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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 35.

Captain Lash (1929)

silent film

The film begins in a raucous South American waterfront bar. Captain Lash, a burly and boisterous stoker who commands the respect of his fire-room crew with fists and a whip, drinks and brawls alongside his wiry sidekick, Cocky. Cocky is th…

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Willy Reilly and His Colleen Bawn (1920)

Christian film, drama film, silent film

The film is set in 18th-century County Cavan during the penal laws. A Catholic landowner, Willy Reilly, falls in love with Helen Folliard (the Colleen Bawn), the daughter of a Protestant Squire, after being invited to his home for saving h…

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The Rainmaker (1926)

drama film, silent film

As described in a film magazine review, due to an injury received during the war, a jockey is told he will never ride again. However, the injury also allows him to know through prayer whether it will rain, the knowledge useful in his betti…

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The Non-Stop Flight (1926)

drama film, silent film

In Spring 1906, Captain Lars Larson and his wife, Anna, live in a modest cottage nestled in the harbor town of Laholm set on the western edge of Sweden. Anna is expecting their first child. Lars is packing his seabag for his upcoming sea j…

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One Glorious Day (1922)

fantasy film, silent film

A disembodied spirit entity with a strange appearance and bulging eyes named "Ek" takes over the body of a meek psychical researcher, Professor Ezra Botts, during an out-of-body experiment and proceeds to live it up while the researcher wa…

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The Deep Purple (1920)

crime film, drama film, silent film

As described in a film magazine, country village maiden Doris Moore listens intently to the wooing of Harry Leland, a crook who is in the neighborhood with Pop Clark, another professional crook. Believing in his promise of marriage, Doris …

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Big Brother (1923)

drama film, silent film

As described in a film magazine review, Jimmy Donovan, gang leader in the East Side of New York City, protects Midge Murray when the latter's brother is slain. Jim decides that he must reform and bring up Midge decently. However, a court t…

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Forty Winks (1925)

silent film

As described in a review in a film magazine, Gasper Le Sage (Chadwick) is attorney to the Butterworths and suitor for the hand of Eleanor Butterworth (Dana). He persuades Annabelle Wu (Wong), a Eurasian adventuress, to vamp Lt. Gerald Hugh…

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Love (1920)

romantic drama film, silent film

A young woman, Natalie Storm, works in a sweatshop and struggles to support her mother and little sister, Beatrice. Their mother dies and Beatrice suffers from poverty. Because of her circumstances, Natalie rejects the marriage proposal of…

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The Million Dollar Collar (1929)

crime film, silent film

When young Bill Holmes rescues a battered dog named Rinty from the wreckage of a getaway car driven by gangster Ed Mack, he unwittingly steps into a perilous game of mistaken identity. Donning Ed's clothes for warmth, Bill heads for nearby…

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Kitty (1929)

drama film, silent film

In pre-World War I London, handsome young aviator Alex St. George (Stuart) meets and falls in love with shopgirl Kitty Greenwood (Brody). He asks her to marry him, to the horror of his snobbish, class-bound mother (Dorothy Cumming), who is…

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The Lone Eagle (1927)

silent film, war film

During World War I, American pilot Lieutenant William (Billy) Holmes (Raymond Keane) accepts an assignment with the Royal Flying Corps. The unit location is on the Western Front and has seen plenty of action. During Billy's first air battl…

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Show Folks (1928)

silent film

Eddie Kehoe, a cocky young vaudeville dancer, blames everyone but himself—musicians, stage managers, electricians—when audiences don’t respond to his act. Though he barely scrapes by performing for the smaller venues booked by the McNary V…

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More Pay, Less Work (1926)

silent film

As described in a film magazine review, Cappy Ricks is still in competition in the shipping business with his friend Dad Hinchfield. Cappy's daughter Betty and Hinchfield's son William are in love, but the parental feud is a handicap. Duri…

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