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Don't Change Your Husband / The Golden Chance

Rated: 3 | 167 Views Released Year: 1915

Genre: Silent Films
About: This double bill of Cecil B. DeMille films shows off some of the director's early work. In Don't Change Your Husband (1919), a fickle woman (Gloria Swanson) tires of her husband (Elliott Dexter) and takes a lover (Lew Cody), only to discover that he's sleeping with the maid (Julia Faye). In The Golden Chance (1915), a well-bred woman (Cleo Ridgely) is forced to accept a low-paying job, but there's an unexpected perk: She gets to be Cinderella.
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The Oyster Princess / I Don't Want to Be a Man

Rated: 0 | 178 Views Released Year: 1919

Genre: Silent Films
About: When the shoe polish manufacturer's daughter marries a count, the oyster king's daughter -- not to be outdone -- must have a prince in this wicked satire from comic master Ernst Lubitsch. Determined not to let his "princess" down, her mogul father finds a financially hard up royal and throws the couple a lavish ceremony. What follows, however, is not what the bride had in mind. Also included is a comic short about a tomboy masquerading as a man.
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D.W. Griffith: Years of Discovery 1909-1913

Rated: 0 | 121 Views Released Year: 1909

Genre: Silent Films
About: Over the course of five years, pioneering director D.W. Griffith created 450 films for the Biograph Company -- almost two films per week. Providing an unparalleled glimpse of American life at the turn of the century, the shorts star Lillian and Dorothy Gish, Lionel Barrymore, Mae Marsh and Mary Pickford. In addition to producing a high volume of films, Griffith's quickie two-reel movies paved the way for epics featuring the same legendary stars.
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The Passion of Joan of Arc

Rated: 0 | 202 Views Released Year: 1928

Genre: Silent Films
About: Widely considered director Carl Theodor Dreyer's finest achievement and one of the greatest movies of all time, this stunning emotional drama recounts the events surrounding Joan of Arc's 1431 heresy trial, burning at the stake and subsequent martyrdom. Maria Falconetti turns in a haunting performance as the young French saint. The film's original version, thought to have been lost to fire, was miraculously found in perfect condition in 1981.
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Spies / M

Rated: 0 | 189 Views Released Year: 1929

Genre: Silent Films
About: Heroes and madmen abound in this Fritz Lang double feature! In Spies (1929), a world-savvy woman of intrigue and her James Bond-like love interest match wits with a wheelchair-bound evil genius determined to control the world -- or destroy it. In M (1931), local criminals join forces to capture a psychotic child murderer when the madman's exploits begin to threaten the stability of the underworld.
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The Iron Horse (U.K. Version)

Rated: 0 | 134 Views Released Year: 1924

Genre: Silent Films
About: In this epic silent Western from John Ford, railroad surveyor Davy Brandon (George O'Brien) must find a route through the Rocky Mountains and carry on the dream of his father, who died before he could see the country linked by a transcontinental train line. Davy and the Union Pacific construction crew must battle fierce weather and hostile Indians to complete the historic project. Extras include audio commentary by film historian Robert Birchard.
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The Mark of Zorro / Don Q: Son of Zorro

Rated: 0 | 134 Views Released Year: 1920

Genre: Silent Films
About: In The Mark of Zorro (1920), Don Diego Vega must assume the masked identity of Zorro to convince the Caballeros to help him save San Juan Capistrano from an evil governor. In Don Q: Son of Zorro (1925), Don Cesar De Vega crosses swords with a vicious member of the Queen's Guard and steals the affection of a young heiress. When the officer frames the young upstart for murder, Don Cesar fakes his own death and plots his vengeance.
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Heart o' the Hills

Rated: 0 | 106 Views Released Year: 1919

Genre: Silent Films
About: America's first film sweetheart, Mary Pickford, stars in this silent film (one of four she made in 1919), a backwoods melodrama about land-grabbing in the mountains of Kentucky. The movie gave Pickford the chance to extend her range from her previous half-dozen parts; the film's brutal subject matter and frank treatment of poverty were a huge change of pace from her usual lighthearted fare. Joseph De Grasse and Sidney Franklin direct.
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The Iron Horse (U.S. Version)

Rated: 0 | 123 Views Released Year: 1924

Genre: Silent Films
About: In this epic silent Western from John Ford, railroad surveyor Davy Brandon (George O'Brien) must find a route through the Rocky Mountains and carry on the dream of his father, who died before he could see the country linked by a transcontinental train line. As the Union Pacific construction crew battles fierce weather and hostile Indians, Davy also tries to track down the mysterious two-fingered man who killed his father.
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Man with the Movie Camera

Rated: 0 | 149 Views Released Year: 1929

Genre: Silent Films
About: Cinema pioneer Dziga Vertov's controversial 1929 film still pulses with energy, innovation and genius. This landmark silent masterpiece from the Soviet avant-garde director stylishly highlights the buzz of everyday city life (shops, traffic, children, coal miners, nature) as seen through the eyes of a roving cameraman. Many filmic devices are used to comment on vision, life, Marxism and modernity in the Soviet Union.
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