Tag Archives: 20’s

The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

Posted on February 23, 2013 at 10:43 am by Jeff Kuykendall

When movies learned to talk, they forgot how to see. The advent of sound was such a distraction that elegant story construction through visuals was temporarily a lost art. Just watch The Thief of Bagdad (1924) to be reminded of … Continue reading →

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Early Hitchcock-Related Silent Discovered

Posted on August 5, 2011 at 6:40 am by Jeff Kuykendall

The National Film Preservation Foundation and the New Zealand Film Archive this week announced that they have uncovered the first thirty minutes of The White Shadow, a 1924 silent film for which a young Alfred Hitchcock served as writer, assistant … Continue reading →

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