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Alice Carradice @aliceca83.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks to the #Pordenone Silent Film Festival's 2025 online output, last night I was able to see what @moviessilently.bsky.social was raving about in her review of The Blood Ship. It's marvellous! And a great 1st opportunity for many silent film fans as I think the 2024 Bluray is Region A only.

Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · Jul 6

This week's review covers THE BLOOD SHIP (1927), a nasty nautical revenge picture starring the king of the genre, Hobart Bosworth.

The film put Columbia on the map as a studio and it was a big hit but reviewers warned that it was simply too gruesome for women.

moviessilently.com/2025/07/06/t...

The Blood Ship (1927) A Silent Film Review

This film was labeled “too gruesome for real enjoyment” by one reviewer when it was released. Not for ladies. Just too much. Sounds great! It’s a bloody Hobart Bosworth ship melodrama with death an…

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South West Silents @swsilents.bsky.social · 1d

The Freak: script of Charlie Chaplin’s unfinished final film to be published: www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

The Freak: script of Charlie Chaplin’s unfinished final film to be published

Exclusive: Fantasy about ‘a beautiful creature with wings’ has been compiled from drafts, storyboards and sketches

www.theguardian.com

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South West Silents @swsilents.bsky.social · 1d

One of the highlights from this year’s Le Giornate Del Cinema Muto has been the animated shorts starring Koko the Clown, produced by Max Fleischer. #Pordenone #SilentFilm

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James Harrison @jamesmjharrison.bsky.social · 2d

Some more of the amazing film posters at Le Giornate Del Cinema Muto’s #FilmFair #Pordenone

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South West Silents @swsilents.bsky.social · 8d

Here we go again! We are home at Le Giornate del Cinema Muto! #Pordenone #Italy #SilentFilm

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South West Silents @swsilents.bsky.social · 10d

All aboard for #BBCFour’s #Timeshift The Trains That Time Forgot: Britain's Lost Railway Journeys episode. Plenty of great archive in this one: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

BBC Four - Timeshift, Series 15, The Trains That Time Forgot: Britain's Lost Railway Journeys

A journey back to a lost era of rail travel, when trains had names, character and style.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Charlie Chaplin @charliechaplin.com · 11d

Discover the 4K restoration of The Gold Rush, a new publication on The Freak, and Chaplin-inspired events around the world this autumn... Read our latest newsletter: mailchi.mp/351c9a34e973... #thegoldrush100

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South West Silents @swsilents.bsky.social · 11d

Very sad to hear the passing of the legendary Italian film poster artist Renato Casaro (1935-2025). #RIP

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Andrew Kelly @andrewkelly.bsky.social · 15d

Daily Telegraph Review has the 25 greatest war films today. It’s beaten by The Great Escape (oddly) but Paths of Glory is in at number 4. This is being shown @swsilents.bsky.social in Bristol with Battle of the Somme (1916) 22 November with an introduction by me.

Book here: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

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South West Silents @swsilents.bsky.social · 17d

“A GIANT AMONG FILM HISTORIANS...you might say Mr. Brownlow is film history.” – Martin Scorsese

Friday, October 24 – Thursday, November 6 a celebration of #SilentFilm hero Kevin Brownlow New York's Film Forum: filmforum.org/series/kevin...

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South West Silents @swsilents.bsky.social · 19d

The festival schedule for this year’s Le Giornate Del Cinema Muto #SilentFilm Festival in #Pordenone has just dropped. Find out the entire line-up here: www.giornatedelcinemamuto.it/en/calendari...

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Andrew Kelly @andrewkelly.bsky.social · 21d

Coming up 22 November. I’m hosting this terrific double bill for @swsilents.bsky.social: Battle of the Somme (with live music) and Paths of Glory. Book here: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

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Film Noir UK @filmnoiruk.bsky.social · 21d

So a few of us (as well as @swsilents.bsky.social ) will be heading to this year’s #SilentFilm festival Le Giornate Del Cinema Muto. It starts in under two weeks time.

So do let us know if you’re going and maybe we can have a drink or two in one of the fine bars in #Pordenone! #FilmNoir

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Andrew Kelly @andrewkelly.bsky.social · 21d

Coming up 26 October: two films about Bristol. The Newcomers, made by John Boorman before he went on to Hollywood fame, helped launched BBC2 in 1964. In Money into Light he returns to Bristol 25 years later. Thanks to @swsilents.bsky.social for partnership and @filmhubsw.bsky.social for support.

John Boorman and Bristol: SWS | South West Silents

www.southwestsilents.com

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South West Silents @swsilents.bsky.social · 22d

Two weeks until Le Giornate Del Cinema Muto 2025 kicks off in the town of #Pordenone, #Italy!

We’ll be there and looking forward to catching up with all our #SilentFilm friends. Let us know if you’re about!

More info here: www.giornatedelcinemamuto.it/en/

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Andrew Kelly @andrewkelly.bsky.social · 23d

More than 72% of tickets now sold for screening of rarely seen Bristol films 26 October with @swsilents.bsky.social. Book here: www.southwestsilents.com/event-detail...

John Boorman and Bristol: SWS | South West Silents

www.southwestsilents.com

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South West Silents @swsilents.bsky.social · 26d

A beautiful thing has just landed! Very excited about this new release thanks to @flicker-alley.bsky.social! Victor Sjöström’s #SilentFilm masterpiece He Who Gets Slapped (1924) starring Lon Chaney. More info soon.

Get yourselves a limited copy from here: flickeralley.com/products/he-...

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South West Silents @swsilents.bsky.social · 26d

A very nice nod to @neilkbrand.bsky.social and his #SilentFilm work by @kermodemovie.bsky.social on #BBCRadio3’s Private Passions. Listen in on BBC Sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Private Passions - Mark Kermode - BBC Sounds

Michael Berkeley's guest is the film critic Mark Kermode.

www.bbc.co.uk

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South West Silents @swsilents.bsky.social · 28d

A MASSIVE THANK YOU to everyone who joined us for our Wizard of Oz Double Bill yesterday. Thank you to @bristolaquarium.bsky.social, Nate Barlow and Dominic Irving.

Don’t forget to check out what we have coming up next on our events page: www.southwestsilents.com/live-events

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Andrew Kelly @andrewkelly.bsky.social · 29d

26 October: I’m introducing the special John Boorman and Bristol event where we show two films about Bristol - The Newcomers and Money Into Light. Thanks to @swsilents.bsky.social

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Andrew Kelly @andrewkelly.bsky.social · 29d

22 November I’m introducing the special double bill for @swsilents.bsky.social of the classic silent film The Battle of the Somme (1916) and Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece, Paths of Glory (1957). ti.to/film-noir-uk...

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South West Silents @swsilents.bsky.social · Sep 12

Two Hollywood legends are coming to #Bristol in November and December 2025. As part of the #BFI’s Too Much Melodrama film season. #SilentFilm #FilmNoir

15/11/2025: Joan Crawford Double Bill: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

06/12/2025: Gloria Swanson Double Bill: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

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South West Silents @swsilents.bsky.social · Sep 10

We will be there in person, but if you can’t make this year’s Le Giornate Del Cinema Muto 2025 you can see a couple of the #SilentFilm screenings (with music) online. More info: www.giornatedelcinemamuto.it/en/abbonamen...

ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION

4 > 11 ottobre 2025

www.giornatedelcinemamuto.it

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South West Silents @swsilents.bsky.social · Sep 3

Think you know your #Westerns?! Ever heard of #SilentFilm #Western star Henry Starr?! Well, we hadn't!

So here is our review of Mark Archuleta’s new book about Henry Starr and his lost film, A Debtor to the Law. Plus a chance to win a copy. More info: www.southwestsilents.com/post/discove...

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South West Silents @swsilents.bsky.social · Sep 3

Watch: Captain Scott’s famous polar shipwreck as never seen before: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Terra Nova: Captain Scott’s polar ship filmed on the sea floor

The Terra Nova carried Captain Scott and his men on their doomed expedition to the South Pole.

www.bbc.co.uk

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