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Explore silent cinema and its distinctive storytelling.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 3,359 films · Page 129.

Don't Write Letters (1922)

comedy drama, silent film

As described in a film magazine, the film begins with a well-drawn cartoon of an early man carving his love letters on stone and the effect of getting slapped on the head with one, and of a medieval scene where Romeo brings the wrath of Juliet's father when he writes love letters to her and slips them over the balcony. Robert "Babby" Jenks (Hughes) is a department store clerk who pictures himself a hero in love with a beautiful girl. When he enlists to fight in World War I he is handicapped by his small size and consigned to the mess tent.

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Polly with a Past (1920)

drama film, silent film

Minister's daughter Polly Shannon, in order to earn money go to Paris and study opera, takes a job as a maid for Clay Cullum and Harry Richardson. Cullum and Richardson are friends with shy Rex Van Zile, whose love for do-gooder Myrtle Davis is unrequited. The three friends and Polly come up with a scheme to get Myrtle to notice Rex.

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