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Comment on Blancanieves (2012): London film festival review by Seeing Snow | SodaCoke

Seeing Snow | SodaCoke — Fri, 10 May 2013 06:43:51 +0000

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The British Silent Film Weekend 2013 – re... — Wed, 01 May 2013 09:24:11 +0000

[...] As you know, this year the British Silent Film Festival has taken a year off – but luckily for us, it's the kind of year off where two all-day events still go ahead. Just to keep things ticking over, as it were. [...]

Comment on Charlie’s London: the pub crawl by View from the Mirror

View from the Mirror — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:40:45 +0000

A brilliant post. As a London cabbie I pass the Three Stags often and never knew about that link. I’ll never look at that pub in the same way again.

Comment on The British Silent Film Weekend 2013 – reporting back by Charles Miller

Charles Miller — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:04:33 +0000

Hello.. I don’t know if you’ve posted this, but the Thief of Baghdad, due to be screened on the 1st June with Carl Davis conducting the Philharmonia has been quietly replaced with a concert performance of modern film music.. no explanation has been posted or offered..

BW, Charles Miller

Comment on The British Silent Film Weekend 2013 – reporting back by PH

PH — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:33:08 +0000

Ah thanks Stephen. I think I had him down as the director in my notes from your talk but saw her credited elsewhere and assumed I had make the mistake. Really enjoyed your paper!

Comment on The British Silent Film Weekend 2013 – reporting back by Stephen Morgan

Stephen Morgan — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:11:26 +0000

Fantastic write up, Pam! And thanks for the kind words!

Just a slight correction, as far as we know (and according to Denis Gifford), THE HERNCRAKE WITCH was directed by Mark Melford (not Jackey), although she did appear on-screen as the witch’s daughter. She wrote and directed one film called THE INN ON THE HEATH, which – according to Gifford – starred her father, but I suspect the film may actually have been made after he died. The research continues…

Comment on The British Silent Film Weekend 2013 – reporting back by PH

PH — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 12:03:52 +0000

Aldeburgh should be great. I can’t make it but keen to hear all about it. And I love the geneaology idea. Quite often people contact me because they have read about their ancestors on the site and want to know where to find out more about their work.

Comment on The British Silent Film Weekend 2013 – reporting back by amandarandall5

amandarandall5 — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 12:00:23 +0000

Great write up! Had to miss the screenings so it’s lovely to see what you made of it. Suggested to Bryony that BSSF should tap into the genealogy market for future audience, they’re crazy about any historical angle. Thanks for the SL calendar btw, essential reading Bring on Aldeburgh with sun hopefully…

Comment on The 3rd Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema – 13-17 March 2013 by The British Silent Film Weekend 2013 – reporting back | Silent London

The British Silent Film Weekend 2013 – reporting back | Silent London — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 11:49:44 +0000

[...] 15? That was the topic under discussion in the day’s closing panel. Alison Strauss of the Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema was joined by Bryony Dixon and Laraine Porter from the British Silent Film Festival to discuss the [...]

Comment on A Woman Redeemed at the Cinema Museum, 14 June 2012 by The British Silent Film Weekend 2013 – reporting back | Silent London

The British Silent Film Weekend 2013 – reporting back | Silent London — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 11:49:41 +0000

[...] Amy Sargeant‘s paper on the Betty Balfour-starring European co-production Bright Eyes whetted the appetite, both in hopes of a screening of what seems to be a delightful film, and for future British Silent Film Festivals to come. During her discussion of the film, which would be an excellent double-bill with Piccadilly or Champagne, Sargeant drew on lessons learned from papers given and films shown throughout the previous 15 British Silent Film Festivals. [...]