James Mockoski sits in his home office in Martinez, looking at a restored version of the 1926 silent film Beau Geste, a spectacular epic that was a box office smash when it was released a century ago.

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

The cold, climate-controlled stacks at the Historic Films Archive in Greenport made the ideal place for film student Dan Martin to spend last summer as an intern: in a basement out of the heat, ...

Feb. 5 (UPI) --A 1915 silent film about Abraham Lincoln was thought to be lost forever before being found in a warehouse on New York's Long Island. Dan Martin, a summer intern at Historic Films ...

Tucked away in mid-city San Diego lies a neighborhood with a unique historical touch. Developed in the 1920s, Talmadge pays tribute to these silent film icons: Norma, Constance, Natalie, and Agnes ...

During this year’s Armenian Heritage Cruise (AHC), a restored silent film premiered on Jan. 11, accompanied by a newly composed soundtrack. The Melody of Armenia tells the story of Mrs. Ghazarian, a ...

What would it have been like to be a musical accompanist for silent movies? Before recorded soundtracks, films depended on live music to convey emotion, pace, and drama. At Vernon’s Empress Theatre ...

Feb. 5 (UPI) --A 1915 silent film about Abraham Lincoln was thought to be lost forever before being found in a warehouse on New York's Long Island. Dan Martin, a summer intern at Historic Films ...