Silent Era Halloween Images

This year I am posting up creepy Halloween photographs from the silent film era (not necessarily from silent films). I am starting off from this one.  I have looked and can't find the exact year --though it was taken some time during the 1920's. Bonus image below...the 1950's weren't much less creepy when it came to Halloween costumes! Happy October 1!!

Theda At A Costume Party! Happy Halloween Everyone!

This is a photo of Theda Bara with film director hubbie Charles Brabin many years after she quit acting at "fancy dress party," given by Basil Rathbone.  Here is the US, of course, we call it a costume party.  It wasn't held on Halloween however; the event took place on 19 April 1938.  Still great Halloween photo too!  Found on The She Devil live journal--no further information could be found on who took the photo.  Would be really cool if it was Rathbone himself!

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.

Dante's Inferno (1911)

The is the world's oldest surviving feature length film of any genre...so it's kind of cool that the genre is Horror!  And believe me, this is one hell (pun intended) of a horror film!! Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! This Is Super Cute!!

Haxan (1922)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

A Theda Bara Tribute

I ran across this on the web and thought it would make a fitting Halloween post.  It is well done, and Bara has been a favorite of mine since childhood as well!

Spooks, Flip The Frog (1932)

Ub Iwerks cartoon from the early 30's after leaving Disney.  He was the original creator of the Skeleton Symphony for Disney, for which he got scant credit.  This is his personal furtherance of that project.  This is for my kid, who is having a whole day of Halloween stuff at his whim today....including going to see Frankenweenie in the theater!  So Happy Halloween to all the little ones out there, and happy animation!!

The Haunted House (1929)

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Nosferatu