Silent Wierdness

  1873-1943  Max Reinhardt was primarily a man of theater; he did it all from acting to directing to producing. He is today regard...

1898-1978 Queenie Smith is remembered by generations of people from her numerous television appearances as an "auntie/grandmot...

  1868-1939 Born Josephine Ditt, and mostly credited as such, she also has credits as Josephine Ricketts (in some place Ditt is ...

1797-1882 British stage actor, manager and playwright Benjamin Nottingham Webster was born on this day in Bath, England. He was ...

ALL TIMES IN EDT Star of the Month:  Dorothy Dandridge Every Tuesday: Women Make Film 9 Sept. 7:45AM [Year: 1926] Trailer ...

  1897-1986 Ingenue actress of silent cinema Marguerite Gabrielle Courtot was born on this day in Summit, New Jersey to French s...

  1853-1931  British stage and film character actor Lawrence D'Orsay was born Dorset William Lawrance on this day in Peterbor...

  1830-1916  [apologies...again, this time not for my mistakes (which I make a lot of 😀), but for Google blogger issues with sp...

1879-1974 For fans of film history and those who even casually watch silent films, Samuel Goldwyn needs no introduction! Goldwyn ...

1890-1963  Actress of the early silent era Jane Gail was born Ethel S. Magee on this day in Salem, New York. Her entire career in ...