Silent Films

Stella Maris is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Marshall Neilan, written by Frances Marion and based on William John Locke's 1913 novel of the same name. The film stars Mary Pickford in dual roles as the title character and an orphan servant. Stella Maris (Mary Pickford), paralyzed since birth, lives in an opulent mansion and has virtually no knowledge of the outside world. She adores her frequent visitor John Risca (Conway Tearle), a journalist stuck in a loveless marriage to Louise (Marcia Manon). After Louise viciously beats her maid Unity Blake (also Pickford), she is jailed, and Unity too falls in love with John. The two young women are hopelessly enamored of the same man, and after Louise's release something has to give. The film was remade in 1925, with Mary Philbin in the title role. Classic Clips https://classicclips.ca X https://twitter.com/ClassicClipss Facebook https://www.facebook.com/classicclipsstore

Safety Last - Starring Harold Lloyd; with Mildred Davis, Bill Strother and Noah Young. Safety Last! is a 1923 American silent romantic-comedy film starring Harold Lloyd. It includes one of the most famous images from the silent-film era: Lloyd clutching the hands of a large clock as he dangles from the outside of a skyscraper above moving traffic. The film was highly successful and critically hailed, and it cemented Lloyd's status as a major figure in early motion pictures. It is still popular at revivals, and it is viewed today as one of the great film comedies. A boy (Harold Lloyd) moves to New York City to make enough money to support his loving girlfriend (Mildred Davis), but soon discovers that making it in the big city is harder than it looks. When he hears that a store manager will pay $1,000 to anyone who can draw people to his store, he convinces his friend, the "human fly," (Bill Strother) to climb the building and split the profit with him. But when his pal gets in trouble with the law, he must complete the crazy stunt on his own. Classic Clips Website https://classicclips.ca Classic Clips Store https://classicclips.store Classic Clips X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/ClassicClipss Classic Clips Facebook https://facebook.com/classicclipsstore Classic Clips Instagram https://instagram.com/classicclipsstore

Go West - Starring Buster Keaton, Kathleen Myers, Howard Truesdale and Ray Thompson; with the Cow, "Brown Eyes." Go West is a 1925 American silent Western comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton. Keaton portrays Friendless, who travels west to try to make his fortune. Once there, he tries his hand at bronco-busting, cattle wrangling and dairy farming, eventually forming a bond with a cow named "Brown Eyes." Eventually he finds himself leading a herd of cattle through Los Angeles. Classic Clips Website https://classicclips.ca Classic Clips Store https://classicclips.store Classic Clips X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/ClassicClipss Classic Clips Facebook https://facebook.com/classicclipsstore Classic Clips Instagram https://instagram.com/classicclipsstore

Our Hospitality - Starring Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts and Natalie Talmadge; with Craig Ward, Buster Keaton Jr., Francis X. Bushman Jr., Edward Coxen and Kitty Bradbury. Sole heir Willie McKay (Buster Keaton) journeys by train from New York City to Kentucky to claim his fortune amid a decades-old feud with the Canfield family. En route, he meets and is smitten with young beauty Virginia (Natalie Talmadge), who invites him to dinner, but he realizes too late that she is the only daughter of patriarch Joseph Canfield (Joe Roberts). The rules of hospitality protect McKay from harm in their house, but he must outwit her brothers to resolve the feud. Our Hospitality is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Buster Keaton and John G. Blystone. Starring Keaton, Joe Roberts, and Natalie Talmadge and distributed by Metro Pictures Corporation, it uses slapstick and situational comedy to tell the story of Willie McKay, caught in the middle of the infamous "Canfield–McKay" feud, an obvious satire of the real-life Hatfield–McCoy feud. It was a groundbreaking work for the comedy film genre, as Keaton included "careful integration of gags into a dramatically coherent storyline", "meticulous attention to period detail" and beautiful cinematography and extensive location shooting" - in considerable contrast to the era's other slapstick comedies. Classic Clips Website https://classicclips.ca Classic Clips Store https://classicclips.store Classic Clips X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/ClassicClipss Classic Clips Facebook https://facebook.com/classicclipsstore Classic Clips Instagram https://instagram.com/classicclipsstore

The Covered Wagon - Starring J. Warren Kerrigan and Lois Wilson; with James Cruze, Alan Hale Sr., Ernest Torrence, Tully Marshall, Charles Stanton Ogle and Johnny Fox. Based on Emerson Hough's book about the hardships faced by pioneers during their westward trek across America. The action is set in 1848. Two caravans of expatriates unite in Kansas and travel 2,000 miles west to start a new life in Oregon. The leader of the settlers is the elderly father and natural authority, Wingate. Scouts are the headstrong Sam Woodhull and the kind-hearted, talented Will Banion. Banion has a secret around a crime he is said to have committed in the army. The Covered Wagon is a 1923 American silent Western film released by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by James Cruze based on a 1922 novel of the same name by Emerson Hough about a group of pioneers traveling through the old West from Kansas to Oregon. J. Warren Kerrigan starred as Will Banion and Lois Wilson as Molly Wingate. On their quest they experience desert heat, mountain snow, hunger, and Indian attack. Classic Clips Website https://classicclips.ca Classic Clips Store https://classicclips.store Classic Clips X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/ClassicClipss Classic Clips Facebook https://facebook.com/classicclipsstore Classic Clips Instagram https://instagram.com/classicclipsstore

Scaramouche - Starring Ramon Novarro, Alice Terry, Lewis Stone and Lloyd Ingraham; with George Siegmann, Howard Gaye, Otto Matieson and John George. An 18th-century Frenchman (Ramon Novarro) poses as a clown and meets a master swordsman in a duel of revenge. Scaramouche is a 1923 silent swashbuckler film based on the 1921 novel Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini, directed by Rex Ingram, released by Metro Pictures, and starring Ramon Novarro, Alice Terry, Lewis Stone and Lloyd Ingraham. Classic Clips Website https://classicclips.ca Classic Clips Store https://classicclips.store Classic Clips X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/ClassicClipss Classic Clips Facebook https://facebook.com/classicclipsstore Classic Clips Instagram https://instagram.com/classicclipsstore

Historic: The First Ever 'Academy Award for Best Picture' See Also the First Ever Academy Awards in 1929 https://rumble.com/v43x3gh-the-1st-academy-awards-in-1929-honoring-the-films-of-1927-and-1928.html Starring Clara Bow, Charles (Buddy) Rogers, Richard Arlen and Gary Cooper; with Jobyna Ralston, El Brendel, Roscoe Karns and Henry B. Walthall. With World War 1 afoot, David Armstrong (Richard Arlen) and Jack Powell (Charles "Buddy" Rogers) join the military with an eye toward flying American fighter planes. They leave behind Mary Preston (Clara Bow), a local girl who's in love with David but committed to Jack. Dispatched to France as newly minted pilots, the men take to the skies in one of the war's climactic air battles, and as frantic Mary longs for the safe return of both men, one pays the ultimate price for his bravery. Wings is a 1927 American silent and synchronized sound film known for winning the first Academy Award for Best Picture. Due to the general public's apathy towards silent films, the film was quickly re-released in 1928 with synchronized sound. While the sound version of the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects. The film stars Clara Bow, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, and Richard Arlen. Rogers and Arlen portray World War I combat pilots in a romantic rivalry over a woman. It was produced by Lucien Hubbard, directed by William A. Wellman, and released by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation. Gary Cooper appears in a small role, which helped launch his career in Hollywood. Acclaimed for its technical prowess and realism upon release, the film became the yardstick against which future aviation films were measured, mainly because of its realistic air-combat sequences. It went on to win the inaugural Academy Award for Best Picture at the first Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award ceremony in 1929. Wings was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", and the film was re-released to Cinemark theaters to coincide with the 85th Anniversary for a limited run in May 2012. The film was re-released again for its 90th anniversary in 2017. The Academy Film Archive preserved Wings in 2002. Classic Clips Website https://classicclips.ca Classic Clips Store https://classicclips.store Classic Clips X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/ClassicClipss Classic Clips Facebook https://facebook.com/classicclipsstore Classic Clips Instagram https://instagram.com/classicclipsstore

7th Heaven - Starring Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell and Ben Bard; with David Butler, Marie DeForrest, Jessie Haslett and Albert Gran. Actress Janet Gaynor won 2 Best Actress Academy Awards at the first Academy Awards in 1929 for her role in the 1927 films “7th Heaven” and “Sunrise.”, and for her role in the 1928 film “Street Angel.” See the First ever Academy Awards in 1929 here: https://rumble.com/v43x3gh-the-1st-academy-awards-in-1929-honoring-the-films-of-1927-and-1928.html The film was remade in 1937 (Seventh Heaven), directed by Henry King and Stars James Stewart and Jean Hersholt. Both versions are based on the play "Seventh Heaven" by Austin Strong. You can watch it here: https://rumble.com/v41ccxz-seventh-heaven-movie-1937.html Chico (Charles Farrell) is a poor Parisian sewer cleaner who aspires to work his way out of his dead-end job and into the middle class. When he meets Diane (Janet Gaynor), an abused prostitute, he sympathizes with her plight and tells the police she's his wife to prevent them from arresting her. To keep up the appearances of marriage, he invites Diane to live with him, and a real romance blossoms until Chico is drafted in the army at the start of World War I. 7th Heaven (also known as Seventh Heaven) is a 1927 American synchronized sound romantic drama directed by Frank Borzage, and starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Movietone sound system. The film is based upon the 1922 play Seventh Heaven, by Austin Strong and was adapted for the screen by Benjamin Glazer. 7th Heaven was initially released as a standard silent film in May 1927. On September 10, 1927, Fox Film Corporation re-released the film with a synchronized Movietone soundtrack with a musical score and sound effects. Upon its release, 7th Heaven was a critical and commercial success and helped to establish Fox Film Corporation as a major studio. It was one of the first of three films to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture (then called "Outstanding Picture") at the 1st Academy Awards held on May 16, 1929. Janet Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film (she also won for her performances in 1927's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans and 1928's Street Angel). Director Frank Borzage also won the first Academy Award for Best Director while screenwriter Benjamin Glazer won the first Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay). In 1995, 7th Heaven was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Classic Clips Website https://classicclips.ca Classic Clips Store https://classicclips.store Classic Clips X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/ClassicClipss Classic Clips Facebook https://facebook.com/classicclipsstore Classic Clips Instagram https://instagram.com/classicclipsstore

Sunrise - Starring Janet Gaynor and George O'Brien; with Margaret Livingston, Bodil Rosing, J. Farrell MacDonald and Ralph Sipperly. Considered a masterpiece and one of the greatest films ever made. Many have called it the greatest film of the silent era. Actress Janet Gaynor won 2 Best Actress Academy Awards at the first Academy Awards in 1929 for her role in the 1927 films “Seventh Heaven” and “Sunrise.”, and for her role in the 1928 film “Street Angel.” See the First ever Academy Awards in 1929 here: https://rumble.com/v43x3gh-the-1st-academy-awards-in-1929-honoring-the-films-of-1927-and-1928.html Bored with his wife (Janet Gaynor), their baby and the dull routine of farm life, a farmer (George O'Brien) falls under the spell of a flirtatious city girl (Margaret Livingston) who convinces him to drown his wife so they can escape together. When his wife becomes suspicious of his plan and runs away to the city, the farmer pursues her, slowly regaining her trust as the two rediscover their love for each other in this award-winning silent classic. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (also known as Sunrise) is a 1927 American synchronized sound romantic drama directed by German director F. W. Murnau (in his American film debut) and starring George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, and Margaret Livingston. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Movietone sound-on-film process. The story was adapted by Carl Mayer from the short story "The Excursion to Tilsit", from the 1917 collection with the same title by Hermann Sudermann. Sunrise won the Academy Award for Unique and Artistic Picture at the 1st Academy Awards in 1929. Janet Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in the film (the award was also for her performances in 1927's 7th Heaven and 1928's Street Angel). The film's legacy has endured, and it is now widely considered a masterpiece and one of the greatest films ever made. Many have called it the greatest film of the silent era. In 1989, Sunrise was one of the 25 films selected by the U.S. Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The Academy Film Archive preserved Sunrise in 2004. The 2007 update of the American Film Institute's list of the 100 greatest American films ranked it number 82, and the British Film Institute's 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll named it the fifth-best film in the history of motion pictures, while directors named it 22nd. Although the original 35mm negative of the original American version of Sunrise was destroyed in the 1937 Fox vault fire, a new negative was created from a surviving print. Classic Clips Website https://classicclips.ca Classic Clips Store https://classicclips.store Classic Clips X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/ClassicClipss Classic Clips Facebook https://facebook.com/classicclipsstore Classic Clips Instagram https://instagram.com/classicclipsstore

The King of Kings - Starring H.B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Ernest Torrence, Joseph Schildkraut, Julia Faye, James Neill and Charles Belcher; with a cast too many to mention here. After driving the sin out of Mary Magdalene (Jacqueline Logan) and raising Lazarus (Kenneth Thomson) from the dead, Jesus (H.B. Warner) enters into Jerusalem, where Judas (Joseph Schildkraut) conspires to have him turned over to the authorities. After the Last Supper, Jesus goes to Gethsemane, where he is taken prisoner, and thereafter tried under Pontius Pilate (Victor Varconi) and crucified. He is buried and, as foretold in scripture, resurrected three days later. The King of Kings is a 1927 American synchronized sound epic film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and Written by Jeanie MacPherson. It depicts the last weeks of Jesus before his crucifixion and stars H. B. Warner in the lead role. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the RCA Photophone sound-on-film process. Featuring the opening and resurrection scenes in two-color Technicolor, the film is the second in DeMille's Biblical trilogy, preceded by The Ten Commandments (1923) and followed by The Sign of the Cross (1932). Classic Clips Website https://classicclips.ca Classic Clips Store https://classicclips.store Classic Clips X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/ClassicClipss Classic Clips Facebook https://facebook.com/classicclipsstore Classic Clips Instagram https://instagram.com/classicclipsstore