Showing posts with label Benjamin Christensen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Benjamin Christensen. Show all posts

Friday, October 14, 2022

October 14: Posters & Lobby Cards for The Haunted House (1928)

 


The film is a an old dark house spoof staring Thelma Todd and Chester Conklin. The plot carries the (even by this time) well worn story of a group of people gathered at a creepy mansion for the reading of a will. It was made for First National and was, believe it or not, directed by Benjamin Christensen (who gave us Häxan). It was released in November of 1928 and ran for an hour and ten minutes. A partial silent version with a musical score and sound effects had a limited release, while the fully silent version was more widely distributed. Listed as a lost film until 2020 when the UCLA Film and Television Archive announced that it had what is thought to be a complete copy. 










Saturday, October 31, 2015

Silent Horror Montage




I stumbled on this on YouTube this morning--wonderful Montage from 4 silent horror films, two by Melies from 1896, one my Chomon from 1908 and quite a lot from the the truly demented Swedish/Danish film Haxan:  Witchcraft Through The Ages, by Danish born director Benjamin Christensen (for more information watch it over at YouTube).  Happy Halloween!!  Oh, and Feliz Dia de la Brujas to folks in down Mexico way!


Here is a link to my own photo tribute to Haxan from Halloween two years ago.