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science fiction film, silent film
On a volcanic island near the kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar, a benevolent leader and scientist who has eliminated class distinction among the island's inhabitants. Dakkar, his daughter Sonia and her fiance, chief engineer Nicolai Ro…
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horror film, silent film
After a sensational bank robbery, the ringleader of the gang, Leonard O'Shea—nicknamed The Terror—is still at large. His old accomplices, Soapy Marks and Joe Connors, have completed prison sentences, but O’Shea remains missing with a fortu…
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Komödie, comedy film
Pearl White is a frustrated garment worker who aspires to become a dramatic actress, although she really shines at singing and bantering with audiences. (Shoved on stage to do or die, she throws the tomatoes back at the hecklers.) She join…
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Drama, drama film, romance film, silent film
left|thumb|thumbtime=18|A Woman of Affairs (1928) Diana Merrick, Neville and David were playmates as children, members of the rich British aristocracy. Diana and Neville are in love, but his father opposes the match, disapproving the Merri…
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Romantic Comedy, Splatstick, romantic comedy, silent film
left|thumb|thumbtime=34|Tillie's Punctured Romance A womanizing city man, Charlie, meets Tillie in the country after a fight with his girlfriend. When he sees that Tillie's father has a very large bankroll for his workers, he persuades her…
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Komödie, Western film, comedy film, silent film
left|thumb|thumbtime=2|Go West (1925) A drifter identified only as "Friendless" sells the last of his possessions, keeping only a few trinkets and a picture of his mother. Unable to find a job in the city, he stows away on a train heading …
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Horror
John Bowman, a wealthy farmer, is kidnapped one night after two mysterious men lure his car off the road. When the wreckage is discovered the next day, constable Russ Mason forms a search party with Amos Rugg and Johnny Goodlittle. Johnny …
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adventure film, drama film, romance film, silent film
A company of travelling performers arrive at a fictional oriental city. It includes the beautiful dancer Yannaia, the hunchback clown Yeggar who is lovesick for Yannaia and the Old Lady who loves Yeggar. The slave trader Achmed wants to se…
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Tragic Comedy Film
Socialite Anatol Spencer, finding his relationship with his wife Vivian lackluster, goes in search of excitement. After bumping into old flame Emilie Dixon at a nightclub, Anatol promises to "rescue" her from her soulless city lifestyle, w…
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Essayfilm, documentary film, silent film, underground film
Indiana eats a mushroom, with a brief appearance from a cat.
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Drama, Historical drama, biographical film, drama film, silent film
Komödie, comedy film, silent film
thumb|thumbtime=15|Champagne (1928) Heiress Betty Balfour draws the ire of her father after using his aeroplane to fly to meet her boyfriend, who is aboard an ocean liner headed to France. Betty's boyfriend becomes seasick, so she must att…
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Drama, drama film, silent film
In the grim world of small-time circus life, two young boys, Charles and Adolf, are brought to the cruel, drunken circus owner Cecchi by an elderly woman who can no longer care for them. Their father, she says, had been an acrobat, and she…
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Drama, drama film, silent film
thumb|Full film with synchronized sound At the elegant Kentucky mansion of the Shelbys, a well-regarded Southern family, preparations are underway for the wedding of one of their most beloved slaves, Eliza (Margarita Fischer), an attractiv…
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Komödie
thumb|Lobby card Elmer, always seen at the theater in imposing formal dress, is really a humble worker in a dry cleaning establishment. (Elmer's full name isn't mentioned in the narrative, but a newspaper story near the end identifies him …
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Crime, Drama
The film is about a poor married couple living in New York City. The husband works as a musician and must often travel for work. When returning, his wallet is taken by a gangster.
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comedy film, silent film
Information about the plot of Humor Risk is sparse. According to Kyle Crichton's 1951 biography of the Brothers, Harpo played Watson, the hero and romantic lead who "made his entrance in a high hat, sliding down a coal chute into the basem…
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Drama
Stella Maris was born paralyzed and is unable to walk. Her wealthy guardians try to prevent her from being exposed to all the bad that is happening in the world. She is not allowed to leave her room in a London mansion and is bound to her …
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Drama, drama film, romance film, silent film
thumb|thumbtime=10|The Docks of New York (1928) An American tramp steamer docks in New York harbor sometime in the early years of the 20th century before prohibition. In the bowels of the ship, coal stokers are shutting down the furnaces i…
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Drama, drama film, romance film, silent film
thumb|left|start=50|thumbtime=60|upright|The film In Vienna in 1914, Prince Nicki is the scion of a rundown noble family and is commander of a cavalry regiment. During a parade in front of the St. Stephen's Cathedral, Nicki notices beautif…
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Drama, drama film, silent film
Tessibel Skinner is a young woman in a squatter village on the coast, where she lives with her father, a local fisherman. Towering above the village is the estate of Elias Graves, a wealthy man who hopes to use his influence to remove thes…
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Romance Film, drama film, romance film, silent film
Marianne is a poor French country girl who goes to Paris in the 1860s to seek her fortune as an actress. As she rises to success in the theatre, she must choose between the romantic attentions of two men. The first is Lucien, a poor but pa…
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Sci-Fi
The synopsis from The Bioscope trade paper of 5 June 1919 reads as follows: In the company of Rupert Bedford, a grasping speculator, Samson Cavor, an elderly inventor-scientist, ascends to the Moon in a sphere coated with 'Cavorite', a sub…
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Komödie, boxing film, comedy film, silent film
left|thumb|thumbtime=15|Battling Butler (1926) thumb|Battling Butler ad in Motion Picture News, 1926 Alfred Butler is a scion of a wealthy family, but an embarrassment to his father as Alfred is a slight, gentle young man, accustomed to ea…
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