A study from the Library of Congress reveals for the first time how many feature films produced by U.S. studios during the silent film era still exist, what condition they’re in and where they are ...

There is perhaps only one place in America that shows weekly silent movies on antique projectors using the original film prints, the light flickering across the screen as stories unfold. And that is ...

NEW YORK, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Nearly three-quarters of America's feature-length silent films have been lost, and the legacy that put Hollywood at the forefront of the movie industry from 1912 to 1929 is ...

FREMONT, Calif. -- The Historic District of Niles in Fremont, Calif. is a living piece of history in the Bay Area. The district houses many original buildings built more than 100 years ago. Among ...

The Library of Congress has created a worldwide database to track what's left, a hopeful "road map to finding silent films we once thought were gone forever," Martin Scorsese says. By Mike Barnes ...

British actor, director, screenwriter and producer Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin and American actor Tom Murray in a scene from "The Gold Rush." While there are modern silent classics, such as ...