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by jacksonwalker2000
Tue Nov 21, 2017 7:09 am
Forum: Silent News
Topic: KEATON BOX SET FROM EUREKA COMING SOON
Replies: 86
Views: 34019

Re: KEATON BOX SET FROM EUREKA COMING SOON

A review of "The General" from this box set is now up at Blu-ray.com:
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Gener ... 84/#Review
by jacksonwalker2000
Thu Sep 14, 2017 11:01 am
Forum: Silent News
Topic: Intolerance Blu-Ray
Replies: 46
Views: 29497

Re: Intolerance Blu-Ray

Just a heads up that Amazon currently has this on sale for $17.49 (58% off):http://www.blu-ray.com/link/click.php?i ... id=020&c=7
I don't know how long this will last, though.
by jacksonwalker2000
Tue Sep 12, 2017 6:18 am
Forum: Silent News
Topic: THE LOST WORLD (1925) - new restoration?
Replies: 146
Views: 53036

Re: THE LOST WORLD (1925) - new restoration?

The Blu-ray.com review is now up:
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Lost- ... 39/#Review" target="_blank
by jacksonwalker2000
Tue Nov 24, 2015 7:36 am
Forum: Silent News
Topic: The Birth of a Nation at 100
Replies: 0
Views: 697

The Birth of a Nation at 100

The Smithsonian Institution hosted the “Backstory with the American History Guys” radio program as they examined D.W. Griffith’s film The Birth of a Nation, originally released in 1915. I hesitated to post this, since after watching most of the program it was evident that the three main hosts were n...
by jacksonwalker2000
Sun Jul 26, 2015 8:03 pm
Forum: Silent News
Topic: BBC List Of 100 Greatest American Films
Replies: 42
Views: 5704

BBC List Of 100 Greatest American Films

Several silent films made the just released list, including: 67. Modern Times (Charlie Chaplin, 1936) 44. Sherlock Jr (Buster Keaton, 1924) 39. The Birth of a Nation (DW Griffith, 1915) 22. Greed (Erich von Stroheim, 1924) 18. City Lights (Charlie Chaplin, 1931) 17. The Gold Rush (Charlie Chaplin, 1...
by jacksonwalker2000
Thu Apr 09, 2015 7:43 pm
Forum: Silent News
Topic: The Birth Of A Nation Take Two
Replies: 0
Views: 976

The Birth Of A Nation Take Two

Aja Naomi King, Aunjanue Ellis, Colman Domingo, Dwight Henry, Roger Guenveur Smith and Gabrielle Union have joined the cast of The Birth Of A Nation, a biopic of slave-turned-revolutionary Nat Turner. Nate Parker wrote and directed the film and stars as Turner, who led a bloody rebellion in 1831 and...
by jacksonwalker2000
Sun Jan 11, 2015 9:42 pm
Forum: Silent News
Topic: The Birth of a Nation
Replies: 52
Views: 12792

The Birth of a Nation

Dick Lehr talked about his book, The Birth of a Nation: How a Legendary Filmmaker and a Crusading Editor Reignited America’s Civil War, about the 1915 movie of the same title. The film by D.W. Griffith was shown to President Woodrow Wilson at the White House and across the nation despite attempts by...
by jacksonwalker2000
Tue Aug 26, 2014 6:39 am
Forum: Silent News
Topic: Flicker Alley Chaplin Mutuals
Replies: 137
Views: 44940

Re: Flicker Alley Chaplin Mutuals

A couple of on-line reviews are now up:

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Chaplins- ... 35/#Review" target="_blank

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/64604/ch ... -comedies/" target="_blank
by jacksonwalker2000
Sat May 03, 2014 11:15 am
Forum: Silent News
Topic: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Replies: 81
Views: 17802

Re: The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Blu-ray.com review is up:

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Hunch ... 71/#Review" target="_blank
by jacksonwalker2000
Thu Aug 30, 2012 8:16 pm
Forum: Silent News
Topic: Mary Pickford Movie
Replies: 97
Views: 36918

Re: Mary Pickford Movie

Latest on the movie from Deadline: Michael Pitt has committed to star in The First, a new feature film about the life of Hollywood legend Mary Pickford that will begin production in 2013. He will play Owen Moore, Pickford’s first husband. Ryan Simpkins has been cast to play a young Pickford. Lily Ra...