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    The Floorwalker

    Charlie Chaplin launched his 670,000-dollar contract with the Mutual Film Corporation with the...

  • A Fool There Was picture
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    A Fool There Was

    This one-reel comedy made history when the right to its title was disputed in court -- the first...

  • For Heaven's Sake picture
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    For Heaven's Sake (1926)

    A playboy millionaire (Harold Lloyd) falls for a girl (Jobyna Ralston) working in a mission, and to...

  • The General picture
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    The General (1927)

    Union spies pursue an engineer (Buster Keaton) who chased them to recover his stolen train. Silent.

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    Greed (1924)

    A San Francisco dentist (Gibson Gowland) marries a lottery winner (ZaSu Pitts), and a jealous man...

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    His Picture in the Papers

    The then-current "crazes" for publicity and vegetarianism supplied the foundation for the delightful...

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    The King of Kings

    The story of Jesus Christ (H.B. Warner) is told, including the Passion and Resurrection. Silent.

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    The Lost World (1925)

    Explorers (Bessie Love, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone) find dinosaurs in the Amazon and bring one back...

  • My Lady of Whims picture
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    My Lady of Whims

    My Lady of Whims was one of the last of Clara Bow's vehicles for Arrow Productions before the...

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    Oliver Twist

    Ostensibly a vehicle for Jackie Coogan, the 1922 Oliver Twist refuses to realign the Charles Dickens...

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    Orphans of the Storm (1921)

    Two sisters (Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish) are lost in the French Revolution, with a...

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    Our Hospitality (1923)

    A McKay (Buster Keaton) meets a Canfield (Natalie Talmadge) on an old train home, then saves her...

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    Outside the Law

    One of the earliest of the "psychological" crime yarns, Outside the Law stars Priscilla Dean as...

  • The Passion of Joan of Arc picture
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    The Passion of Joan of Arc

    A French peasant girl (Renee Falconetti) opposing occupying British forces is tried for heresy and...

  • The Phantom of the Opera picture
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    The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

    A mad, disfigured composer seeks love with a lovely young opera singer.

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    Salome

    Seeking to bring High Art to the American hinterlands, silent film star Alla Nazimova sank a great...

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    Seven Chances (1925)

    A man learns he will inherit a fortune if he marries. By 7 p.m. Today.

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    Show People (1928)

    A Southern girl (Marion Davies) comes to Hollywood, falls for a slapstick comic (William Haines) and...

  • Tempest picture
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    Tempest (1928)

    In Czarist Russia, a peasant officer, resented by the aristocrats, falls in love with a princess.

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    Three Ages (1923)

    A boy (Buster Keaton) loves a girl (Margaret Leahy) in parallel stories set in the Stone Age,...

  • The Three Musketeers picture
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    The Three Musketeers (1921)

    Douglas Fairbanks' longest and most elaborate production up to 1921, The Three Musketeers was...

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    Tumbleweeds (1925)

    Tumbleweeds marked silent-screen cowboy legend William S. Hart's return to the screen after a long...

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    The Wind (1928)

    An innocent Virginian (Lillian Gish) moves to Texas, marries a cowboy (Lars Hanson) and shoots a...

  • Wings picture
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    Wings (1929)

    Two World War I pilots (Charles ``Buddy'' Rogers, Richard Arlen) woo a young woman (Clara Bow) and...

  • The Wizard of Oz picture
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    The Wizard of Oz

    A Kansas farm girl (Dorothy Dwan) lands in dreamland with a scarecrow (Larry Semon), prince (Bryant...

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    The Wild Party (1929)

    In this film, the irresponsible Stella Ames (Clara Bow) spends her college career attending parties...

  • A Woman of Paris picture
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    A Woman of Paris

    A country girl (Edna Purviance) loves an artist (Carl Miller) but becomes a rich man's (Adolphe...

  • The Ace of Hearts picture
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    The Ace of Hearts

    Members (John Bowers, Lon Chaney) of an anarchist group take revenge against their leaders when one...

  • Across the Pacific picture
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    Across the Pacific

    This melodrama, which involves the Philippine revolt during the final years of the 1800s, was based...

  • All the Brothers Were Valiant picture
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    All the Brothers Were Valiant

    This tale of the high seas -- based on the novel by Ben Ames Williams -- is as much character study...