Bret Wood Movies

Documentary about the making of Buster Keaton's silent comedy classic, Sherlock Jr. (1924).

This film covers the early history of post World War II educational films, especially those involving traffic safety by the Highway Safety Foundation...

The special effects in The Play House (1921) are discussed.

This visual essay by John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton, reveals the locations...

Documentary about the Buster Keaton short Hard Luck (1921).

Documentary on Day Dreams (1922), a Buster Keaton silent comedy.

Carmilla comes to a rural town where her mother mysteriously disappeared years earlier. She is aided in her quest by an emotionally troubled local...

In this visual essay John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton, pinpoints the locations...

The actors in My Wife's Relations (1922) are discussed in this documentary.

The evolution of The Scarecrow (1920) is discussed in this documentary.

Four visual essays by Silent Echoes author John Bengtson identifying Buster Keaton's shooting locations for his many short films produced between...

David Kalat discusses the works of Buster Keaton.

Documentary about the development of Buster Keaton's The Haunted House (1921).

An erotic thriller from the director of Psychopathia Sexualis, THE LITTLE DEATH offers a peek into the seedy boudoirs of a Victorian-era brothel,...

Multi-narrative adaptation of Richard v. Krafft-Ebing's notorious medico-forensic study of sexual perversity.

A short documentary on Buster Keaton's The Frozen North (1922), regarding how the events of Fatty Arbuckle's trial and William S. Hart's quick...

A troubled veteran returns home to resume his life, but first he must fulfill a dreadful family obligation.

Narrated by Rod Steiger, this documentary examines the frightful conventions from which the modern-day horror movie has evolved, featuring clips from...

Ben Model discusses scoring music for silent movies.

A glimpse at how genre film-focused home video companies have taken the charge in preserving, restoring, and releasing so many works which otherwise...