Resources

Here are just a few of the resources used researching movies and putting together our list:

• Silent Films Internet Archive - a treasure trove of info, a player and links to movie files
• Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" Page - I do enjoy Ebert's reviews
• AMC Film History by Decade - extensive listings of film by decade
• Turner Classic Movies - TCM has a fair amount of good info on films and stars
• Common Sense Media - movie reviews for parents includes an extensive array of classic titles
• Internet Movie Database - truth is I am an IMDB junkie. The site is loaded with info on almost every film. ever. and very useful
• National Film Preservation Board - An arm of the Library of Congress, lots of great info
• Pictureshowman.com - Wonderful, well organized source of info about motion picture history
• Silent Locations blog - Author John Bengtson's blog about filming locations from Chaplin, Keaton and Lloyd films. A treasure.
• Pima County Library - wonderful collection of early and classic movies. Easily available from any library in the system and delivered to your home branch through interlibrary loan
• Movie Diva Blog - just discovered this amazing cache of great reviews. Must read more!
• Silent Era - information and new hub for all things related to silent film.
• Nitrateville - online chat forums for a variety of silent and sound classic film topics
• MyClassicMovies - an excellent, well-written tumblr blog providing funny and useful info on what TCM is showing