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Director: Fritz Lang    More Info
Starring: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Alfred Abel, Aud Egede Nissen, Gertrude Welcker, Bernhard Goetzke, Paul Richter

 Dr. Mabuse (Rudolf Klein-Rogge) is a psychiatrist who uses his professional knowledge to hypnotize wealthy patients, get them to cheat at their businesses, and then con them out of their money. His goal: corner the stock market. Unfortunately for Mabuse, he did not take into consideration the plodding Chief Inspector von Wenck (Bernhard Goetzke) who is on his trail.

Director: Erich von Stroheim    More Info
Starring: Erich von Stroheim, Miss DuPont, Maude George, Mae Busch, Rudolph Christians, Dale Fuller, Al Edmundsen, Cesare Gravina, Malvina Polo, Louis K. Webb

 A con man (Erich von Stroheim) makes a good living by extorting money from rich women. In his latest scheme, he poses as a Russian count and rents a Monte Carlo villa with his two associates (Maude George and Mae Busch). When a wealthy American diplomat (Rudolph Christians) arrives in Monaco, the blackmail con begins via the diplomat's naive wife (Miss DuPont).

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: Abel Gance    More Info
Starring: Severin-Mars, Ivy Close, Gabriel de Gravone, Pierre Magnier, Georges Terof, Max Maxudian, Gil Clary

 Both Sesif (Severin-Mars) and his son, Elie (Gabriel de Gravone), are in love with Norma (Ivy Close) who was adopted years ago by Sesif after he rescued her from a train accident. Their love leads to a tragic fight on a mountaintop, which results in even the victor becoming the loser.

Director: Cecil B. DeMille    More Info
Starring: Thomas Meighan, Leatrice Joy, Lois Wilson, John Miltern, George Fawcett, Julia Faye, Edythe Chapman, Jack Mower, Dorothy Cumming, Raymond Hatton

 Society deb Lydia (Leatrice Joy) is involved in a reckless driving incident in which a policeman is killed. She is prosecuted –the D.A. is her fiance (Thomas Meighan)–sent to prison, learns her lesson, and reforms.

Director: Rupert Julian    More Info
Starring: Norman Kerry, Mary Philbin, Albert Conti, Cesare Gravina, Edith Yorke, George Hackathorne, Dale Fuller, Lillian Sylvester, Maude George, Charles King

 Director Erich von Stroheim was fired from Universal Studios before the conclusion of this film, but it still reflects his touches even though it was finished by Rupert Julian. Count Franz Maxmillian von Hohenegg (Norman Kerry) is scheduled to be wed to a countess but falls in love with an organ grinder, Agnes (Mary Philbin). He goes through with the wedding anyway, heads off to war, is chastised by a dying Sylvester (Cesare Gravina)–Agnes' father–returns from the war a widower, and determines to make amends to Agnes.

Director: Frank Lloyd    More Info
Starring: Jackie Coogan, Gladys Brockwell, Lon Chaney, Lionel Belmore, Esther Ralston, George Siegmann, James A. Marcus, Aggie Herring, Nelson McDowell, Lewis Sargent

 This is a good rendition of Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist." Performed as a silent movie, it stars Jackie Coogan in the title role of the young pickpocket Oliver Twist and Lon Chaney as his tutor, the devious Fagin.

Director: Dimitri Buchowetzki    More Info
Starring: Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, Friedrich Kuhne, Lya DePutti, Magnus Stifter, Ferdinand von Alten, Ica von Lenkeffy, Theodor Loos, Ludwig Rex

 This German-made, silent version of the Shakespeare play, though taking some liberties with the Bard's story, is an elaborate production and interesting to watch. The Moor, Othello (Emil Jannings), comes back to Venice, elopes with the beautiful Desdemona (Ica von Lenkeffy), and promotes his friend Cassio (Theodor Loos) to lieutenant over another soldier, Iago (Werner Krauss). This act upsets Iago, and he tricks Othello into believing that Desdemona and Cassio are lovers. The scheme works, and Othello's jealousy results in tragedy.

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: Tom Forman    More Info
Starring: Lon Chaney, Marguerite De La Motte, Harrison(2) Ford, John St. Polis, Walter Long, Buddy Messinger, Priscilla Bonner, Frances Raymond

 Lon Chaney's excellent performance is the highlight of this tale of a Chinese laundryman, Yen Sin (Chaney), who is washed ashore at an East Coast fishing village during a storm. But, the God-fearing inhabitants of the village demonstrate prejudice against Yen, who runs a laundry from a houseboat. Eventually he befriends and is befriended by young minister John (Harrison Ford) who marries a widow, Sympathy (Marguerite De La Motte). But, blackmail ruins John, and Yen comes to the rescue by uncovering the truth, after which Yen returns to the sea in his boat.

Director: John S. Robertson    More Info
Starring: Mary Pickford, Lloyd Hughes, Gloria Hope, David Torrence, Forrest Robinson, Jean Hersholt, Danny Hoy, Robert(2) Russell, Gus Saville, Madame DeBodamere

 Mary Pickford plays the role of Tessibel for the second time, but this time she was in charge of the production, having not been satisfied with the directing of the first. Squatters have taken up residence on Elias Graves' (David Torrence) land, who, of course tries to get rid of them. Tess, who is devoted to her father (Forrest Robinson), is among the squatters and gets wrapped up in several situations, including a blossoming love for Elias' son Frederick (Lloyd Hughes).

Director: John Griffith Wray    More Info
Starring: Blanche Sweet, William Russell, George F. Marion, Eugenie Besserer, Chester Conklin, George Siegmann, Ralph Yearsley, Irving Bacon, Fred Kohler, Matthew Betz

 This is the first of many screen versions of Eugene O'Neill's play about a prostitute, Anna Christie (Blanche Sweet), who–at long last–finds happiness with seafarer Matt Burke (William Russell).

Director: Scott R. Dunlap    More Info
Starring: William Russell, Eva Novak, Frank Brownlee, Otto Matieson, W.C. Robinson, Fred Esmelton

 In this second screening of the "Boston Blackie" series, William Russell stars as Boston Blackie who, when he is released from prison, is ordered arrested again by Warden Benton (Frank Brownlee) and returned to the prison. Blackie's girlfriend Mary Carter (Eva Novak) alerts the governor, and they arrive at the prison to spare Blackie more torment. By story's end, Blackie is released and Warden Benton is fired.

Director: Sidney Olcott    More Info
Starring: George Arliss, Ivan F. Simpson, Alice Joyce, David Powell, Harry T. Morey, Jetta Goudal

 The survivors of an airplane crash must rely on the Rajah of Rukh (George Arliss) for their survival. Arliss re-created this role in 1930, winning an Oscar for his work in that movie.

Director: Wallace Worsley    More Info
Starring: Lon Chaney, Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry, Ernest Torrence, Tully Marshall, Kate Lester, Nigel De Brulier, Brandon Hurst, Raymond Hatton, Winifred Bryson

 Lon Chaney achieved stardom in this film as Notre Dame Cathedral bell ringer Quasimodo. Hunchbacked and friendless, he is crowned King of the Fools at a festival where gypsy Esmeralda (Patsy Ruth Miller) is entertaining the crowd as a diversion while her adopted father Clopin (Ernest Torrence) plots to overthrow the aristocracy. Notre Dame archdeacon Dom Claude (Nigel De Brulier) orders Quasimodo to kidnap Esmeralda, but the kidnapping plot fails, and Quasimodo is flogged. Esmeralda brings Quasimodo water, and later, when she is falsely accused of murder, Quasimodo rescues her and takes her to safety in the church. He falls in love with Esmeralda, but their union is not to be, and when he sees Esmeralda with her true love Phoebus (Norman Kerry), Quasimodo takes his own life.

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: Lambert Hillyer    More Info
Starring: Lon Chaney, Virginia Valli, Jack Mower, William Welsh, Henry A. Barrows, Christine Mayo, Harry De Vere, John(2) Beck, Walter Long, Bob Kortman

 Wilse (Lon Chaney), a crippled man, is also a member of a gang of blackmailers. When he falls in love with the daughter, Gertrude (Virginia Valli), of his most recent victim, Wilse decides to go straight–and he may succeed after an earthquake destroys the evidence of his criminal activities.

Director: Frank Hurley    More Info
Starring: Ernest Shackleton

 This is a restored version of a movie that chronicles the heroic efforts of a British expedition to chart regions of the Antarctic. The expedition was led by Sir Ernest Shackleton and the movie footage was shot by Frank Hurley. The expedition took place during 1914-1916 and was beset by various problems, the worst of which was when their ship, the Endurance, was crushed and sunk by the ice.

Director: Cecil B. DeMille    More Info
Starring: Theodore Roberts, Charles de Rochefort, Estelle Taylor, James Neill, Richard Dix, Leatrice Joy, Julia Faye, Rod La Rocque, Nita Naldi, Noble Johnson

 This very successful silent film is an early version of the Biblical story of Moses (Theodore Roberts) leading the children of Israel out of Egypt and freeing them from the bondage of pharaoh Rameses (Charles de Roche). Several scenes, including the parting of the Red Sea, are shot in two-color Technicolor.

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: Charles Chaplin    More Info
Starring: Edna Purviance, Adolphe Menjou, Carl Miller, Lydia Knott, Charles K. French, Clarence Geldart, Betty Morrissey, Malvina Polo, Henry Bergman, Charles Chaplin

 Marie St. Clair (Edna Purviance) and Jean Millet (Carl Miller) plan to elope to Paris, but Jean's father has suffered a stroke, Jean doesn't appear, and Marie goes to Paris alone where she hooks up with wealthy Pierre Revel (Adolphe Menjou). One year later, Marie and Jean meet in Paris and become engaged–until Marie breaks it off because of Jean's mother's (Lydia Knott) pressure. Jean, torn between the two women, kills himself. The women then start life anew in the countryside.

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: 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."