Joyless Street 1925
Torrent 1926
Flesh and the Devil 1926
The Divine Woman 1928
Silent Movies in Color 1900-1910
“Cyrano de Bergerac” (1900) with sound
Joan of Arc (1900)
A Trip to the Moon (1902)
Easter Eggs (1907)
King Lear (1910)
Silent Movies about War!! Top 5
1.J’accuse 1919
The story of two men, one married, the other the lover of the other’s wife, who meet in the trenches of the First World War, and how their tale becomes a microcosm for the horrors of war. source IMDb
2. The Big Parade 1925
The idle son of a rich businessman joins the army when the U.S.A. enters World War One. He is sent to France, where he becomes friends with two working-class soldiers. He also falls in love with a Frenchwoman, but has to leave her to move to the frontline. source IMDb
3.Battleship Potemkin 1925 Full Movie
A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resulting street demonstration which brought on a police massacre. source IMDb
4. The General 1927 Full Movie
Buster Keaton and his train!!
5. Wings 1927 Full Movie with Clara Bow and young Gary Cooper
The first film to win an Oscar.
Top 5 Silent Movies with Disney reference
1. Aladdin and his Magic Lamp 1906
2.Alice in Wonderland 1915
3.Snow White 1916
4.Sleeping Beauty 1908
5.Cinderella 1899
The Oz Film Manufacturing Company Silent Movies 1914-1915
The Oz Film Manufacturing Company was an independent Film Studio from 1914-1915. The Studio was founded by L. Frank Baum. The writer of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Location of the studio was on Santa Monica Boulevard between Gower and Lodi St. The following is the Oz Company Logo and three of the surviving films.
The Oz Logo
The Patchwork Girl of Oz 1914
The Magic Cloak of Oz (1914)
His Majesty, The Scarecrow of Oz (1914)
Shakespeare Silent Movies
1. King John 1899
2.The Tempest 1908
3. A Midsummer Nights Dream 1909
4. King Lear 1910
5. Twelfth Night 1910
6. The Merchant of Venice 1910
7. Richard III 1911
8. Romeo and Juliet 1911
9. Cymbeline 1913
10. Hamlet 1910
Popular dances 1920’s
Charleston
Foxtrot
Waltz
Tango
Top 3 Soviet Montage Films
1. Man with the Movie Camera 1929
A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention. IMDb
2. Battleship Potemkin 1925
A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resulting street demonstration which brought on a police massacre. source IMDb
3, October (Ten Days that Shook the World) 1928
In documentary style, events in Petrograd are re-enacted from the end of the monarchy in February of… (142 mins.) source IMDb
Top 5 Silent Movies Horror for Halloween
5. Man Who Laughs 1928
The inspiration for the Clown Prince of Horror!! The Joker.
4. Phantom of the Opera 1925
The Original Phantom Lon Chaney uses his makeup skills to create the iconic mask!!
3. Haxan 1922
Witchcraft through the Ages.
2. Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1920
Visually stunning. Great example of a great movement during the Silent era. German Expressionism.
1. Nosferatu
A Symphony of horror. The first great Vampire film. Max Schreck makes cinema history as Count Orlok aka Nosferatu!!! A must for Halloween.
Silent Horror Shorts George Melies
Georges Melies, a professional magician by training, first saw the new “moving pictures” in 1895. Little over a year later, Melies was filming and projecting his own creations. By accident, he discovered that he could use stop-motion photography to render trick visual effects. Melies was also the first to use techniques such as the fade-in, the fade-out, and the dissolve to create the first real narrative films. Melies made over 500 films, but his most famous – A Trip to the Moon (1902) (Voyage to the Moon). Still, Melies, trained in classic eighteenth century theater, conceived all of his films in terms of fully played-out scenes. Unable to keep up with the changing industry, the end of his life was wrought with poverty, yet his films would be monumental stepping stones for great auteurs such as D.W. Griffith. source IMDb
The Devil’s Castle 1896 is considered the first vampire and horror film. Following are a few of his short horror films.
A Terrible Night 1896
The Devil’s Castle 1896
The Bewitched Inn 1897
The Monster 1903
