Silent Movies

A monster and his emperor scorpion are confined to a room.

In September 1932, a party of climbers composed of Bruno Detassis, Gino Corrà and Nello Bianchini completed the first ascent of the Paganella...

"While The Salvation Army on the Job is listed in film databases without a full plot summary, it is closely associated with the 1919 short comedy A...

Elam films her close friend, Chuck Kleinhans.

Elaborate petal-like and multicolored flowers rising in white space until the whole field is as if crushed by floral designs in madly-swift mixtures...

"A 'Full-day exercise in the Bernina area' by mountain soldiers under the command of Major Charles Golay. At two o'clock, 130 men broke up in...

Abstract short.

An insoluble quest.

Peter Hutton's New York trilogy. An act of urban archaeology, a chronicle of indelible impressions of the city.

A girl sitting on an autumn leaf-filled sidewalk communicates with a mysterious figure across the street.

Expeditions in the Western Canadian Arctic

JoAnn Elam plants collards.

At home, outdoors. Street shots.

Elam turns in place while filming nature.

Silent cartoon.

This hand-painted and elaborately step-printed work begins with a flourish of reds and yellows and purples in palpable fruit-like shapes interspersed...

A man's sisyphean struggle to fall asleep during a particularly bothersome night. A Silent Comedy Short.

Digging in the woods.

Death awaits the souls of those who perished and interviews them before they move on.