Silent Cinema
Before they could speak, they had everything to say.
Buster Keaton's "The Goat" (1921)
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1h 35m
Metropolis (1925 - shorter version)
Fritz Lang's silent sci-fi classic. NOTE: this was transferred from a vhs copy. The print that this was taken from was well-worn and quite faded in many scenes. Shows the importance of film preserv...
Charlie Chaplin's "The Champion" (1915)
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"The Flapper" (1920) starring Olive Thomas
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1h 4m
The Road To Ruin
Mothers, warn your daughters! A young party girl gets involved with booze, drugs and men, and gets pregnant, with disastrous results.
"The Beloved Rogue" (1927) starring John Barrymore and Marceline Day
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54m
Dementia / Daughter of Horror (1955)
Dementia is a black and white film from 1955. It is a silent film and there is not a single line of dialogue in the entire film, nor are there any storyboards to tell the viewer what is going on. T...
Cliffhanger Serials
A cliffhanger serial is a type of motion picture that was popular during the first half of the 20th Century, presaging the weekly TV series form that we know today. It typically told a single story...
1m
Fantasmagori
This is probably the first animated film, produced by Emil Cohl, considered the "father of animation" in 1908
"A Child Of The Ghetto" (1910) director D. W. Griffith
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Buster Keaton's "Convict 13" (1920)
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Buster Keaton's "My Wife's Relations" (1922)
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1h 0m
Ten Nights in a Barroom
A man's (William Farnum) heavy drinking drives away his family and threatens to destroy his relationship with his little daughter (Peggy Lou Lynd).
Charlie Chaplin's "The Adventurer" (1917)
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Charlie Chaplin's "Easy Street" (1917)
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6m
A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor
Early sound film featuring comedian Eddie Cantor. From the AFI/Maurice Zouary Collection at the Library of Congress. Copied at 24 fps from a 35mm print.
Buster Keaton's "One Week" (1920)
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"A Beast At Bay" (1912) director D. W. Griffith cinematographer Billy Bitzer
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1h 22m
The Phantom Planet
After an invisible asteroid draws an astronaut and his ship to its surface, he is miniaturized by the phantom planet's exotic atmosphere. - IMDB Description
"The General" (1926) starring Buster Keaton
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23m
A Natural Born Gambler
In 1916 the Biograph film company signed black comedian Bert Williams to write, produce, direct and star in two comedies. Williams created "A Natural Born Gambler" and "Fish." While hardly a breakt...
"The Phantom Carriage" (1921) director Victor Sjöström (Seastrom)
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!["Within Our Gates" [1920]](https://archive.org/services/img/withinOurGates1920)
1h 17m
"Within Our Gates" [1920]
February in the United States celebrates "Black History Month" and thus this offering by Oscar Micheaux..."Within Our Gates" [1920]. It is a powerful narrative of an era long gone and exemplifies t...
Charlie Chaplin's "The Immigrant" (1917)
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1h 15m
The Painted Desert
Western pardners Jeff (J. Farrell MacDonald) and Cash (William Farnum) find a baby boy in an otherwise deserted emigrants camp, and clash over which is to be "father". They are still bitterly feudi...
"A Frontier Flirtation" (1903) cinematographer Billy Bitzer
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"A Calamitous Elopement" (1908) director D. W. Griffith
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"Sherlock Jr." (1924) starring Buster Keaton
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1h 1m
Extravagance (1930)
Alice Kendall is part of the social elite, and her mother has spent a fortune giving her luxuries. When Alice marrries Fred Garlan her mother wishes him luck as he will need it. Alice wants a new s...
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1909) starring Florence Turner
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