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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 65.

The Limited Mail (1925)

drama film, silent film

As described in a film magazine reviews, Bob Wilson becomes a tramp after his fiancée jilts him, but is influenced for good by Jim Fowler, a railway mail clerk. Bob gets employment with the railroad that employs Jim and works his way up to…

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Born to the West (1926)

adventure film, silent film

As described in a film magazine, Kentucky schoolboys Dare Rudd and Bate Fillmore fight over Nell Worstall, and when the conflict ends both boys bear scars for life. Years later, after Dare moves to Colorado, they meet and again fight. The …

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The Hidden Scar (1916)

silent film

Janet Hall is a young girl who is seduced and wronged by Henry Dalton, and she gives birth to an illegitimate child. She makes a living dancing in a cabaret, which she despises, and dedicates herself to their child. She begs Dalton to marr…

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The Love Burglar (1919)

drama film, silent film

As described in a film magazine, Joan Gray, a novelist who is living in the underworld to absorb its atmosphere for her next work, finds herself seriously menaced by Coast-to-Coast Taylor, a prominent figure of the district who determines …

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A Thief in the Dark (1928)

mystery film, silent film

A young drifter named Ernest joins a troupe of phony mystics working in a carnival, led by a Professor Xeno. Ernest learns that his colleagues are systematically burglarizing some of the wealthy homes in the towns through which they travel…

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Bluff (1924)

drama film, silent film

As described in a film magazine review, Betty Hallowell is an unsuccessful fashion designer as the New York City modistes spurn her work as being that of a nobody. Her brother Jack is crippled in an accident involving political boss Mitche…

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Red Wine (1928)

silent film

Charles (Conrad Nagel) is the epitome of domestic regularity — a mild, meticulous man who wakes at precisely 7:26 a.m., shaves (cutting his chin on schedule every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday), and breakfasts on eggs boiled for one minu…

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The Shark (1920)

drama film, silent film

Shark Rawley is a sailor on a tramp steamer who saves a woman by the name of Doris Hall from the crew of the ship and its captain Sanchez. His adventures lead to the ship burning when a fire breaks out. Rawley and Hall escape and while wai…

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