Take Oscar Micheaux, one of the first and most prominent Black filmmakers of his time, known for films like “Within Our Gates,” and “The Symbol of the Unconquered.” But his very first film ...

Lillian went on to star in many more of Griffith’s films, including the controversial 1915 film “The Birth of a Nation,” a silent drama that was the nation’s first feature-length motion ...

Hennefeld had long been interested in comedy and film. But seeing the 1903 movie "Mary Jane's Mishap" inspired her research into the early days of silent film, when female stars used slapstick for ...

Taunton's Elsa Lorimer was a star of the silent screen, but today her work -- at least for now -- is lost to time. News Sports Entertainment Lifestyle USA TODAY Obituaries eNewspaper Legals HISTORY ...

Texas movie stars from the Silent Era. The very first Academy Award for Best Picture went to "Wings," a romantic action movie about World War I pilots filmed in San Antonio between Sept. 7, 1926 ...

A piece of film history missing for more than 100 years and thought to be lost forever was found on Long Island by an intern ...

Although the Talmadge sisters no longer hold the same star power they did in the 1920s, the streets named after them are a lasting tribute to their contribution to Hollywood’s silent film era.

Louise Brooks was the Platonic ideal of a silent film star. Gorgeous, funny, stylish and deeply expressive without uttering a single word, Brooks was a '20s icon who defined the sleek, empowered ...

Animation has been a part of cinema since the beginning — it’s believed that Emile Cohl’s Fantasmagorie, made in 1908, is the very first animated film. It was, as all films were then, silent.