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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 86.

Dawn of the East (1921)

drama film, silent film

As described in a film magazine, Russian Countess Natalya is stranded in Peking, China, and is forced to dance in a public hall to support an invalid sister. She is lured into marriage to a Chinese man through political intrigue, but escap…

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Man Bait (1927)

silent film

After she is fired from her role as a shopgirl in a department store, Madge finds work as a taxi dancer. At the dance hall she meets and falls in love with a young man from a wealthy background.

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Something Different (1920)

drama film, silent film

As summarized in a film publication, Alice Lea, an heiress reaching the end of her funds, was being forced into a marriage for money, so she decided to seek adventure in Central American and visit a friend. She learned that Don Luis, husba…

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The Combat (1926)

silent film

As described in a film magazine review, two-fisted lumberjack Blaze Burke is made boss of Jerry Flint's logging camp and proceeds to eliminate an opposition gang of huskies led by Red McLaughlin. Double-crossed by Milton Symmons, he takes …

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The Western Whirlwind (1927)

silent film

As described in a film magazine, Jack Howard, returning to his western home from the war, and learning from his mother that his father, the sheriff, has been killed by an unknown assailant, gets the mayor of Gold Strike to swear him in as …

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The Sealed Room (1926)

drama film, silent film

Paul Craig (Arthur Shirley) is an aviator-inventor who becomes blind due to overwork. He stumbles into a room as a person is being killed by foreign agents – who decide to let Craig live because he cannot identify them. The murder is part …

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Playing the Game (1918)

silent film

As described in a film magazine, believing that killed a professional dancer in a cafe brawl, Larry Prentiss (Ray) along with his valet Hodges (Elmer) flee to the west to where he owns a ranch. The two are waylaid, robbed of their clothes,…

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Saints and Sinners (1916)

drama film, silent film

A man named George loves a preachers daughter, but she doesn't seem to love him back. She brings scandal to her father by spending time with a man with a bad reputation. Eventually the characters in the movie have to deal with a scarlet fe…

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The Avenging Rider (1928)

silent film

According to Billboard magazine, "the story concerns rivalry between two ranch owners in a boundary dispute, with the result that one is murdered by the other. The deceased leaves his ranch to his niece, played by Florence Allen, and the f…

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The Third Kiss (1919)

silent film

As described in a film magazine, Rupert Bawlf (Ellis) is a settlement worker and has done wonders with the tough districts of the town. His wife Cynthia (Kirkham), although she loathes the work, cheerfully helps him because of her great lo…

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