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San Francisco Silent Film Festival: Bizarre Twists, Frantic Disasters, and Dangerous Women
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San Francisco Silent Film Festival: Bizarre Twists, Frantic Disasters, and Dangerous Women

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 / 10 July 2023

The San Francisco Silent Film Festival features iron-masked swashbuckling, flabbergasting twists, sexy farce, visual beauty, and strong women who stare into the camera, unnerving viewers.

Lon Chaney Didn’t Always Need Makeup to Menace Silent Film Viewers
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Lon Chaney Didn’t Always Need Makeup to Menace Silent Film Viewers

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 / 13 September 2022

‘Lon Chaney: Before the Thousand Faces, Vol. 2’ captures how he applied his darkly expressive visage, even without makeup, to menace silent film viewers.