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Komödie
Charlie works on a farm from 4 a.m. until late at night at the run-down Evergreen Hotel in the rural village of Sunnyside. He has endless duties inside the hotel as well as farm chores to undertake.
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Komödie, Romantic Drama, silent film
Morgan (Gordon-Levitt) and Destiny (Hulme) pay a visit to an ornate zoo aboard an airship, where they find the old foodpenguin, now costumed in a giant panda outfit, has attained a job selling zoo-related souvenirs. At the zoo, Morgan is s…
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horror film, silent film
thumb|left|The Last Performance, silent version with Danish intertitles Conrad Veidt stars as Erik the Great, a sinister stage magician who is in love with a woman half his age, Julie, played by Mary Philbin. A young thief, Mark Royce (pla…
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Drama, drama film, romance film, silent film
The Duke of Chartres is in love with Princess Henriette, but she seemingly wants nothing to do with him. Eventually he grows tired of her insults and flees to England when Louis XV insists that the two marry. He goes undercover as Monsieur…
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Fairy-Tale Film
Cinderella is a kind young woman who lives with her wicked stepmother and ugly stepsisters. They abuse her and use her as the housemaid. One day Cinderella's stepmother and stepsisters refuse to help a beggar at their door, but Cinderella …
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Komödie, silent film
thumb|left|220px|So This Is Paris (1926), full movie Paul and Suzanne Giraud are happily married and living in a quiet neighborhood. When Suzanne notices that their new neighbors are expressive dancers in revealing outfits, she demands Pau…
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crime film, mystery film, silent film
According to a local legend, Sir Henry Baskerville is slated to become the next in his family line to fall victim to a ghostly hound.
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Romance Film
thumb|thumbtime=10|Eternal Love (1929) In 1806 in the village of Pontresina, Switzerland, a mountain man named Marcus (John Barrymore) is in love with Ciglia (Camilla Horn), a young village woman who has been rejecting the advances of Lore…
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silent film
As described in a film magazine review, an engaged couple are out shopping for furniture and Ally, the prospective bride, blushes and tries to hide her embarrassment as she insists that they will have a single instead of twin beds. Soon th…
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comedy drama, silent film
As described in a film magazine reviews, Maggie, a homely but lovable musical comedy star yearns for love, a home, and children. She marries Al Cassidy, a happy-go-lucky fellow. Her happiness is complete at the birth of a baby.
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drama film, fantasy film, silent film
comedy horror, silent film
The film begins with a man (Morton Lowry) reading the novel Dracula. The narrator says that they are presenting their own formula for cheap entertainment, a nightmare. They say to eat a real lobster, not the kind they send to congress, hav…
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Crime
A physician's death orphans his two adolescent daughters. Their older brother is able to convert some of the doctor's small estate to cash. It is late in the day, and with the banks closed he stores the money in his father's household safe.
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drama film, fantasy film, horror film, silent film
Dick Bannister is the new field boss of the Ford Logging Company, a Canadian logging-crew during a time when conflicts with the powerful Consolidated Lumber Company, a bitter rival company, have turned bloody, like a private war. His boss,…
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Drama, drama film, silent film
As described in a film magazine, Leon Kantor, born in the “Ghetto” of New York City, exhibits an exquisite, inherent musical ability that culminates in him becoming a famous violinist. He is born into a Jewish family with many siblings, a …
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drama film, silent film
Young newspaper reporter Harvey Hanford is in love with Mary Wentworth, the ward of rich, eccentric Dudley Cameron, who opposes the match. Harvey becomes involved in a newspaper scheme to plant evidence for a fake murder of his uncle. Dudl…
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silent film
Younger and slightly older children compete against each other in a dance competition. Children from the Pepperall and Hopperday families participate in the tournament, fully supported in every way by their respective family members. Later…
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Adventure, romance film, silent film, swashbuckler film
Englishman Rudolf Rassendyll (Lewis Stone) decides to pass the time by attending the coronation of his distant relation, King Rudolf V of Ruritania (also played by Stone) . He encounters an acquaintance on the train there, Antoinette de Ma…
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comedy drama, silent film
In 1895, champion horse racer and livery stable owner Hank Armstrong is greatly disturbed by the advent of the "horseless carriage" in Maple City. He mocks Elmer Hays, a car manufacturer, when he states in a public lecture that the days of…
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Adventure, Drama, biographical film, silent film, swashbuckler film
left|thumb|thumbtime=3|The Beloved Rogue (1927) François Villon is a poet and avid patriot whose father was burned at the stake. François is particularly committed to helping the oppressed and the weak. The Duke of Burgundy is out for the …
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Drama
After her father is killed by an outlaw, Dolores marries Peter. While they are at sea in the Arctic, Dolores meets the ship's captain, who is the man who killed her father. The captain causes an 'accident' to happen to Peter, so Dolores is…
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Western film, silent film
The film opens with Colonel James Bryson and the US army discussing a treaty with the Sioux people. The treaty reads "And in consideration of the above lands being ceded to the United States, the said government will forbid the settlement …
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Komödie
An assistant in a pawnshop run by Henry Bergman goes about his job in a comedic manner: insulting various eccentric customers and dusting an electric fan while it is running. Quarreling over a ladder, the assistant engages in a slapstick b…
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silent film, war film
thumb|left|Half-page newspaper ad for the film. Tells viewers to call police if people around them are doing things out of the ordinary. Kaiser Wilhelm II of Hohenzollern is a vain and arrogant tyrant eager for conquest.
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