dusty weather and brown hills recalled an Old West town. In 1912, the company began building studios, actors’ cottages and prop workshops and went on to make more than 350 silent films there.

Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes have performed together as Jay and Silent Bob in eight films, including "Clerks," "Mallrats" and ...

Anderson’s obsession with Westerns led him to Niles, where its hot, dusty weather and brown hills recalled an Old West town.

BROOKLYN (PIX11) –It was an authentically spooky Halloween experience Inside a 177-year-old Brooklyn Church tonight. In the ...

Niles preserves its silent film legacy at the Essanay Silent Film Museum, showcasing early cinema’s films, props and ...

A person looks at books outside the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum in Fremont on Sept. 7. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group) The museum has an archive containing roughly 14,000 old film prints ...

Not many people had access to a movie camera in the 1920s, but Simon J. Flood did. As manager of Flood’s Theatre in New ...

The Ojai Playhouse, located north of L.A., is back after a $10 million renovation and 10-year closure, with Oscar contenders, ...

The UM School of Theatre and Dance is producing "Silent Sky," based on an astronomer whose analyses at the Harvard ...

If the organizers of the Brooklyn Silent Film Fest are to be believed, this year’s event will be the most punk film festival you'll ever attend. Not far from Newton Creek in Greenpoint ...

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Residents in northern Serbia stopped traffic and stood in silence Friday to commemorate the 14 ...