From around 1910 to the late 1920s, the silent film industry dominated ... Broadway building's roof, along with a camera tower to film the set, in order to create the illusion of steep height ...

Before filmmakers had figured out how to include sound in movies, they were coming up with creative ways to capture incredible shots on camera. To see how the most memorable silent film tricks ...

According to the tale, as the silent ... The film itself is a scene on a train platform. Riders mill about the station, while a black steam train pulls in toward the camera, which has been set ...

LONDON — Dziga Vertov’s 1929 silent film “Man with a Movie Camera” has been voted the world’s best documentary ever by a poll of filmmakers and critics organized by the British Film ...

The 16-millimeter film is believed to be the only known surviving copy of “The Heart of Lincoln,” a silent movie about the life of President Abraham Lincoln and American life during the Civil War.