My 10 Favourite Silent Films (10 titles)
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The General
Buster Keaton on a train for a long long time.
Look, even on the cover!
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The General
on DVD
(1926)
Starring: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavander
Director: Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman
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A young railroad engineer is prevented from enlisting in the Confederate Army because of his profession. A year later he is able to free his girlfriend who is a passenger on a train hijacked by Union soldiers. Historians consider this film to be the last truly classic comedy of the silent film era. ..read more »
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Nosferatu
creepier than the man who sits on my window ledge
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Nosferatu
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1922)
Starring: Max Schreck, Gustav Von Wangenheim, Gustav von Wangenheim
Director: F.W. Murnau
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The silent horror classic made on location in the Baltics. Black and White.
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The Hunchback Of Notre Dame
Lon Chaney out-silences a great big building
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The Hunchback Of Notre Dame
on DVD
(1923)
Starring: Lon Chaney, Patsy Ruth Miller, Ernest Torrence
Director: Wallace Worsley
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This silent film is the first screen version of Victor Hugo's 1831 novel. Chaney plays the deformed bell-ringer who is smitten by a beautiful dancing girl persecuted by the wicked Bishop of Notre Dame.
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The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari
It's a bit creepy.
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The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari
on DVD
(1919)
Starring: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Lil Dagover
Director: Robert Wiene
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In the unsuspecting hamlet of Holstenwall, Germany, the time has come again for the town's annual fair. When Francis and his best friend Alan attend the festivities, they are led into an exhibition that will change their lives forever. The sinister hypnotist, Dr. Caligari, is the keeper of a ..read more »
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Charlie Chaplin - City Lights
Chaplin kicking people AND punching them
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Charlie Chaplin - City Lights
on DVD
(1931)
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Jean Harlow, Virginia Cherrill
Director: Charlie Chaplin
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Charles Chaplin was deep into production of his silent City Lights when Hollywood was overwhelmed by the talkie revolution. After months of anguished contemplation, Chaplin decided to finish the film as it began--in silence, save for a musical score and an occasional sound effect. Once again cast ..read more »
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The Big Parade
silent and long; you know you want it
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The Big Parade
(1925)
Starring: John Gilbert
Director: King Vidor
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The idle son of a rich businessman joins the army when the U.S.A. enters World War One. He is sent to France, where he becomes friends with two working-class soldiers. He also falls in love with a Frenchwoman, but has to leave her to move to the frontline.
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Buster Keaton - Steamboat Bill Jr
The one with all the wind and the insane stunts.
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Buster Keaton - Steamboat Bill Jr
on DVD
Starring: Buster Keaton
Director: Charles Reisner
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Includes three great silent films starring cinema icon Buster Keaton. In STEAMBOAT BILL, JR., Keaton plays the mild-mannered son of a steamboat captain caught in the middle of the bitter rivalry between his father and another Mississippi riverboat owner. This silent classic contains the famous ..read more »
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Harold Lloyd Collection
For "Safety Last!" - the film that put Harold Lloyd in the same stratosphere as Keaton/Chaplin.
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Harold Lloyd Collection
(9 discs)
on DVD
(1923)
Starring: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill Strothers
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Collection comprising many of Harold Lloyd's most famous films, along short films and featurettes. Titles include A SAILOR-MADE MAN, DR JACK, GRANDMA's BOY, SAFETY LAST, WHY WORRY, GIRL SHY, HOT WATER, THE FRESHMAN, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE, THE KID BROTHER, SPEEDY, WELCOME DANGER, FEET FIRST, MOVIE CRAZY,..read more »
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Metropolis
I want to get a bit pretentious, but instead: "1920s sci-fi!!!!!!"
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Metropolis
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1927)
Starring: Rudolph Klein-Rogge, Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel
Director: Fritz Lang
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METROPOLIS, a visionary and elaborate spectacle by director Fritz Lang is an epic projection of a futuristic city divided into a working and an elite class. Its exhilarating climax brings the city to its knees, as the classes clash against each other.In the 21st-Century, a de-humanized proletariat ..read more »
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Sunrise
From IMDB: "Rowboat / Dog / Fireworks / Vamp / Drowning".
And it's all true!
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Sunrise
on DVD
(1927)
Starring: George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston
Director: F.W. Murnau
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SUNRISE chronicles the murderous desires--and ultimate repentance--of a wayward husband. Deeply attracted by a sophisticated vamp who worms her way into the couple's simple country existence, the man agrees to take his wife into the city by rowboat... with plans to drown her on the way. In the ..read more »
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