1903 E3 - Bruce Calvert

Silent film historian Bruce Calvert has been collecting silent film memorabilia for 30 years, showcased on his site The Silent Film Still Archive. He shares his story of how he came to develop this interest and addresses how supporting materials can help us understand how incomplete, missing, and even fully surviving movies were made, seen, and received.

Bruce is also a moderator of the classic film discussion site NitrateVille.

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Films and resources mentioned:

• The Melomaniac (1903) - Georges Méliès
• Eccentric Waltz (1903) - unknown
• A Search for Evidence (1903) - Billy Bitzer
• Mary Jane’s Mishap (1903) - George Albert Smith
• The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
• Ella Cinders (1926) - Alfred E. Green
• A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
• The One-Man Band (1900) - Georges Méliès
• The Great Train Robbery (1904) - Siegmund Lubin
• Star Wars (1977) - George Lucas
• Napoléon (1927) - Abel Gance
• A Pictorial History of the Silent Screen - Daniel Blum
• The Film Preservation Society
• Cinema’s First Nasty Women