Keyword: silent film

The Saphead

6.2

1920

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The simple-minded son of a rich financier must find his own way in the world.

The Boat

7.2

1921

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Buster and his family go on a voyage on his homemade boat that proves to be one disaster after another.

The Sinking of the Lusitania

6.5

1918

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Winsor McCay recreates the sinking of the ocean liner Lusitania by a German U-boat in this propaganda piece designed to stir up anti-German sentiment during World War I.

Felix the Ghost Breaker

6.2

1923

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Felix is trying to get some sleep in a graveyard, but keeps getting bothered by a ghost. He follows the ghost to the house of an old farmer, and the ghost proceeds to terrorize the old man, and when the farmer calls for help from the police, the ghost terrorizes them, too. Felix, however, suspects something fishy is going on, and with the help of the farmers donkey, gets to the bottom of things.

The Squaw Man

5.7

1914

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A chivalrous British officer takes the blame for his cousins embezzlement and journeys to the American West to start a new life on a cattle ranch.

The Railrodder

7.3

1965

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After literally walking to Canada from England, Buster takes a cross-country trip across Canada on a railway motorcar (speeder).

Lot in Sodom

6.4

1933

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Lot in Sodom is a sensual depiction of the Sodom and Gomorrah story filled with sinewy and semi-clad bodies, delirious bacchanales devoted to physical pleasure, and a searing, cataclysmic finale depicting the fall of a city devoted to sins of the flesh. Digitally mastered from excellent 35mm elements. Lot In Sodom has its original experimental soundtrack by Alec Wilder.

Silent Britain

7.5

2006

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A documentary about the early years of silent films made in Britain. Showing that it wasnt just a few, easily dismissed comedies, but many high quality films including some very popular comedies and some fine dramas. Matthew Sweet shows through examples how the art and even the language of film was developed by some of these pioneers working in Britain.

Seven Years Bad Luck

7.1

1921

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After breaking a mirror in his home, superstitious Max tries to avoid situations which could bring bad luck, but in doing so causes himself the worst luck imaginable.

The Last Cartridge, an Incident of the Sepoy Rebellion in India

4.5

1908

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Caught off-guard by Indian mutineers, a British soldier saves his last bullet for his daughter lest she be taken. This silent film features an original, scene-specific piano score compiled from period appropriate photoplay music.

The Cigarette

6.7

1919

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A Parisian museum director believes his wife has lost interest in him and so places a poisoned cigarette in the box on his desk - thus allowing chance to decide the moment of his death.

Old Heidelberg

6

1915

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Karl Heinrich is the heir to the throne of the small European principality of Rutania, but hes a lonely child, not allowed to play with other children and knowing little about life outside the castle. When he reaches college age he is sent to attend the University of Heidelberg, and really starts to enjoy himself for the first time, even falling in love with Kathie, his only friend during childhood and the niece of an innkeeper. However, political turmoil in Rutania forces him to return. He finds that the only way out of declaring war on a neighboring country would be to marry the daughter of its king--but that would require giving up Kathie, the only woman hes ever loved.