[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a 1908 silent film adaptation of The Tempest directed by Percy Stow, who used an innovative cinematic technique in which he tells the story in 11 scenes with descriptive title slides between...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a 1910 silent film of an early Italian adaptation of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice which includes scenes shot on location. It is accompanied by teacher notes and ideas for its use in the...

This video focuses on the Hollywood Scandals in the Silent Era. It explains the rise in movie studios, contracts, advances, and leaders of the silent films era. [9:15]

D. W. Griffith was the most popular director of the silent era. During the year 1913, he made dozens of films. The most important is "The Mothering Heart", starring Lillian Gish. She is a young bride and is rather Victorian. She is...

This video [1:48] discusses the silent film "Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life" was made in 1913, directed by Mack Sennett, and is your quintessential chase film. This film has every single comedy chase trope that you could ever want; So...