What Do Those Old Films Mean?
1985
156 minutes
Overview
Noel Burch’s fascinating and well-made (if at times historically contestable) six-part BBC television series, about early silent cinema in Denmark, England, the Soviet Union, France, Germany, and the U.S., mixes beautiful clips of rare films with various social theories about their significance.
Top Cast
Douglas Fairbanks
Himself(archive footage)
Mary Pickford
Herself(archive footage)