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Monte Cristo (1922) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Feb 4, 2013
A young John Gilbert stars as the vengeful count, determined to destroy the men who sent him to prison on false charges. Gilbert buckles swash in admirable style. Edmond and Mercedes. Aww! Alexandre Dumas’s 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo is one of the most filmed novels of all time, with doze read more
My Best Girl (1927) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Feb 4, 2013
When an innocent romance springs up between a lowly shop girl and an incognito chain-store heir, can it survive interfering parents, a hidden identity, and a secret engagement? Mary Pickford’s final silent starring role opposite her future husband, Buddy Rogers. Mary Pickford, luminous in her read more
The Eagle (1925) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Feb 4, 2013
Rudolph Valentino finally came up with the perfect movie formula in this 1925 hit: Action Lover. Valentino is a fun-loving Cossack who turns down the advances of the Czarina. Forced on the run, he takes the opportunity to seek revenge against his father’s enemy. And wouldntcha know it, that read more
The Beloved Rogue (1927) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Feb 3, 2013
John Barrymore plays Francois Villon, the medieval French poet/thief who runs afoul of the eccentric King Louis XI (Conrad Veidt). But when the kingdom is threatened by the Duke of Burgundy, it is up to Villon to save the day. Oh, and there is naturally a lovely damsel. The most fun you can have in read more
Below the Surface (1920) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Feb 3, 2013
Con artists and deep sea divers collide in this Thomas Ince produced adventure yarn. Hobart Bosworth is a diver trying to save his son from the clutches of a scheming city woman who wants to use his diving abilities to make a fortune in ill-gotten gains. Hobart Bosworth is one of those actors that read more
The Wind (1928) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Feb 3, 2013
Miss Gish plays an innocent girl thrust into the harsh elements of the American West. The unceasing wind batters the landscape and begins to unravel her sanity. Silent cinema at its finest. For goodness sake, see it! In the interest of full disclosure: before starting this review, I should probably read more
Carmen (1915) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Feb 3, 2013
Carmen may be best known as an opera but it made a successful silent debut for opera diva Geraldine Ferrar. An early hit for Cecil B. DeMille, Carmen is a lively, sensual and surprisingly earthy adaptation of a familiar story. Adapting an opera for the silent screen may sound odd but Carmen, arguab read more
Way Down East (1920) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Feb 3, 2013
Lillian Gish plays Anna, a country girl seduced and abandoned by a rich cad. The resulting baby dies and Anna is alone in the world. She meets the kindly Bartlett family and it seems that her life is taking a turn for the better… that is until her past is exposed. The story of making Way Down read more
The Sea Lion (1921) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Feb 3, 2013
Hobart Bosworth stars as a bitter whaling captain who is still angry at his wife for leaving him sixteen years before. Then chance throws the daughter of his unfaithful wife in his path. How far will be go for revenge? I always have a soft spot for Hobart Bosworth. He had a powerful screen presence read more
That Certain Thing (1928) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Feb 3, 2013
A variation on the popular twenties gold-digger theme in the key of Capra. The delightful Viola Dana dreams of landing a rich husband. Ralph Graves seems to be the man of her dreams but when he is disinherited, it is Viola’s entrepreneurial spirit that saves the day. Molly (Viola Dana) works read more
Don’t Change Your Husband (1919) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Feb 3, 2013
Gloria Swanson is a young wife whose husband is, for lack of a better word, a pigpen. Tired of his slovenly ways and uncaring manner, she leaves him for a better groomed, sweet-talking man. But all is not wine and rose and she soon learns that it may not have been a good idea to change her husband read more
Alfred Hitchcock's Earliest Known Film, "The White Shadow"
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Feb 3, 2013
Reblogged from Hitchcock and Me: In August of 2011, film fans were thrilled to learn that a portion of the lost 1924 movie “The White Shadow” had been found, making it the earliest known work by Alfred Hitchcock. In the excitement of this discovery, much of the coverage ignored the fact that the read more
The Charlatan (1929) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Feb 3, 2013
Holmes Herbert stars as Count Merlin, a faux-mystic with a painful past. His wife left him for another man and took their daughter with her. Now, decades later, he has caught up with her. When the unfaithful wife turns up dead, Merlin is the prime suspect. He must use his gifts of disguise and dece read more
The Forbidden City (1918) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Feb 3, 2013
Norma Talmadge and Thomas Meighan play an ill-fated interracial couple. When their secret marriage is discovered, Talmadge is executed by the Emperor of China for daring to marry a white man. Her daughter (also Talmadge) grows up and sets out to discover her American roots. The Forbidden City begin read more
The Social Secretary (1916) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Feb 3, 2013
Mayme (Norma Talmadge) can’t keep a job. She’s far too pretty, you see, and the bosses won’t leave her alone. Meanwhile, the de Puyster family can’t keep a secretary. They’re far too pretty and get married. You can see where this one is going. Erich von Stroheim supports as a paparazzo. Light-heart read more
Waxworks (1924) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Feb 3, 2013
A young author (Wilhelm Dieterle) is hired by the owner of a wax museum to write tales about his most popular figures, Haroun al Raschid, Ivan the Terrible and Jack the Ripper. Entranced by his new boss’s pretty daughter (Olga Belajeff) the author sets to work writing about the wax figures. With ea read more
Why Change Your Wife? (1920) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Feb 3, 2013
Gloria Swanson is the offending party in this DeMille marital comedy. She is a lovely young prude who moralizes her husband right into the waiting arms of another woman. Only then does Gloria realize that husbands want to live with a wife, not a nun. Armed with this knowledge- and a wild wardrobe- read more
Little Annie Rooney (1925) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Feb 3, 2013
Mary Pickford is a tenement kid with a cop father and a brother who wants to be a gangster. Mary falls for her brother’s best friend, another would-be gangster, and must clear him of murder. Little Annie Rooney (Mary Pickford) has all the usual problems of a twelve year old girl, as well as read more
Judex (1916-17) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Feb 3, 2013
Judex, a mysterious caped vigilante, sets out to take revenge against corrupt banker Favraux. His settling of scores is complicated by the sly villainess Diana Monti and her associates. And the fact that Judex is in love with Favraux’s daughter, Jacqueline. A serial in twelve episodes with a prolog read more
Son of the Sheik (1926) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Feb 3, 2013
Ahmed, the son of the title character of The Sheik, loves a dancer named Yasmin. After coming to believe that she betrayed him to bandits, Ahmed seeks revenge. Valentino-style. Valentino’s final screen appearance is also his best. Valentino made many films after achieving stardom but there wa read more