Some movies attempted to change social attitudes from the very beginning, and director Lois Weber made that goal her specialty, with a great many enormously popular films of the ‘teens and ‘twenties. Milestone’s disc of a Dutch restoration of this 1916 gem is a major find in terms of film culture: it helps write women filmmakers back into the historical record.
Shoes
Blu-ray
The Milestone Cinematheque
1916 / B&W / 1:33 Silent Ap / 60 min. / Street Date February 6, 2018
Starring: Mary MacLaren, Harry Griffith, Mrs. A.E. Witting, Jessie Arnold, William V. Mong.
Cinematography: King D. Gray, Stephen S. Norton , Allen G. Siegler
New Music: Donald Sosin, Mimi Rabson.
Written by Lois Weber from a story by Stella Wynne Herron, from a book by Jane Addams
Produced by Phillips Smalley, Lois Weber
Directed by Lois Weber
One of the last discoveries in film school was finding out that all silent films didn’t use exaggerated expressionistic acting.
Shoes
Blu-ray
The Milestone Cinematheque
1916 / B&W / 1:33 Silent Ap / 60 min. / Street Date February 6, 2018
Starring: Mary MacLaren, Harry Griffith, Mrs. A.E. Witting, Jessie Arnold, William V. Mong.
Cinematography: King D. Gray, Stephen S. Norton , Allen G. Siegler
New Music: Donald Sosin, Mimi Rabson.
Written by Lois Weber from a story by Stella Wynne Herron, from a book by Jane Addams
Produced by Phillips Smalley, Lois Weber
Directed by Lois Weber
One of the last discoveries in film school was finding out that all silent films didn’t use exaggerated expressionistic acting.
- 2/24/2018
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced its fall programming slate, beginning with “This Is Duplass: An Evening with Jay and Mark” and “In the Labyrinth: A Conversation with Guillermo del Toro” hosted by Academy Museum Director Kerry Brougher.
Other events to be presented from October through early December include a conversation with Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien, a screening of Fellini’s “Amarcord,” a look back at the first days of Disneyland with “Hollywood Home Movies,” a new restoration of 1943’s “Heaven Can Wait,” an Academy Film Scholars Lecture highlighting prolific director Lois Weber, and an anniversary screening of the holiday classic “Remember the Night.”
This Is Duplass: An Evening With Jay And Mark Tuesday, October 6, at 7:30 p.m. Samuel Goldwyn Theater, Beverly Hills Jay and Mark Duplass will take the stage to discuss their smart, off-center and comedic cinematic style,...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced its fall programming slate, beginning with “This Is Duplass: An Evening with Jay and Mark” and “In the Labyrinth: A Conversation with Guillermo del Toro” hosted by Academy Museum Director Kerry Brougher.
Other events to be presented from October through early December include a conversation with Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien, a screening of Fellini’s “Amarcord,” a look back at the first days of Disneyland with “Hollywood Home Movies,” a new restoration of 1943’s “Heaven Can Wait,” an Academy Film Scholars Lecture highlighting prolific director Lois Weber, and an anniversary screening of the holiday classic “Remember the Night.”
This Is Duplass: An Evening With Jay And Mark Tuesday, October 6, at 7:30 p.m. Samuel Goldwyn Theater, Beverly Hills Jay and Mark Duplass will take the stage to discuss their smart, off-center and comedic cinematic style,...
- 9/24/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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