Explore every episode of the podcast Silence Is Golden
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| 3.6 - The Tramp Arrives: The Shorts of Charlie Chaplin | 06 Jan 2025 | 00:30:07 | |
The Brother Odom return for the Season 3 finale and explore the origins of one of cinema's most iconic characters: Charlie Chaplin's Tramp. | |||
| 3.5 The Short Films of DW Griffith | 02 Dec 2024 | 00:26:57 | |
The Brothers Odom return to discuss three short films from the influential and controversial American director, DW Griffith: The Lonedale Operator, The Cricket on the Hearth, and The Son's Return. | |||
| Episode 8 - Shifting Sands | 07 Feb 2023 | 00:36:52 | |
The boys discuss one of the great leading ladies of the silent era, Gloria Swanson, and her 1918 turn in the genre-defying "Shifting Sands." Wrongful convictions, class crossing romance, and sinister spy rings combine for a fun romp in this unique silent story. | |||
| Episode 7 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame | 22 Jan 2023 | 00:32:31 | |
Brett and Brice (finally!) return for a second season of silent film geekery! As they focus this season on the great actors of the silent screen, join as the boys start by revisiting Lon Chaney in his iconic starring turn in 1923's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." | |||
| Episode 6 - The Phantom Carriage | 30 Dec 2021 | 00:45:13 | |
To close out the first season and ring in the new year, Brett and Brice explore the world of Swedish silent film and it's ghostly masterpiece "The Phantom Carriage." Find us at: Twitter: SilenceGoldPod Find Brice and his works at: Website: jbriceodom.com YouTube: jbriceodom_author Instagram: jbriceodom_author Amazon: J. Brice Odom | |||
| Episode 5 - The Adventures of Prince Achmed | 13 Dec 2021 | 00:44:44 | |
The Brothers Odom dive into the oldest surviving animated feature film: The Adventures of Prince Achmed, the 1926 masterpiece from early animation pioneer Lotte Reiniger. Find us at:
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| Episode 4 - The Phantom of the Opera | 30 Nov 2021 | 00:40:55 | |
Brett and Brice take a deep dive into The Phantom of the Opera, one of the films that made Lon Chaney the legendary Man With a Thousand Faces and brought the story of the Opera Ghost of the Paris Opera House to life. | |||
| Episode 3 - Metropolis | 16 Nov 2021 | 00:50:05 | |
Brett and Brice dive into Fritz Lang's masterpiece of early science fiction, Metropolis. | |||
| Episode 2 - Nosferatu | 02 Nov 2021 | 00:42:12 | |
Brett and Brice join Max from the Scream Kings Podcast to breakdown the spooky silent classic: Nosferatu | |||
| Episode 1 - Battleship Potemkin | 18 Oct 2021 | 00:39:47 | |
Brett and Brice dive into what makes Battleship Potemkin one of the greatest films of all time. | |||
| 3.4 The Queen of Animation - The Shorts of Lotte Reiniger | 27 Oct 2024 | 00:29:32 | |
The boys return to the beautiful animated worlds of animation pioneer Lotte Reiniger. Join the Brothers Odom as they explore the Queen of Animation's takes on Cinderella and the Nativity Story as well as her first mesmerizing short, The Ornament of the Enamored Heart | |||
| 3.3 Horror in Minature | 14 Oct 2024 | 00:26:12 | |
The spooky season arrives on Silence is Golden as the Brothers Odom dive into a menagerie of silent era shorts that marked early cinematic forays into the Horror genre. | |||
| 3.2 America's First Studio - The Shorts of the Edison Company | 29 Sep 2024 | 00:23:39 | |
America gets in on the film game! Join the Brothers Odom as they explore two early short films from Edison Studios: The Great Train Robbery and Alice in Wonderland. | |||
| 3.1 The Pioneering Shorts of Georges Melies | 15 Sep 2024 | 00:25:20 | |
The Brothers Odom return for a third season, beginning an exploration of silent era short films with the one of the men who started it all: George Melies. | |||
| Episode 12 - The Temptress | 10 Apr 2023 | 00:36:19 | |
The boys take a final stop in this season's journey through the legends of the silent screen with 1926's The Temptress. Join them as they discuss the legendary Greta Garbo and her starring turn in this tale of seduction and tragedy. | |||
| Episode 11 - The Kid | 27 Mar 2023 | 00:34:51 | |
The boys dive into the pioneering dramedy, The Kid, starring the the iconic Charlie Chaplin in his first feature film. | |||
| Episode 10 - The Mark of Zorro | 07 Mar 2023 | 00:36:04 | |
Join the boys for a discussion of the first great swashbuckling adventure with the first great swashbuckler: Douglas Fairbank's 1920 "The Mark of Zorro" | |||
| Episode 9 - The General | 19 Feb 2023 | 00:32:21 | |
The boys take a look at the comedic legacy of Buster Keaton by deep-diving into the iconic silent comedy of a train theft in the Civil War: The General. All aboard! | |||