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Director: Alan Crosland    More Info
Starring: Olive Thomas, Warren Cook, Theodore Westman Jr., Katherine Johnston, Arthur Housman, Louise Lindroth, Charles Craig, William P. Carleton, Marcia Harris, Bobby Connelly

 The fun and adventures of girls at a seminary are depicted in this film, centered on Ginger (Olive Thomas). Thomas played a girl of 16, nearly 10 years younger than her age. She would die later that year (1920) under mysterious circumstances. Norma Shearer's first screen appearance.

Director: John Francis Dillon    More Info
Starring: Mary Pickford, Albert Austin, Harold Goodwin, Rose Dione, Nadyne Montgomery, Darwin Karr, Hal Wilson

 "America's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford plays an under-appreciated employee in a washing establishment who develops a crush on a customer.

Director: Cecil B. DeMille    More Info
Starring: Gloria Swanson, Thomas Meighan, Bebe Daniels, Theodore Kosloff, Sylvia Ashton, Clarence Geldart, Mayme Kelso, Lucien Littlefield, Edna Mae Cooper, Jane Wolfe

 Robert (Thomas Meighan) divorces his wife, Beth (Gloria Swanson), for another woman (Bebe Daniels) only to fall in love with Beth again at a summer resort.

Director: Cecil B. DeMille    More Info
Starring: Wallace Reid, Gloria Swanson, Elliott Dexter, Bebe Daniels, Monte Blue, Theodore Roberts, Theodore Kosloff, Polly Moran, Raymond Hatton, William Boyd

 Loose lifestyles following World War I are the subject of this film about a bored husband Anatol DeWitt Spencer (Wallace Reid) who has numerous affairs while his wife, Vivian (Gloria Swanson), finds a lover of her own.

Director: Charles Chaplin    More Info
Starring: Charles Chaplin, Jackie Coogan, Edna Purviance, Carl Miller, Tom Wilson, Granville Redmond, Frank Campeau, Jack Coogan Sr., Lita Grey, Jules Hanft

 This very successful first Charlie Chaplin feature film also was written and directed by him. It features Chaplin as "The Tramp" who rescues an abandoned baby from a garbage can and takes him home. Five years later, "The Tramp" is raising the "Kid" (Jackie Coogan) who breaks windows so that "The Tramp" will get jobs replacing them. Now, the "Kid's" Mother (Edna Purviance) has become an opera star who does charity work in the slums. Their paths cross, and the "Kid" is handed back and forth between "The Tramp" and the Mother. The story continues and involves whether "The Tramp," Edith, and the "Kid" will become a family or end up going their separate ways.

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: Alfred E. Green    More Info
Starring: Mary Pickford, Gertrude Astor, Wilfred Lucas, Helen Raymond, C. Norman Hammond, Elinor Fair, Adolphe Menjou, John Harron, Peaches Jackson, Doreen Turner

 Neglected, rich, young Jeanne (Mary Pickford) doesn't fit into her remarried mother's (Gertrude Astor) plans, so Jeanne is raised by her nurse. When World War I breaks out, Jeanne is sent home, but does not tell her mother who she is. All ends well after a series of adventures.

Director: Fred C. Newmeyer    More Info
Starring: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, John T. Prince, Eric Mayne, C. Norman Hammond, Charles Stevenson, Anna Townsend

 Small-town Dr. "Jack" Jackson (Harold Lloyd) visits The Sick-Little-Well-Girl (Mildred Davis) in the sanitarium where she is being cared for by a quack, Dr. Ludwig von Saulsbourg (Eric Mayne), who is making a fortune off his patient. Her treatment takes place in a dark room, and Dr. "Jack" decides that sunshine–not the dark–is what she needs. As it turns out, she falls in love with Dr. "Jack" and he with her. In the process, Dr. "Jack" scares Dr. Saulsbourg by disguising himself as an escaped convict, Dr. Saulsbourg leaves the sanitarium, and the love story is allowed to continue.

Director: Fred C. Newmeyer    More Info
Starring: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Anna Townsend, Charles Stevenson, Dick Sutherland, Noah Young, Wallace Howe, Roy Brooks, Gus Leonard, Gaylord Lloyd

 Grandma's Boy (Harold Lloyd) is a coward, but with help from his Grandma (Anna Townsend), who gives him a magic amulet, he becomes a hero when he joins a posse and captures a fugitive tramp. In the process, he even wins his Girl (Mildred Davis).

Director: Charles Chaplin    More Info
Starring: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Kitty Bradbury, Syd Chaplin, Henry Bergman, Mack Swain, Mai Wells, Dean Riesner, Loyal Underwood, Charles Riesner

 An escaped prisoner is mistaken for a preacher in Devil's Gulch and takes on the persona of The Pilgrim (Charles Chaplin). The ruse lasts until his past is uncovered, but the sheriff (Tom Murray) takes him to the border where he is given a choice: return and go to prison or enter the arena of a bandit war in Mexico.

Director: Fred C. Newmeyer    More Info
Starring: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill Strothers, Noah Young, Westcott Clarke, Mickey Daniels, Anna Townsend, Helen Gilmore, Gus Leonard, Roy Brooks

 A country boy heads to the big city to make good in this very funny silent film. He ends up climbing a building as a publicity stunt for the department store for which he works and this climb is one of the all-time classic sequences.

Director: Buster Keaton    More Info
Starring: Buster Keaton, Margaret Leahy, Wallace Beery, Joe(2) Roberts, Lillian Lawrence, Blanche Payson, Kewpie Morgan, Lionel Belmore, Oliver Hardy, Louise Emmons

 The great comic Buster Keaton provides three comedic love stories–one each in the Stone Age, Roman Empire, and the 1920s. In all three, the roles of the boy (Keaton) , the girl (Margaret Leahy), and the villain (Wallace Beery) (who also is after the girl) are played by the same actors. A good silent film.

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: Ernst Lubitsch    More Info
Starring: Pola Negri, Rod La Rocque, Adolphe Menjou, Pauline Starke, Fred Malatesta, Nick De Ruiz

 This is a farce concerning a plot to overthrow the crown and was remade in 1945 as "A Royal Scandal."

Director: Fred C. Newmeyer    More Info
Starring: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Richard Daniels, Carlton Griffin

 While others are out on dates, shy bachelor Harold Meadows (Harold Lloyd) stays home and writes chapter after chapter in his handbook, "The Secret of Making Love." While riding a train on the way to talk to a publisher, Harold meets and falls in love with Mary Buckingham (Jobyna Ralston) after he helps her smuggle her dog aboard the train. Unfortunately, Harold learns that Mary is engaged to marry another, and now all of his efforts go into stopping that wedding.

Director: Fred C. Newmeyer    More Info
Starring: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Josephine Crowell, Charles Stevenson, Mickey McBan, Edgar Dearing, Pat Harmon

 This film is divided into three acts. In the first one, newly wed Harold (Harold Lloyd) enters into a henpecked relationship when Wifey (Jobyna Ralston) calls on the phone and asks him to bring home a few things from the market. Those errands include a ride on the trolley with a live turkey in tow. Next, his in-laws arrive for a visit, and Harold takes them for a catastrophic ride in his new car. Finally, Harold chloroforms his ill-tempered mother-in-law (Josephine Crowell), and, when she begins to sleep walk, Harold thinks she is haunting him. All three acts provide good classic comedy scenes.

Director: F.W. Murnau    More Info
Starring: Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Max Hiller, Emilie Kurz, Hans Unterkircher, Olaf Storm, Hermann Vallentin, Georg John, Emmy Wyda, O.E. Hasse

 F.W. Murnau's genius, Karl Freund's camera work, and Emil Jannings' performance make for a classic silent film, told without use of subtitles. The proud old doorman (Jannings) of an elegant Berlin hotel is demoted to bathroom attendant when the manager notes that the doorman is having difficulty handling suitcases. The doorman is humiliated and is jeered by neighbors until he gets "the last laugh."

Director: Ernst Lubitsch    More Info
Starring: Florence Vidor, Monte Blue, Marie Prevost, Creighton Hale, Adolphe Menjou, Esther Ralston, Harry Myers, Dale Fuller

 This masterpiece of a comedy in the silent-film genre is about two couples–one who is happily married, the other ultimately headed for the divorce courts.

Director: Buster Keaton    More Info
Starring: Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Frederick Vroom, Noble Johnson, Clarence Burton, Donald Crisp

 Rollo Treadway (Buster Keaton) is a spoiled rich man who is stranded aboard an ocean liner with a girl (Kathryn McGuire). After finally figuring out survival techniques, the pair sails near an island. Hoping for rescue, their plans are dashed when they realize their island "haven" is inhabited by cannibals. Just when all seems lost, the couple is rescued by a submarine crew.

Director: Buster Keaton    More Info
Starring: Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton, Ward Crane, Erwin Connolly, Kewpie Morgan, George Davis, Ruth Holly, Jane Connelly, Doris Deane

 A film projectionist (Buster Keaton) dreams of being a detective, and–miracle-of-miracles–he falls asleep and finds himself inside the film he is showing. He takes on the persona of Sherlock Jr., ace detective, and becomes involved in mystery stories. One story parallels his own life involving his girlfriend (Kathryn McGuire) and her other suitor (Ward Crane) who has stolen a watch to buy her a large box of chocolates. Camera tricks utilized provide classic moments in silent-film history.

Director: Fred C. Newmeyer    More Info
Starring: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Brooks Benedict, James Anderson, Hazel Keener, Joseph Harrington, Pat Harmon

 This is a great silent film about a freshman aspiring to be selected as a player on the Tate College football team. He makes it AND becomes a hero.

Director: Buster Keaton    More Info
Starring: Buster Keaton, Kathleen Myers, Ray Thompson, Howard Truesdale, Babe London, Fatty Arbuckle, Joe Keaton

 This lesser-known Buster Keaton gem finds Friendless (Keaton) down on his luck in the Midwest, and then in New York. So he heads west, winding up at a ranch. Some good comedic scenes help this one along as he befriends a cow headed for slaughter and then saves "Brown Eyes" and the other cattle to boot. That barber is Buster's father.

Director: Charles Chaplin    More Info
Starring: Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Georgia Hale, Malcolm Waite, Heinie Conklin, Henry Bergman, Tiny Sanford, Albert Austin, Al Ernest Garcia

 Many consider this the best of Charlie Chaplin's comedies. In this film, the Lone Prospector (Chaplin) is prospecting for gold in Alaska and is trapped in a cabin with two mean-looking prospectors, Big Jim McKay (Mack Swain) and Black Larsen (Tom Murray). When they run out of food for Thanksgiving, the Lone Prospector roasts a leather boot for dinner! The weather clears, the Lone Prospector heads off on his own in search of gold and meets saloon girl Georgia (Georgia Hale). He invites Georgia to a New Year's Eve dinner, but she does not appear. Big Jim arrives back in town and joins the Lone Prospector at the cabin. As luck would have it, their cabin is blown by the wind and slides down the mountain–landing on Big Jim's gold strike. Now rich, the Lone Prospector and Big Jim sail back to the U.S. on a frigate. Also on board is Georgia, and, at last, they fall in love.

Director: Erich von Stroheim    More Info
Starring: John Gilbert, Mae Murray, Roy D'Arcy, Tully Marshall, Josephine Crowell, Clark Gable, George Fawcett, Edward Connelly, Gertrude Bennett, Albert Conti

 This silent-screen version of Franz Lehar's operetta is about two Viennese princes (John Gilbert and Roy D'Arcy) who woo a wealthy American widow, Sally O'Hara (Mae Murray). Good movie, with Erich von Stroheim's flourishes. Look quickly for a young Clark Gable.

Director: Buster Keaton    More Info
Starring: Buster Keaton, Ruth Dwyer, T. Roy Barnes, Snitz Edwards, Frances Raymond, Jean Arthur, Erwin Connelly, Jules Cowles, Rosalind Byrne, Doris Deane

 After shy bachelor Jimmy Shannon (Buster Keaton) learns that he must be married in order to claim his inheritance, he is pursued by a horde of would-be brides. Remade in 1999 as "The Bachelor."