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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 39.

The West~Bound Limited (1923)

drama film, silent film

right|x180px| Bernard Miller is the President of a railroad, and Lawrence Wilton is his general counselor. Both are traveling in an open car, paralleling the tracks when they see Bill Buckley's engine steaming down the rails. Miller's only…

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Burning Sands (1922)

drama film, silent film

As described in a film magazine review, a kindly old sheik is being deceived by his villainous son, who seeks to destroy his father by uniting with the enemy tribe. However, the plan is foiled by a young English philosopher who lives alone…

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How to Handle Women (1928)

comedy film, silent film

Leonard Higgins (Glenn Tryon), a young up-and-coming New York cartoonist, meets Prince Hendryx (Raymond Keane), the ruler of Vulgaria who is visiting the United States trying to persuade some wealthy businessmen to invest in his tiny count…

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One Minute to Play (1926)

drama film, silent film

Red Wade is a star high school football player who hopes to attend Claxton University and play for its decorated college football team. However, his disapproving father John wants him to quit the sport and attend Parmalee University, a sch…

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The Last Edition (1925)

drama film, melodrama, silent film

thumb|thumbtime=0|The Last Edition (1925) The story starts by introducing us to Tom McDonald, a pressman and the assistant foreman in the San Francisco Chronicle pressroom. Tom finds out he was passed over for the job of press foreman. The…

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A Hero of the Big Snows (1926)

silent film

Rin-Tin-Tin is rescued from mistreatment by a trapper named Ed Nolan, who himself leads a nomadic life. Despite Nolan's efforts, Rin-Tin-Tin refuses to enter his cabin. Nolan then brings Rin-Tin-Tin to the home of Mary Mallory, a woman he …

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Her Marriage Vow (1924)

drama film, silent film

As described in a review in a film magazine, Carol Pelham turns down the wealthy idler, Ted Lowe, and marries a hard-working chap, Bob Hilton. For seven years their life is happy, even though Carol is kept pretty well confined to her home …

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The Ne'er Do Well (1923)

comedy film, silent film

Disgusted with his spendthrift son, Kirk Anthony's father has Kirk shanghaied and taken to Panama, where he attracts the attention of Mrs. Edith Cortlandt and falls in love with Chiquita, the daughter of a Panamanian general. He is able to…

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The Love Expert (1920)

romantic comedy film, silent film

As described in a film magazine, Babs is sent home from boarding school because she persists in carrying out her fanciful love researches instead of studying her lessons. Continuing these experiments at home, her father, the influential an…

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Hay Foot (1919)

comedy film, silent film

As described in a film magazine, enlistee Ulysses S. Grant Briggs (Ray) is bound by his father Thaddeus Briggs (Aitken), a veteran of the Civil War, to emulate his illustrious namesake in all things. He is charged in a court-martial for en…

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Secrets of the Night (1924)

comedy film, drama film, mystery film, silent film

Robert Andrews, president of a bank, invites the bank examiner and several directors to his home for a house party in order to keep him from examining the books and discovering a big shortage. Andrews quarrels with young Hammond, who is in…

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