Silent comedy

Perpetrado por Oskarele Si no habéis visto la película de la que vamos a hablar estáis tardando. De verdad. No os la podéis perder. Se trata, sin duda, de la aportación más importante de Harold Lloyd a la historia del cine (que ya es decir), así como su obra más conocida y vista. “Safety last” (El Hombre Mosca, como, extrañamente se llamó en este país nuestro), de 1923 y dirigida por sus dos directores de confianza, Fred C. Newmayer y Sam Taylor. Vamos a hablar un poquito de ella: Pa empezar…

Any Buster Keaton biography will likely include trivia tidbits like his birth name being Joseph Frank Keaton (with Harry Houdini possibly ...

Buster Keaton & Umbrella

Harold Lloyd

I’ve been having some fun lately using GIFs from silent movies as metaphors for teaching life. Some are hits, some are misses. I’ll keep adding more to this list. I’d encou…

Vintage black and white photos brought to life with a splash of color.

“An Eastern Westerner, 1920 / John Wick: Chapter 2, 2017”

Harold Lloyd behind the scenes of Feet First (1930) This still offers a rare insight into how the iconic clock tower scene in Lloyd’s earlier picture, Safety Last!, would have been filmed. A building...

Comedian and director Buster Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was popular for his pioneering silent comedies in the 1920s. Born t...