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Essays, interviews, programme notes and archives about early cinema, from the festivals, critics and archives that publish them. Every entry opens on the publisher's own site.

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7 entries, newest first

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Danish Silent Film: His Innocent Dupe (opens stumfilm.dk in a new tab)
On His Innocent Dupe
Archive
Danish Silent Film: A Daughter of Brahma (opens stumfilm.dk in a new tab)
On A Daughter of Brahma
Distributor
Flicker Alley - FUSION SERIES (BLU-RAY) (opens flickeralley.com in a new tab)
The film was restored by Blackhawk Films in 2024 from a first generation 35mm safety print and a 16mm dupe negative. It is presented with two different scores: an original piano composition by Antonio Coppola and an original orchestral score by Alloy Orchestra, recorded live in 2013.
On He Who Gets Slapped
Museum
F. W. Murnau’s Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (opens moma.org in a new tab)
Notes from Charles Silver, Curator, Department of Film, Museum of Modern Art
On Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Foundation
NFPF Screening Room (opens filmpreservation.org in a new tab)
This film is also availalble to view, with additional information, at the National Film Preservation Foundation's Screening Rom
On The Toll of the Sea
Foundation
NFPF Screening Room (opens filmpreservation.org in a new tab)
This film is also available through the National Film Preservation Foundation
On The Bargain
Foundation
NFPF Screening Room (opens filmpreservation.org in a new tab)
You can view this film and learn more via the Screening Room of the National Film Preservation Foundation
On The Big Show