February, 2007
I wrote this quite some time ago for our local theatre's Halloween showing of Nosferatu. I wish I had cited my sources better, but I like to say I've grown as a writer since. Regardless, enjoy this brief history of Nosferatu, vampires, and "Dracula."

February, 2004
Portraits of the Silent Stars: Photos of male and female stars of the era from movie magazines found at an estate sale.

January, 2004
From Motion Picture Classic February, 1928 comes lovely Louise Brooks, illustrating the song "Less Than the Dust."

August, 2003
Near my hometown of Akron, Ohio lived a woman who was once very big in pictures...and no one ever knew. Her name was Lillian J. Sweetser, and she was a scenario writer during the very early days of "moving pictures." Although she died in 1974, this article is a look back at a woman who was but a footnote in film -- and local -- history.

July, 2003
From William M. Drew, author of The Speeding Sweethearts, comes a new article on another queen of the automobile: Anita King

June, 2003
My friend David Downey wrote an article on the early downtown movie theatres of his hometown of Mountain View, California. An interesting bit of local history, one that reflects the fates and fortunes of many of the early nickelodeons and theatres across the country.

October 2001
Close-ups in Celluloid: Harold Lloyd

August 2001
Clara Bow Becomes Bride of Rex Bell

July 2001
Spreading the Magic with Slides and Lantern

June 2001
A Luminous Star: Kathlyn Williams

May 2001
The Audience Speaks its Mind

February, 2000
Eat and Keep Well with Marguerite Clark

January, 2000
Beauty and the Bean: A 1922 Interview with Norma Talmadge

November, 1999
Mary Pickford: My Own Story

March, 1999
To the Query Editor: Questions and answers on your favorite stars from Picture Progress magazine, November, 1916

January, 1999
More Than Just A Pretty Face: Actresses Behind the Camera by William Drew

December, 1998
Lillian Gish and her "hometown" of Massillon, Ohio

September, 1998
Q&A With the Silent Film Society of Atlanta

May, 1998
A virtual tour or, Home Sweet Home (new homes added!)

December, 1997
Take a walk down the "Boulevard of the Stars".... the great Hollywood Walk of of Fame.

October, 1997
Erich von Stroheim's masterpiece Greed

On December 5, 1999, TCM aired a "reconstructed" Greed. Read all about the project, as well as articles and reviews.

September, 1997
The Speeding Sweethearts. William Drew, author of At the Center of the Frame: Leading Ladies of the Twenties and Thirties and Speaking of Silents: First Ladies of the Screen writes this wonderful account of how .

August, 1997
Of Silent Stars and Castles: Colleen Moore's Dollhouse

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