Grogan (1927) Restoration DVD/Blu-ray Restoration of 35mm film with Frankie Darro, Lassie Lou Ahern, and Jobyna Ralston.

Last hours to pledge Little Mickey Grogan (1927) Restoration DVD/Blu-ray by Eric Grayson on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/162...

Little Mickey Grogan (1927) Restoration DVD/Blu-ray Restoration of 35mm film with Frankie Darro, Lassie Lou Ahern, and Jobyna Ralston.

Silent film folks! If you haven’t already, Check out Little Mickey Grogan (1927) Restoration DVD/Blu-ray by Eric Grayson on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/162...

That’s mighty warm. Stay cool. We’re getting the same today (about 38C).

Feels like this today + the added humidity.

Can't really think of anything pithy so I'll ask : do you have a favourite font(s)?

I’m ready for summer.

Little Mickey Grogan (1927) Restoration DVD/Blu-ray Restoration of 35mm film with Frankie Darro, Lassie Lou Ahern, and Jobyna Ralston.

I love these projects-not only is this the type of rarity close to my silent film geeky heart, but it's being done by a really swell person who absolutely know his stuff. Please back Little Mickey Grogan (1927) Restoration DVD/Blu-ray on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/162...

Eavesdropping at the Movies: 445 - Riefenstahl In the 1930s, Leni Riefenstahl infamously directed two propaganda films, Triumph of the Will and Olympia, for the Nazi Party. For the rest of her life, which ended in 2003, she denied knowledge of ...

@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social Hi Matt. We just published our discussion of Riefenstahl. You and/or your followers might be interested in it. No expectation, but if you listen to or share it, please enjoy! If that's the right word. pod.fo/e/2e3525

Jeez. What do we have to do to keep getting our fix? I can't live without Noir Alley