Scott Lord on the Silent Film of Greta Garbo, Mauritz Stiller, Victor Sjostrom as Victor Seastrom, John Brunius, Gustaf Molander - the Golden Age of Swedish Silent Film........Lost Films in Found Magazines: Victor Seastrom directing John Gilbert and Lon Chaney, the printed word offering clues to deteriorated celluloid, extratextual discourse illustrating how novels were adapted to the screen; the photoplay as a literature, a social phenomenon; how it was reviewed, audience reception.
Scott Lord on Silent Film
Gendered spectatorship notwithstanding, in a way, the girl coming down the stairs is symbolic of the lost film itself, the unattainable She, idealized beauty antiquated (albeit it being the beginning of Modernism), with the film detective catching a glimpse of the extratextural discourse of periodicals and publicity stills concerning Lost Films, Found Magazines
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Scott Lord Finnish Silent Film: The Bride of the Trickster (Konskenlaskijan morsian, Erriki Karu, 1923)
Konrad Tollroth, who had directed in Sweden for Charles Magnusson and Svenska Bio, starred in the adaptation of the 1911 Vaino Kataja novel "The Rapid Rider's Brides" written and directed by Erikki Karu during 1923. Karu followed in 1923 by directing the film "The Village Shoemakers" (Nummisuutarit). Both films star actress Kristi Suonio.
Finnish silent film director Erikki Karu directed two of his earliest films, romantic comedies in regard to genre, for Suomen Biografi during 1920, both photographed by Finnish cinematographer Frans Ekebom, "War Profiteer Kaikus Disrupted Summer Vacation" (Sotagubishi Kaiun Hairitty Kesabma) and "Student Pollevaava's Betrothal" (Ylioppilas Pollovaaran Kihlaus). Both films are primarily considered Lost Silent Films with only fragments presently existing. Erriki Karu silent film
Scott Lord on Silent Film, Scott Lord on Swedish Silent Film, Scott Lord on Danish Silent Film
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