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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 72.

The Devil to Pay (1920)

mystery film, silent film

This synopsis is taken from a review in Wid's Daily film magazine. Banker and politician Brent Warren commits a murder. George Roan is framed and given the death sentence for the crime.

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The Flying Mail (1926)

action film, silent film

Following a party, Sherry Gillespie, a U. S. Mail flyer, awakes to find himself in a strange apartment and is shown evidence by Cleo Roberts that they were married the previous evening.

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The Great Shadow (1920)

drama film, silent film

Jim McDonald, the head of a union, struggles against a group of Bolsheviks led by Klimoff. A strike is called and McDonald's child is killed due to sabotage. Elsie, daughter of the capitalist Donald Alexander, is kidnapped by the Bolshevik…

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The Ladder of Lies (1920)

drama film, silent film

Edith Parrish is a magazine illustrator whose publisher friend, Peter Gordon, has married an "unworthy wife", Dora Leroy. To keep her friend from being shattered by his wife's infidelity with Ralph Brent, Edith begins a series of lies to c…

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The Mysterious Rider (1927)

Western film, silent film

Based on the Zane Grey novel of the same name, The Mysterious Rider centers around Bent Wade (Jack Holt), a mysterious masked rider who fights to save the homesteads of a colony of desert ranchers from illegal seizure. He eventually falls …

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Wedding Bells (1921)

romantic comedy, silent film

As described in a film magazine, Rosalie Wayne meets Reginald Carter after he introduces himself while chasing her dog with one of his oxfords, and she marries him in haste. Reggie comes down with the measles following a quarrel over her b…

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The Fighting Edge (1926)

action film, silent film

As described in a film magazine review, Joyce, a government agent, is imprisoned by a gang of smugglers in their ranch house along the Mexican boarder. Juan de Dios O'Rourke, another government agent posing as being half-Spanish and living…

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Butterflies in the Rain (1926)

romantic comedy, silent film

As described in a film magazine, Tina Carteret the beautiful daughter of an aristocratic English family, is a believer in the "new freedom" for women, and is an ardent follower of a group of fake bohemians whom she regards as the earth's e…

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The Honor of His House (1918)

drama film, silent film

Dr Robert Farlow and affluent toxicologist, Count Ito Onato, both fall in love with Lora, a stunning Japanese-American girl, when they are stranded on a desert island. Despite the fact that Lora prefers Robert, she chooses to reject him du…

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Exclusive Rights (1926)

crime film, silent film

In the race for governor, Stanley Wharton emerges as a staunch opponent of Al Morris, a powerful figure controlling both criminals and politicians behind the scenes. After winning the election, Wharton upholds the death sentence of Bickel,…

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