Thomas Gladysz Articles
Louise Brooks-G. W. Pabst's DIARY OF A LOST GIRL in Washington
Louise Brooks in G. W. Pabst's Diary of a Lost Girl Louise Brooks' 1929 silent classic Diary of a Lost Girl, directed by G. W. Pabst, will be screened at 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 2 at Washington's National Gallery of Art. The presentation will feature live musical accompaniment by the Irish musical ensemble 3epkano, who will perform their own original score for the film. In [...]
LLoyd Hamilton: Poor Boy Comedian of Silent Cinema
In the San Francisco Examiner, Thomas Gladysz talks about the recently released biography of silent-film comedian Lloyd Hamilton: "Chances are, if you’re a fan of early film or early comedic actors, you’re only dimly aware of Lloyd Hamilton. Though he was never as popular as his silent film contemporaries Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Charley Chase, he was admired and even praised by those same [...]
Thomas Meighan, THE LOST SQUADRON at the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Via Thomas Gladysz's article in the Los Angeles Examiner: The Edison Theatre at the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum in the Northern California town of Fremont has been screening silent films and early talkies for quite some time. As Gladysz explains in his article, that area was home to the western studios of the Chicago-based Essanay film company, among whose stars at one point were [...]