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What Do Those Old Films Mean?

Directed by Noël Burch

TV MovieDocumentary
19852h 36m6.0

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.

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks

Douglas Fairbanks

Himself(archive footage)

Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford

Herself(archive footage)