Silent Film Guide
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Silent Film Guide
IMPORTANT INFO, PLEASE READ:
- MICROFILM DEPT (1st FLOOR) 8A-12A ONLY. YES, OPEN ON WEEKENDS.
- ANNEX REQUESTS - 12 TO 24 HOUR TURNAROUND TIME.
Popular Journals & Newspapers in existance at the time of the silents.
These are either available in microfilm (1st floor, Alden Library) or at the Annex (just do an Intercampus Annex Request, enter your patron info, then choose the year you wish to see, it will arrive within 24 hours.)
I have provided links to the following print journals, or you can do a periodical title search in Alice.
- Vanity Fair
- Time Magazine
- Ladies Home Journal
- Atlantic Monthly
- New Yorker
- Variety
- Harpers Weekly
- Saturday Evening Post
- The Nation
- Commonweal
- Science
- Scientific American
- Moving Picture World What a find! I had no idea we had this!
NEWSPAPERS
- New York Times
- New York Times Historical (online)
- Washington Post
- Washington Post Historical (online)
- Times Digital Archive (Times of London, online) 1765-1985
- O Estada de Sao Paulo 1930-1956, Brazil
- Humanite 1934-1938, France
- Mainichi Daily News 1922-1965, Japan
- South China Morning Post 1930-1941, China
We also have a variety of newspapers in Microfilm (1st floor), but they are from various countries and cover various dates. To check on our holdings go to: International Newspapers
Good Background info on Films & Filmmakers
International Dictionary of Films & Filmmakers
Film Reviews pre-1980
Good places for older reviews (most of our current online databases cover 1980-present), see the Film Reviews section on the main FILM page for suggestions as to where you can find older reviews.
Other Sources pre-1980
- A fun visual source is the the website, Ad*Access, developed at Duke University. It is a database of Advertising images from 1911-1955.
- The New York Public Library has amazing digital resources, NYPL Digital Gallery. Have a look.
- This is kind of different, perhaps enlightening, primary source, North American Women's Letters and Diaries, colonial to 1950. Letters and diaries of women during this time frame.
- Although this is not a primary resource, it will provide a good snapshot of a decade, American Decades (was a print source, but we purchased online access). This is a great place to find information on each decade starting in 1900. It gives an overview of events from arts to government.