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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 73.

Each Pearl a Tear (1916)

drama film, silent film

A woman named Diane Winston is introduced, by her father, to an unscrupulous stockbroker. But Diane is already in love with someone else, the stockbroker's secretary named John Clarke. The stockbroker loans an expensive pearl necklace to D…

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Good References (1920)

drama film, romantic comedy film, silent film

Mary Wayne is a resilient and attractive protagonist who faces the daunting predicament of being both jobless and penniless in a bustling metropolis. Commencing with her eviction from a boarding house due to breaching its regulations by co…

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Big Pal (1925)

boxing film, silent film

thumb|thumbtime=10|Big Pal (1925) As described in a film magazine review, Judge Truscott's daughter Helen spurns his wealthy lifestyle and goes to do social work in poorer neighborhoods. She is saved from a runaway horse accident by Dan Wi…

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Flying Romeos (1928)

silent film

Barbers Cohen (George Sidney) and Cohan (Charles Murray) both love Minnie (Fritzi Ridgeway), their young manicurist, who has a fondness for aviators. Duly, the pair of hapless middle-aged lovers sign up for flying lessons and accidentally …

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Lady Jennifer (1915)

drama film, silent film

The film opens with Nancy and Dick falling in love at first sight. Dick is a poor artist and Nancy's family is in financial need, so she accepts the suit of Sir William Jennifer instead. At their wedding, William's half-brother Hudson swea…

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The Commanding Officer (1915)

drama film, silent film

When Colonel Archer does not want to lend money to Captain Waring, he borrows that amount from Brent Lindsay in the village in exchange for his promissory note. Both Waring and Lindsay court Floyd Bingham, a retired colonel's daughter. Flo…

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Somebody's Mother (1926)

crime film, silent film

As described in a film magazine review, Mary roams the streets sells matches on the streets of New York, but unknown to everyone she encounters she is really searching for her son who was kidnapped from her many years ago when he was a you…

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The Runaway Express (1926)

action film, silent film

Set against the bustling backdrop of a train station, with its thundering engines and the coordinated chaos of the roundhouse, dispatcher's office, and switch-room, unfolds a love story between Joe Foley, a young train engineer, and Norah …

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Won in the Clouds (1928)

silent film

thumb|thumbtime=0|Won in the Clouds (1928) A family diamond mine in South Africa causes great problems to owners Dr. Cecil James and his daughter, Grace. Accompanied by her maid, Mira, Grace and her father decide to go to Africa to investi…

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The Necessary Evil (1925)

drama film, silent film

As described in a film magazine review, Dick Jerome, adored of women and always forgiven of everything because of his good looks and disposition, has married the good and beautiful Frances, who was also loved by Dick's employer, David Deva…

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Yellow Fingers (1926)

drama film, silent film

As described in a film magazine review, Captain Shane, a South Seas trader, known on the island as "Brute" Shane due to the roughhouse methods he uses on his men and native islanders, rears Saina, a half-caste, as if she was a young white …

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