The Speechless Era
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| The Complete History of the Discovery of Cinematography |
| Information on optics, camera obscura, pinhole images, magic lantern shows, peep shows, and other innovations and discoveries that led to the invention of cinema.
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http://www.precinemahistory.net/
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| Greatest Films Before 1920 |
| A discussion of the major films in early cinema history, beginning with peep shows and Edison’s Kinetoscope.
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http://www.filmsite.org/pre20sintro.html
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| Greatest Films of the 1920s |
| A discussion of the major films of the late Silent Cinema era.
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http://www.filmsite.org/20sintro.html
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| The Silents Majority |
| The homepage for an on-line community devoted to Silent Cinema. Contains essays, links, and biographies of all the significant figues in early film history.
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http://www.silentsmajority.com/
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| The Oldest Movies |
| An essay by Chris Dashiell, discussing the films of the Lumiere Brothers, Edison, and Méliès.
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http://www.cinescene.com/dash/lumiere.html
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| Edison Motion Pictures |
| A site devoted to Edison’s film company and the films produced there
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http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edmvhm.html
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| Hollywood Studio Tour |
| Images from Hollywood studios and theatres in the 1910s and 20s.
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http://www.gmrnet.com/studio.html
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| The Silent Film Bookshelf |
| An index of original period documents from the Silent Cinema era.
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http://www.cinemaweb.com/silentfilm/bookshelf/
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| George Méliès |
| A biography and filmography.
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http://www.nwlink.com/~erick/silentera/Melies/melies.html
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| The Biograph Camera |
| An account of the cameras used by D.W. Griffith to shoot The Birth of a Nation and other films, by his cameraman Billy Bitzer. Originally written in 1939.
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http://www.soc.org/opcam/06_sp95/mg06_biocam.html
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| Greta Garbo is Sad |
| An essay on the rise of the star system by Brian Gallagher.
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http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue03/infocus/stars2.htm
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| Silent Ladies and Gents |
| Images of stars from the era of Silent Cinema.
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http://silentladies.com/
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| Theda Bara, The Original Vamp |
| A fan site devoted to Theda Bara, with images, biography, and partail filmography.
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http://www.tartcity.com/thedabara.html
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| American Picture Palaces |
| The history of the early film palaces, with images.
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http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/PALACE/home.html
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| The Birth of a Nation and Black Protest |
| A site devoted to the history of controversy surrounding Griffith’s film.
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http://chnm.gmu.edu/features/episodes/birthofanation.html
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| German Expressionist Film |
| The history and aesthetics of German Expressionism.
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http://icg.harvard.edu/~fc76/handouts/3__Expressionist_Cinema.html
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| The Noir Connection |
| A site that presents evidence of the influence of German Expressionism on film noir.
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http://www.german-way.com/german/noir.html
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| Expressionism Fully Expressed |
| A discussion of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari as a prime example of German Expressionism, with images.
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http://rhs.jack.k12.wv.us/sthrills/coc/index.html
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