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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 136.

A Desperate Moment (1926)

drama film, silent film

As described in a film magazine review, while on a yachting trip with her father, Virginia Dean falls in love with Captain John Reynolds. The schooner is seized by bandit stowaways, who kill several crewmembers, and then set the elder Peter Dean and the remaining crew adrift, but hold Virginia and John hostage. The vessel catches fire and burns to the waterline and is abandoned, the survivors reaching a tropical island.

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Her Big Adventure (1926)

drama film, silent film

As described in a film magazine review, Ralph Merriwell quarrels with his wealthy father, and decides to set out on his own, taking a bell hop job at a Los Angeles job. Betty Burton, who works for Ralph's father as a stenographer, wins a $1000 prize for an ad and goes to the hotel. She poses as Countess Fontaine and Ralph falls in love with her.

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