What Do Those Old Films Mean? 39 years old

Noel Burch’s fascinating and well-made (if at times historically contestable) six-part BBC television series, about early silent cinema in Denmark, England, the Soviet Union, France, Germany, and the U.S., mixes beautiful clips of rare films with various social theories about their significance.

Credits

What Do Those Old Films Mean? Cast

Name	Character
Mary Pickford She was 92, 86 years old when she died	as Herself(archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks He was 102, 56 years old when he died	as Himself(archive footage)

What Do Those Old Films Mean? Crew

Name	Department
Hubert Niogret as Producer.	Production
Jacques Champreux as Thanks. He was 55 (now 94) years old	Crew
Noël Burch as Director. He was 53 (now 92) years old	Directing
Noël Burch as Writer. He was 53 (now 92) years old	Writing