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Hush Your Highness...:Works of Art from the Silent Era: 1914 - 1929.

by bowdranie • Created 9 years ago • Modified 9 years ago
A personal synopsis of accrued films viewed in the past decade, from this esoteric, under appraised era in film making, the Silent era.
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  • Mare Nostrum (1926)

    1. Mare Nostrum

    19261h 42mPassed
    6.8 (430)
    The story of a female German spy who willingly sacrifices her life for her country.
    DirectorRex IngramStarsApollon UniÁlex NovaKada-Abd-el-Kader
  • Stage Struck (1925)

    2. Stage Struck

    19251h 10m
    6.8 (1.1K)
    A young woman dreams of becoming a great actress. When her boyfriend starts to flirt with an actual actress, she becomes jealous and decides to fight with her rival.
    DirectorAllan DwanStarsGloria SwansonLawrence GrayGertrude Astor
  • Constance Talmadge in The Duchess of Buffalo (1926)

    3. The Duchess of Buffalo

    19261h 15m
    6.4 (126)
    The storyline is loosely-based on Buffalo candy-maker August Merckens' opera-singer daughter Baroness Platon Von Wrangel, who married the Russian leader in the fight for restoration of the Russian monarchy.
    DirectorSidney FranklinStarsConstance TalmadgeTullio CarminatiEdward Martindel
  • Colleen Moore in Ella Cinders (1926)

    4. Ella Cinders

    19261h 15mPassed
    7.0 (1.1K)
    Ella Cinders, oppressed and abused by her stepmother and stepsisters, wins a contest for a film role in Hollywood. When the contest turns out to be fraudulent, she determines to stay and achieve Hollywood stardom the hard way.
    DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsColleen MooreLloyd HughesVera Lewis
  • Nita Naldi and Rudolph Valentino in Cobra (1925)

    5. Cobra

    19251h 10m
    6.4 (801)
    A penniless, skirt-chasing Italian nobleman finds love and scandal when he travels to New York City.
    DirectorJoseph HenaberyStarsRudolph ValentinoNita NaldiCasson Ferguson
  • Joan Crawford and Lon Chaney in The Unknown (1927)

    6. The Unknown

    19271h 8mUnrated
    7.7 (9.9K)
    A criminal on the run hides in a circus and seeks to possess the daughter of the ringmaster at any cost.
    DirectorTod BrowningStarsLon ChaneyNorman KerryJoan Crawford
  • William Powell, George O'Brien, and Virginia Valli in Paid to Love (1927)

    7. Paid to Love

    19271h 16mPassed
    6.2 (192)
    An American banker goes to a small Balkan country looking to invest his bank's money and shore up the country's weak economy in order to maximize the return on their investment. Towards that end he befriends the country's king and they come up with a scheme to get the Crown Prince married, a prospect not particularly appealing to the Crown Prince--until he sees the beautiful cabaret dancer the pair has picked for him to marry.
    DirectorHoward HawksStarsGeorge O'BrienVirginia ValliJ. Farrell MacDonald
  • Clara Bow in Mantrap (1926)

    8. Mantrap

    19261h 11mPassed
    6.8 (483)
    A sexy young manicurist living with her older backwoodsman husband in a small Canadian town finds herself attracted to a young, rich and famous divorce lawyer who comes to town on vacation.
    DirectorVictor FlemingStarsErnest TorrenceClara BowPercy Marmont
  • Mary Louise Miller and Mary Pickford in Sparrows (1926)

    9. Sparrows

    19261h 49mUnrated
    7.3 (1.6K)
    Molly, the eldest child at a baby farm hidden deep in a swamp, must rescue the others when their cruel master decides that one of them will be disposed of.
    DirectorsWilliam BeaudineTom McNamaraStarsMary PickfordRoy StewartMary Louise Miller
  • Lya De Putti in Manon Lescaut (1926)

    10. Manon Lescaut

    19261h 39m
    5.9 (79)
    A tragic love story between a French nobleman and a young seducer.
    DirectorArthur RobisonStarsLya De PuttiVladimir GajdarovEduard Rothauser
  • Alla Nazimova and Rudolph Valentino in Camille (1921)

    11. Camille

    19211h 12mPassed
    6.5 (1.1K)
    A courtesan and an idealistic young man fall in love, only for her to give up the relationship at his status-conscious father's request.
    DirectorRay C. SmallwoodStarsAlla NazimovaRudolph ValentinoRex Cherryman
  • Lewis Stone in The Prisoner of Zenda (1922)

    12. The Prisoner of Zenda

    19222h 5mPassed
    6.7 (586)
    When the king is drugged and abducted by his ambitious brother, a lookalike relative must take his place to keep the evil sibling off the throne.
    DirectorRex IngramStarsLewis StoneAlice TerryRobert Edeson
  • Barbed Wire (1927)

    13. Barbed Wire

    19271h 19mPassed
    7.0 (268)
    During WWI, a French farm girl and a German P.O.W. fall in love.
    DirectorsRowland V. LeeMauritz StillerStarsPola NegriClive BrookClaude Gillingwater
  • Lillian Gish, Mathilde Comont, and John Gilbert in La Bohème (1926)

    14. La Bohème

    19261h 35mPassed
    7.2 (1.7K)
    A group of starving artists try to survive in 1830s Paris, including a seamstress and the would-be playwright she loves.
    DirectorKing VidorStarsLillian GishJohn GilbertRenée Adorée
  • Belle Bennett in Stella Dallas (1925)

    15. Stella Dallas

    19251h 50mPassed
    7.3 (450)
    Small-town girl Stella marries socialite Stephen Dallas, a man with whom she has nothing in common. The whole thing is a failure; after the birth of their daughter Laurel, the Dallases separate and Stephen returns to New York. As Laurel grows into a young woman, Stella realizes that she cannot provide for her properly and sends her to live with Stephen and his new family. Laurel later marries a pleasant upper-class young man as Stella stands in the rain watching the ceremony through a window.
    DirectorHenry KingStarsRonald ColmanBelle BennettAlice Joyce
  • Mickey Rooney and Colleen Moore in Orchids and Ermine (1927)

    16. Orchids and Ermine

    19271h 10mPassed
    6.8 (198)
    A telephone operator at an opulent hotel falls in love with a young man who turns out to be a rich oil millionaire.
    DirectorAlfred SantellStarsColleen MooreJack MulhallSam Hardy
  • Greta Garbo and Antonio Moreno in The Temptress (1926)

    17. The Temptress

    19261h 2mPassed
    6.9 (1.4K)
    An architect tries suppressing his passion for a seductive woman.
    DirectorsFred NibloMauritz StillerStarsGreta GarboAntonio MorenoMarc McDermott
  • Quality Street (1927)

    18. Quality Street

    19271h 20m
    6.6 (811)
    A fresh young beauty becomes an old maid waiting for her suitor to return from the Napoleonic wars. When he returns, clearly disappointed, she disguises herself as her own niece in order to test his loyalty.
    DirectorSidney FranklinStarsMarion DaviesConrad NagelHelen Jerome Eddy
  • Theda Bara, Mabel Frenyear, and Edward José in A Fool There Was (1915)

    19. A Fool There Was

    19151h 7mNot Rated
    5.7 (1.1K)
    A married diplomat falls hopelessly under the spell of a predatory woman.
    DirectorFrank PowellStarsTheda BaraEdward JoséMabel Frenyear
  • Theodore Roberts in The Ten Commandments (1923)

    20. The Ten Commandments

    19232h 16mPassed
    6.8 (2.9K)
    After hearing the story of Moses, the sons of a devout Christian mother go their own ways, and the atheist brother's breaking of the Ten Commandments leads to tragedy.
    DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsTheodore RobertsCharles de RochefortEstelle Taylor
  • Pauline Frederick, Laura La Plante, and Malcolm McGregor in Smouldering Fires (1925)

    21. Smouldering Fires

    19251h 20m
    6.9 (133)
    A successful businesswoman falls in love with one of her (much younger) factory workers. She doesn't know that he is in love with her younger sister.
    DirectorClarence BrownStarsPauline FrederickLaura La PlanteMalcolm McGregor
  • Richard Dix in Redskin (1929)

    22. Redskin

    19291h 22m
    6.8 (238)
    Wing Foot (Richard Dix), a Navajo, is educated in an otherwise all-white school. In the course of the story, he experiences prejudice from both the whites because of his race and the Navajos, who disown him because of his upbringing. Thus, Wing Foot is looked upon as neither Indian nor white, but simply a "redskin."
    DirectorVictor SchertzingerStarsRichard DixJulie CarterTully Marshall
  • The Divine Lady (1928)

    23. The Divine Lady

    19281h 39mNot Rated
    6.1 (1K)
    The story of the romance between Emma, Lady Hamilton, and British war hero Admiral Horatio Nelson.
    DirectorFrank LloydStarsCorinne GriffithVictor VarconiH.B. Warner
  • Claire Adams and Lon Chaney in The Penalty (1920)

    24. The Penalty

    19201h 30mPassed
    7.3 (2.8K)
    A deformed criminal mastermind plans to loot the city of San Francisco as well as revenge himself on the doctor who mistakenly amputated his legs.
    DirectorWallace WorsleyStarsCharles ClaryDoris PawnJim Mason
  • Jeanne Eagels and John Gilbert in Man, Woman and Sin (1927)

    25. Man, Woman and Sin

    19271h 10mPassed
    6.2 (410)
    A young man takes a succession of odd jobs to save enough money to buy a house for himself and his mother. He lands a position in a newspaper office and falls in love with the beautiful society editor, who is secretly having an affair with the married managing editor. She returns the young man's affections to make her lover jealous, but finds herself falling for him.
    DirectorMonta BellStarsJohn GilbertJeanne EagelsGladys Brockwell

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