I confess to liking the old-fashioned theatrical backdrops (above) of the 19th Century. I think it was the sets in the old Melies...

The set design in "Rabbit of Seville" is great, but who did it? I'm guessing Maurice Noble designed it and Phil DeGaurd (spe...

To prepare for this post I did a Google search for "The Scarlet Empress/set designer" and came up with nothing. I tried a bunch ...

Hands down, my favorite silent comedy is Charlie Chaplin's "The RINK," It's not perfect; sometimes you can't follow...

This is too big a subject to cover in one post but I can still put up some pretty pictures. My interest in stage design comes from being ...