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Director: Maurice Tourneur    More Info
Starring: Wallace Beery, Barbara Bedford, Alan Roscoe, Lillian Hall, Henry Woodward, Theodore Lorch, Boris Karloff, James Gordon, George Hackathorne, Nelson McDowell

 This early version of "The Last of the Mohicans" was the last major work of director Maurice Tourneur. It is the story of the French and Indian War of the 1700s and the role, as allies, that Indian tribes played for both sides. This film is close to the original James Fenimore Cooper book as it relates the efforts of Hawkeye (Harry Lorraine) and the last of the Mohicans–Uncas (Alan Roscoe) and Chingachgook (Theodore Lorch)–to rescue Alice and Cora Munro (Lillian Hall and Barbara Bedford) from the evil Magua (Wallace Berry). Can you find Boris Karloff as an Indian?

Director: Maurice Tourneur    More Info
Starring: Lon Chaney, Shirley Mason, Charles Hill Mailes, Sydney Deane, Harry Holden, Charles Ogle, Al W. Filson, Josie Melville, Wilton Taylor, Joseph Singleton

 In this early adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic story, Long John Silver (Charles Ogle) is searching for the treasure, and young Jim Hawkins (Shirley Mason) has possession of the treasure map. Now, Long John Silver and his pirates try to get the map.

Director: Fred C. Newmeyer    More Info
Starring: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Noah Young, Dick Sutherland, Gus Leonard, Leo Willis, Jobyna Ralston

 In Harold Lloyd's first feature film, he takes on the role of a playboy who joins the Navy in order to prove to the father of his girlfriend (Mildred Davis) that he is worthy of her. When his ship pulls into port in a Middle Eastern country, his girlfriend and her father sail in on their yacht. The girlfriend is captured by a wicked maharaja (Dick Sutherland), and now it is up to the young Naval officer to rescue her.

Director: George Melford    More Info
Starring: Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres, Adolphe Menjou, Walter Long, Lucien Littlefield, George Waggner, Patsy Ruth Miller, Frank Butler, Charles Brinley, Loretta Young

 This film made Valentino a household word, though the film itself is not all that good. By today's standards, race and gender issues would stand out in the manner they are portrayed. But, it is still a fun film to watch. Sheik Ahmed (Rudolph Valentino) falls for a British socialite (Agnes Ayres), abducts her, and takes her to his desert tent. There he teaches her subservience. While trying to escape, she is captured by a foe of the Sheik. When Ahmed saves her, she realizes her love for him.

Director: Fred Niblo    More Info
Starring: Douglas Fairbanks, Leon Bary, George Siegmann, Eugene Pallette, Boyd Irwin, Thomas Holding, Sidney Franklin, Charles Stevens, Nigel De Brulier, Lon Poff

 Adventure star Douglas Fairbanks plays D'Artagnan in this version of the Alexandre Dumas classic. D'Artagnan arrives in Paris hoping to join the King's (Adolphe Menjou) Musketeers (Leon Bary, George Siegmann, and Eugene Pallette). He does so, and soon the Musketeers are involved in preventing the plot of the dastardly Cardinal Richelieu's (Nigel De Brulier) attempt to take over the crown.

Director: Allan Dwan    More Info
Starring: Douglas Fairbanks, Wallace Beery, Enid Bennett, Alan Hale, Sam De Grasse, Paul Dickey, William Lowery, Billie Bennett, Roy Coulson, Wilson Benge

 Douglas Fairbanks is at his swashbuckling best in this high-budget, silent epic. The Earl of Nottingham (Fairbanks) follows King Richard the Lion Hearted (Wallace Beery) to the Crusades. But, the King's brother, Prince John (Sam De Grasse), who was left behind in charge, ursurps the throne and becomes an oppressive ruler. The Earl takes on the pseudonym of "Robin Hood" and returns to save the day.

Director: Fred C. Newmeyer    More Info
Starring: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, John Aasen, Wallace Howe, Jim Mason, Leo White, Gaylord Lloyd, Mark Jones, Sam Lufkin, Lee Phelps

 Wealthy businessman Harold Van Pelham (Harold Lloyd) is a hypochondriac who sails to the tropics to regain his "health." But there is no rest and relaxation on this trip when Harold finds himself in the middle of a political uprising. He is imprisoned and while there makes friends with a giant, Colosso (John Aasen). Together, the two escape confinement and eventually put an end to the revolution.

Director: Fritz Lang    More Info
Starring: Paul Richter, Margarete Schon, Theodor Loos, Hanna Ralph, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Georg John, Gertrud Arnold, Hans Carl Mueller, Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Hardy von Francois

 This classic of German mythology is told in two parts. First, Siegfried (Paul Richter) gains immortality after slaying a dragon. The second part tells of his wife, Kriemhild (Margarete Schoen), seeking revenge after he was slain. The first part is sometimes found separately with a title of "Siegfried," and the second part may be found as "Kriemhild's Revenge."

Director: Sidney Olcott    More Info
Starring: Rudolph Valentino, Bebe Daniels, Lowell Sherman, Lois Wilson, Doris Kenyon, John Davidson, Ian Maclaren, Paulette Duval, Oswald Yorke, Flora Finch

 The Duc de Chartres (Rudolph Valentino) experiences adventures in London during his temporary banishment form King Louis XV court.

Director: Raoul Walsh    More Info
Starring: Douglas Fairbanks, Julanne Johnston, Anna May Wong, Sojin, Snitz Edwards, Charles Belcher, Brandon Hurst, Tote Du Crow, Noble Johnson, Winter Blossom

 Amidst fabulous sets, this silent film features the dashing Douglas Fairbanks as the adventurer who falls in love with an Arabian princess (Julanne Johnston).

Director: Donald Crisp    More Info
Starring: Douglas Fairbanks, Jack McDonald, Mary Astor, Donald Crisp, Stella De Lanti, Warner Oland, Jean Hersholt, Albert MacQuarrie, Lottie Pickford, Charles Stevens

 Douglas Fairbanks returns as Zorro as well as his son, Don Cesar de Vega. Don Cesar, with whip instead of the sword, sets out to clear himself after being framed for murder by a rival suitor. Lots of action.

Director: Harry O. Hoyt    More Info
Starring: Wallace Beery, Bessie Love, Lewis Stone, Lloyd Hughes, Alma Bennett, Arthur Hoyt, Bull Montana, Charles Wellesley, Margaret McWade, Frank Finch Smiles

 Based on a novel by A. Conan Doyle, this is the first of several versions of the book. Professor Challenger (Wallace Beery) insists that dinosaurs still live in the headwaters of the Amazon. An expedition is funded, and, indeed, the good professor is correct. Good special effects for the time, and this silent film holds up well today.

Director: Lotte Reiniger    More Info


 This German film is among the first animated movies, and Director Lotte Reiniger used a "silhouette" technique where cardboard and metal cutouts were projected against a background. The story is based on "The Arabian Nights" and follows the adventures of Prince Achmed and his flying horse.

Director: Herbert Brenon    More Info
Starring: Ronald Colman, Neil Hamilton, Ralph Forbes, Alice Joyce, Mary Brian, Noah Beery, Norman Trevor, William Powell, George Regas, Bernard Siegel

 After his aunt, Lady Brandon (Alice Joyce) steals valuable jewelry, Beau Geste (Ronald Colman) takes the blame and then flees the country with his brothers, Digby (Neil Hamilton) and John (Ralph Forbes). They join the French Foreign Legion, and Beau and John end up under the leadership of brutal Sergeant Lejaune (Noah Beery) who, unbeknownst to the brothers, is aware that Beau is wanted by the police. Lejaune plots to get the jewels that are rumored to be in Beau's possession, but Arab forces attack, and Beau is killed. More tragedies ensue before John is the sole surviving brother, and he heads home to his fiancee Isobel (Mary Brian). An exellent silent film.

Director: Albert Parker    More Info
Starring: Douglas Fairbanks, Billie Dove, Anders Randolf, Donald Crisp, Tempe Pigott, Sam De Grasse, Charles Stevens, Charles Belcher

 After his father dies following a pirate attack on their ship, Michel (Douglas Fairbanks) infiltrates the pirate band determined to avenge his father's death.

Director: Alan Crosland    More Info
Starring: John Barrymore, Mary Astor, Willard Louis, Estelle Taylor, Warner Oland, Myrna Loy, Hedda Hopper, Montagu Love

 This is one of the great silent films. John Barrymore plays the title character and is at his swash-buckling best as he fights for his ladylove, Adriana della Varnese (Mary Astor). This is the first silent film using vitaphone music and sound effects.

Director: James Cruze    More Info
Starring: Charles Farrell, Wallace Beery, Esther Ralston, George Bancroft, Charles Hill Mailes, Eddie Fetherston, Johnnie Walker, George Godrey, Boris Karloff

 Barbary pirates, in the early 1800s, often raided America's merchant marine ships before the U.S. Navy became a force to be reckoned with. This is the action-filled, silent-screen version of those days. Look for sailor Boris Karloff in a small part.

Director: George Fitzmaurice    More Info
Starring: Rudolph Valentino, Vilma Banky, George Fawcett, Montagu Love, Karl Dane, Bull Montana, Agnes Ayres, Charles Requa, Bynunsky Hyman, William Donovan

 In this follow-on to "The Sheik," Rudolph Valentino plays both the sheik and his son, Ahmed. Ahmed falls in love with a street dancer, Yasmine (Vilma Banky), but he is then kidnapped and told that she was responsible for his kidnapping. After Ahmed is rescued by his men, he seeks revenge on Yasmine. All ends well in Valentino's last movie.

Director: Alan Crosland    More Info
Starring: John Barrymore, Conrad Veidt, Marceline Day, Lawson Butt, Henry Victor, Mack Swain, Slim Summerville, Angelo Rossitto, Nigel De Brulier, Lucy Beaumont

 Poet Francois Villon (John Barrymore) is the hero in this story about political intrigue in 15th-century France. Villon is sent into exile by King Louis XI (Conrad Veidt) after Villon insults Duke Charles of Burgundy (Lawson Butt). While escaping the clutches of Charles, Villon falls in love with the king's ward, Charlotte (Marceline Day). Later, Charles' men kidnap Charlotte, but when their evil deeds are revealed, the king bestows his blessing on Charlotte and Villon.

Director: F. Richard Jones    More Info
Starring: Douglas Fairbanks, Lupe Velez, Eve Southern, Joan Barclay, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Michael Vavitch, Charles Stevens, Nigel De Brulier, Albert MacQuarrie, Mary Pickford

 After a child is saved from death by a miracle in the Andes, a shrine is built and a city grows around it–a city with many riches. That means the bad guys must be on their way to take over the city, which they do. The "Gaucho" (Douglas Fairbanks) leads a band of outlaws into the city to save the day, but it will not be an easy task. One of Fairbanks' better, though less-known, films.

Director: J.P. McGowan    More Info
Starring: James Pierce, Frederick Peters, Edna Murphy, Harold Goodwin, Dorothy Dunbar, D'Arcy Corrigan, Boris Karloff, Robert Bolder

 In this silent film based on the tale by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan (James Pierce–who originated the role on radio and was married to Edgar Rice Burroughs' daughter Joan) is ruler of the jungle and master of a golden lion. Tarzan comes to the rescue of Betty Greystoke (Edna Murphy) when she is kidnapped and threatened with being sacrificed to appease an angry god.

Director: Rupert Julian    More Info
Starring: William Boyd, Elinor Fair, Frank Coghlan Jr., John Miljan, Walter Long, Louis Payne, Burr McIntosh, George Ovey, Zack Williams, William Blaisdell

 This silent film involves a race between an American ship, "The Yankee Clipper" manned by Hal Winslow (William Boyd), and a British ship, "The Lord of the Isles" manned by Huntington (Louis Payne). The race begins at Foo Chow, China, and will end at Boston harbor. The winner will win the rights to China's tea trade with America and also will become the owner of the losing ship. Before leaving Foo Chow, Winslow is visited by his opposing captain's daughter, Lady Jocelyn (Elinor Fair), and her fiance Raul de Vigny (John Miljan). Before Lady Jocelyn and de Vigny disembark, the ship sails away from the harbor, and problems lie ahead–including a typhoon, a mutiny encouraged by de Vigny, and even an attempted rape of Lady Jocelyn and murder of de Vigny after a chase that leads to the top of the rigging.

Director: Josef von Sternberg    More Info
Starring: Emil Jannings, Evelyn Brent, William Powell, Nicholas Soussanin, Michael Visaroff, Jack Raymond, Fritz Feld, Viatseslav Savitsky, Harry Semels, Alexander Ikonnikov

 The first Academy Award for Best Actor was won by Emil Jannings for this film and "The Way of All Flesh." In "The Last Command" Jannings plays an ex-commander of defeated Russian Czar Nicholas' army who has immigrated to the United States where he works as an extra in Hollywood films.

Director: Frank Capra    More Info
Starring: Jack Holt, Dorothy Revier, Ralph Graves, Clarence Burton, Arthur Rankin

 Jack (Jack Holt) is a deep sea diver and Bob (Ralph Graves) is his best friend. The Navy buddies have trouble when Bob goes out with Jack's new wife (Dorothy Revier)–though not knowing she is Jack's wife. But the big trouble comes when a submarine sinks, in 400 feet of water off San Diego, with the crew on board. Now it's up to Jack to save the day. One of the first "disaster" films.

Director: Allan Dwan    More Info
Starring: Douglas Fairbanks, Belle Bennett, Marguerite De La Motte, Dorothy Revier, Vera Lewis, Rolfe Sedan, William Bakewell, Gordon Thorpe, Nigel De Brulier, Ullrich Haupt

 In this sequel to Douglas Fairbanks' 1921 "The Three Musketeers," he recreates his role as D'Artagnan. The Musketeers are brought together to rescue the rightful King of France while overcoming the usurper to the throne.