[The Stars who made the cinema]

A series of vignettes from silent films with musical background made for the opening of the National Film Theatre, London, featuring the stars of many silent films in famous excerpts. Includes Rudolph Valentino with Vilma Banky in “The Black Eagle”, Conrad Veidt, Buster Keaton in “The General”, Charlie Chaplin in the “Pawnshop”, Lilian Gish in “Hearts of the World”, Mary Pickford, Harry Langdon and many others.

Credits

production company

BFI

Duration

00:28:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1952

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

010209

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Excerpts

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - History

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Plots, themes, etc

Silent films

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1952

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