Keyword: silent film

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.

Charleston Parade

5.9

1927

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Shot in three days, this surreal, erotic silent short shows a native white girl teaching a futuristic African airman the Charleston dance.

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.

Reaching for the Moon

6.3

1917

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A factory worker has always dreamed that he was meant for better things, to be rich and famous and in \the company of kings\. One day he discovers that he is indeed the only heir to the throne of a small European kingdom. However, there are forces at work who dont want him to survive to take the throne.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

A Motion Selfie

5.6

2018

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\A Motion Selfie\ is one-of-a-kind DIY filmmaking: a darkly comic chronicle following a year in the life of a washed-up viral video star and the sexually depraved stalker who becomes obsessed with his work.

His Wedding Night

6

1917

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In a drugstore Al and Roscoe are rivals for Alice. Roscoe slings melons and operates the gas pump. Buster delivers a wedding gown for Alice, begins modeling it, is mistaken for Alice and is kidnapped by Al.