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FESTIVAL WRAP-UP: SILENT SIRENS

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By Daniel Barnes and Mike Dub Daniel Barnes: My main reason for putting together this festival, beyond exploring a few actresses whose films I had never seen, was to examine cinematic sexuality in the silent era.  As I said in my festival intro, movies don’t create trends, but […]

“Pandora’s Box” (1929) Movie Review by Daniel Barnes

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Pandora’s Box (1929; G.W. Pabst) GRADE: B+ By Daniel Barnes Some people have argued that the black bob haircut popularly associated with Louise Brooks was first sported onscreen by actress Colleen Moore.  This may be true, even if pre-fame photos of Brooks show her with an evolving version […]