Herbert Brenon News Today

The Pill Pounder, one of the key titles in the CV of the iconic flapper, has enjoyed a belated revival at the San Francisco Silent film festival

Somewhere amid the swigging and carousing in restored silent film The Spanish Dancer its love at first eyeball for Don Cesar and Maritana.

Following a bitter and exhausting conflict, the new government’s priority in 1923 was state building

James Whales pre-code comedy/romance, By Candelight is a perfect example of Depression-era escapism into Art Deco consumer porn.

At one time almost every town in Cecil County had a movie theater. In the early 1900s, ‘theatres’ popped up in every town. Moving picture equipment was installed in opera

A retrospective at the Museum of the Moving Image looks at a career filled with sublime images made at a time of strong anti-Asian sentiment in Hollywood.

Silent film star Louise Brooks first role was that of a

Rex Ingram: The clergyman’s son who became one of the biggest directors in Hollywood and discovered Rudolph Valentino.

With feature animation Wolfwalkers looking likely to be Cartoon Saloon’s fourth nomination for their fourth feature film (their fifth in total including the short animation Late Afternoon), actresses Saoirse Ronan (looking for a fifth nomination for Ammonite) and Jessie Buckley ( , writer and actress Clare Dunne a contender for Herself, and even Jamie Dornan a possibility for Wild Mountain Thyme (according to some US trades), Ireland is hopeful for more Oscar success.  We have a rich hi...