Classic Hollywood has films that are still considered masterpieces, but many forget how many of them changed the rules of ...

It’s pretty wild when you think about how much movies have changed, not just in what we see on screen, but how they’re even ...

Baby Peggy — born Peggy-Jean Montgomery— was among the first to captivate moviegoers with her expressive performances. (Photo via Wikipedia Public Domain) With her captivating smile and charm beyond ...

During Hollywood’s early years, women commonly occupied positions of filmmaking power. In the silent era there were a dozen women directors and several dozen women screenwriters. A couple of women ...

Dolores Costello in (1922–24[1]), full-length portrait, standing, right profile; wearing a short dancing costume. (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia/public domain) Hollywood knew her as the “Goddess of the ...

When thinking about the classic Hollywood era of filmmaking, we tend to think about movies made under the restrictive, prudish rules of the Hays Code. Protestant moralism meant that films after 1934 ...

Seventy-five percent of the film made in the original silent-era have been lost forever, according to a new comprehensive study from the Library of Congress. The study is the first to quantify what ...

Mechanics or artists? -- From the portrait to the close-up -- The drama of light -- Organizing the image -- Inventing the observer -- Conventions and functions -- The art of balance -- The promises ...