Mark your calendars for something cool! RLand Art and the Norman Studios present The Patchwork Girl of Oz and other silent Oz classics this Sunday night, February 22 at Rain Dogs in Riverside. A tad bizarre but incredibly engaging, this series of silent shorts shot between 1910 and 1915 features the earliest screen adaptations of … [Read more…]
It’s a goal that has been years in the making. And with the stroke of a pen, it became a reality this week. Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner announced Tuesday that the Norman Studios silent film studio property still standing in Jacksonville, Florida’s historic Old Arlington neighborhood is now listed on the National Register … [Read more…]
by Christina Kimble From The Blind Side (2009), to The Longest Yard (2005) to Remember the Titans (2000), football has played an importance in film, but The Freshman (1925) is accredited as being the trigger that inspired football in film to remain lively throughout the decades. Perhaps Harold Lloyd’s performance inspired this film’s preservation. Born … [Read more…]
The Norman Studios Silent Film Museum and the Hotel Indigo® Jacksonville announce the launch of Silent Sundays, a monthly silent film screening, on Sunday, July 13, 4pm. The debut event features A Florida Enchantment, considered one of the most controversial films of its day. Shot in 1914 in Jacksonville and St. Augustine by Vitagraph Films, … [Read more…]
The Norman Studios and Old Arlington, Inc. will be honored with the Jacksonville Historic Preservation Commission’s 2014 Historic Preservation Project Award tonight at 6pm at a ceremony at the Main Library Auditorium Downtown. The award in the Heritage Education – Events category recognizes the two organization’s amazing collaboration on the Matthews Bridge 60th Anniversary Celebration … [Read more…]
If you’ve ever wanted a quick but thorough immersion education on film history, you’ve got it with the upcoming Florida Chautauqua Assembly. Slated for January 23-26 in DeFuniak Springs, Florida, the event this year focuses on the history of motion pictures, including Florida’s cinematic contributions. This year’s keynote speaker is actor Demond Wilson, best known … [Read more…]
It’s a sad reality – just a fourth of all silent films produced in the United States remain, and many of them are in heartbreakingly poor condition. A study from the Library of Congress titled The Survival of American Silent Feature Films: 1912-1929, reveals for the first time how many feature films produced by U.S. … [Read more…]
Heads up, film fans! The first full-length biography on late silent filmmaker Richard Norman has hit the shelves! The book is full of rarely seen images from the Richard E. Norman Collection, donated by the Norman family to Indiana University’s Black Film Center/Archive and Lily Library. Personal and film still photos, promotional materials and business … [Read more…]