Early Cinema Gateway
Genres
- The Fantômas Website
Basic information on the novels and films about the French popular fiction hero Fantômas, including film stills and synopses. - Moving Pictures That Talk
Essay (without illustrations) on the various efforts to synchronise sound discs with motion pictures in the early cinema period, including such systems as the Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre, Chronophone, Cinephone and Vivaphone. - Silent Westerns
Well-illustrated essay on the silent Western, with good historical background for cinema at this time generally.