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Fairy-Tale Film
When poor old widow Berlingot asks Tyltyl and Mytyl, the young son and daughter of her more prosperous neighbors, for the loan of their pet bird to cheer up her ill daughter, Mytyl selfishly refuses. That night, when the children are aslee…
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Drama, Komödie
A police officer finds a baby in a trash can, and Mrs. Lippett, the cruel matron at an orphanage where children are made to work, names her "Jerusha Abbott" (she picks "Abbott" out of a phone book and gets "Jerusha" from a tombstone). The …
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Melodrama
Lon Chaney plays Grumpy Anderson, a railroad engineer with an obsession for running his train on time. His slavishness to promptness causes several tragedies which alienate him from his family. By the story's end, the engineer restores the…
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Historical drama, ghost film, romance film, silent film
In 1795, the cream of English aristocracy attend the wedding of "tradesman's daughter" Margery. She loves Beau Brummel, a penniless captain in the Tenth Hussars, but has been pressured into agreeing to marry Lord Alvanley, exchanging her f…
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Crime, drama film, horror film, mystery film, silent film
thumb|250px|left|thumbtime=22|The Last Warning "BROADWAY, ELECTRIC HIGHWAY OF HAPPINESS.... STREET OF NIGHT CLUBS, THEATRES, LAUGHTER." In a Broadway theatre production of a play entitled The Snare, one of the actors, John Woodford, inexpl…
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War Film, drama film, romance film, silent film, war film
Drama
Captain William W. Morgan is a well-respected businessman who owns a fleet of whaling ships in the Quaker town of New Bedford, Massachusetts. He is very close to his shy, obedient daughter, Patience, and tells her that she must marry a man…
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Romance Film, comedy drama, drama film, romantic comedy, silent film
thumb|thumbtime=20|Untamed (1929) An oil prospector, Henry "Hank" Dowling, has raised his free-spirited daughter, Alice "Bingo" Dowling, in the jungle of South America. He asks his friend, Ben Murchison, to come work with him on oil wells …
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Satire On Media
Mr. Jones (Jules Raucourt), an artist and aspiring movie star, arrives in Hollywood and is immediately star-struck by the film industry's glitz and glamour. He speaks with a film-studio representative, presenting a letter of recommendation…
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Adventure, romance film, silent film
thumb|right|thumbtime=3|Scaramouche (1923) André-Louis Moreau loves Aline de Kercadiou, the niece of his godfather, Quintin de Kercadiou, and she loves him as well. However, Quintin prefers that she marry the Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr, a m…
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drama film, romance film, romantic comedy, silent film
Peter Good, a courteous idealist, is in love with his childhood friend Amy. However, she is in a relationship with the urbane Harry Benson, whom she has only known for one week. Peter has two friends, Ham Bunn (who is accompanied with a do…
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Romance Film, drama film, romance film, silent film
The story opens in Paris at a masquerade ball where the unhappy Elena meets Manuel Robledo , an Argentine engineer. After removing their masks, they spend the night together in a park and they fall in love under the stars. They declare the…
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Drama, drama film, silent film
Splatstick
Buster is married with two children (both of whom wear child-sized versions of the same pork pie hat). He has built a large boat he has christened Damfino inside his home. When he finishes and decides to take the boat out to sea, he realiz…
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historical film, silent film
King Menelaus shakes soldiers' hands. He finds royal duties, as well as his wife Helen's planned social activities, tedious, and plans fishing trips. Menelaus' preparations for a relaxed night in is contrasted with Helen's preparations for…
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Sci-Fi, science fiction film, silent film
In 1940/50, world peace is threatened when the "United States of Europe" comes into conflict with the "Empire of the Atlantic States". The former comprises Europe, India, the Middle East, Canada, Africa, and Australasia. The latter is a co…
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Komödie, LGBTQ-related film, silent film
left|thumb|The full short Fatty, a butcher boy in a country store, is in love with Almondine, the daughter of the store's general manager Mr. Grouch. Fatty's attempts to get close to her are sidetracked when the store's clerk Alum, a rival…
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crime film, mystery film, silent film
drama film, silent film
Tom O'Day becomes engaged to Gloria Hamilton, the daughter of wealthy logging magnate John Hamilton, and plans to marry her while her father is away in Pittsburgh. Anna Burger, a workman's daughter, harbors unrequited love for Tom. One of …
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Romantic Comedy
The film starts out at The Merrill Department store where a very exhausted stockgirl named Maggie Johnson is given a moment to attend to the sales counter. There she encounters a charming, handsome man who pretends to be interested in purc…
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Tragic Comedy Film
left|thumb|The full film. Remember "Mem" Steddon marries Owen Scudder after a whirlwind courtship. However, on their wedding night, she has a change of heart.
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Drama, Komödie
Annie Rooney is a young girl who spends her days wreaking havoc in the tenements with a gang of children and their rival gang, the Kid Kellys. They fight in the streets, accidentally scaring a fruit vendor's horse in the process. Annie's f…
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drama film, silent film
On the way to New York in a ship, a famous psychiatrist, Dr. Karl Decker, sees a young girl, Georgi, attempting suicide by jumping from the top because of a failed romance with Phil Mayberry. The doctor rescues her and makes her understand…
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Drama
The first hour of the movie follows various scenes from the Bible. It begins with brief depictions of Adam and Eve and Noah's ark as told in Genesis. It continues on to the Book of Exodus, showing epic scenes of Ancient Egypt including the…
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