re: What is your favorite silent movie?

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“O God, why should this happen to me?”

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dang, how many times have i heard a woman say that after having sex

but seriously, several of my favorite silents have been mentioned already ITT, but here’s one that hasn’t:


a bit melodramatic (naturally) but memorable for lead actor James Murray’s intensely captivating performance

Oddly enough, I've run across a number of examples of sheet-music tied to silent films from the late-1910s into the 1920s, often sporting pictures of the various stars of the films.

I'd already listed some favorite silents, but I'll list a few more, starting with some fairly heralded 'classics' that I'm particularly fond of:

1. "Docks of New York" (1928) George Bancroft, Betty Compson
2. "Lucky Star" (1929) Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell
3. "The Toll Gate" (1920) William S. Hart, Anna Q. Nilsson
4. "Wild Oranges" (1924) Frank Mayo, Virginia Valli
5. "Underground" (1928-British) Brian Aherne, Elissa Landi
6. "Stella Maris" (1918) Mary Pickford, Conway Tearle
7. "Redskin" (1929) Richard Dix, Gladys Belmont
8. "A Kiss for Cinderella" (1925) Betty Bronson, Tom Moore
9. "Asphalt" (1929-German) Betty Amann, Gustav Frolich
10. "Robin Hood" (1923) Douglas Fairbanks, Enid Bennett

But, there's a ton of 'little' films from the silent era that I often enjoy just as much, if not more, than a lot of the classics. Some that have clicked nicely with me, and had a good re-watchability factor include:

1. "The Matinee Idol" (1928) Bessie Love, Johnny Walker
2. "Lorraine of the Lions" (1925) Patsy Ruth Miller
3. "Padlocked" (1926) Lois Moran, Louise Dresser
4. "13 Washington Square" (1928) Jean Hersholt, Alice Joyce
5. "The False Road" (1920) Enid Bennett, Lloyd Hughes
6. "What Happened to Jones" (1926) Reginald Denny
7. "The Apple Tree Girl" (1917) Shirley Mason
8. "Wild Horse Mesa" (1925) Jack Holt, Billie Dove
9. "The Thirteenth Hour" (1927) Conrad Nagel, Leila Hyams
10. "Go and Get It" (1920) Pat O'Malley, Agnes Ayres

One thing I would like to see from some dvd company would be a really nice collection of all those Helen Holmes 'railroad' films, from the 1910s "Hazards of Helen" episodes to the 1920s features produced by her husband, J.P. McGowan, all looking nicely restored. Most of the public-domain prints circulating around are in such ratty shape. I love them, but they're all such eyesores.

A belated Happy Birthday to Harold Lloyd

Sunrise
City lights

Phantom of the Opera

Any Harold Lloyd film

I haven't seen any of the movies listed in this thread. Eventually I'll delve into those oldies, but I'm not terribly interested right now.

I'll cheat a bit and give some props to "Hundreds of Beavers", a recent silent film out of one of the Scandinavian countries. Really fun movie, though the ending dragged on for about 15 minutes too long.