DigitalDreamDoor 100 Greatest Silent Movies
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Background: - Between 1860 and 1895 silent films were short novelty attractions at fairs, and in Kinetescope parlors. In 1895 the first public showing by the newly invented 'film projector' allowed an 'audience' to view films. The first 'feature-length' films came out in 1913, and in the new "Age of the Silver Screen" producers from the U.S.A, France, Russia, and Germany created the most successful silent movies. Recorded sound effects and music began to be added to feature films in 1926. 'The Jazz Singer' (1927) was the first mostly silent feature film to include some synchronized dialogue. 'The Lights of New York' (1928), was the first all-synchronized-sound feature length movie. Over the next few years, the number of silent movies decreased as more films used the new sound technology.
Criteria: - These Greatest Silent Movies were chosen for their direction, acting, storyline, cinematography, originality, box office success and popularity. Plus their historical importance & innovativeness in the infancy of motion pictures.
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The Birth of a Nation
1915, in 21 top lists Check -
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Wings
1927, in 12 top lists Check -
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Modern Times
1936, in 30 top lists Check -
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916, in 24 top lists Check -
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Metropolis
1927, in 36 top lists Check -
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Bronenosets Potemkin
1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check -
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City Lights
1931, in 34 top lists Check -
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Napoléon vu par Abel Gance
1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check -
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The General
1926, in 33 top lists Check -
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The Phantom of the Opera
1925, in 10 top lists Check -
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921, in 7 top lists Check -
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Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check -
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923, in 5 top lists Check -
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Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check -
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Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ
1925 — a.k.a. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, in 6 top lists Check -
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La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check -
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The Gold Rush
1925, in 30 top lists Check -
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The Big Parade
1925, in 13 top lists Check -
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The Wind
1928, in 14 top lists Check -
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Greed
1924, in 21 top lists Check -
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Beau Geste
1926, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Circus
1928, in 10 top lists Check -
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check -
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Orphans of the Storm
1921, in 7 top lists Check -
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Show People
1928, in 7 top lists Check -
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Tess of the Storm Country
1922, in 2 top lists Check -
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Way Down East
1920, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Sheik
1921, in 3 top lists Check -
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Safety Last!
1923, in 16 top lists Check -
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It
1927, in 6 top lists Check -
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Peter Pan
1924, in 3 top lists Check -
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Blood and Sand
1922, in 1 top list Check -
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Joan the Woman
1916, in 2 top lists Check -
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1917, in 2 top lists Check -
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Zemlya
1930 — a.k.a. Earth, in 16 top lists Check -
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Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam
1920 — a.k.a. The Golem, in 9 top lists Check -
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Nanook of the North
1922, in 17 top lists Check -
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The Ten Commandments
1923, in 5 top lists Check -
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7th Heaven
1927, in 11 top lists Check -
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Shoulder Arms
1918, in 5 top lists Check -
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Robin Hood
1922, in 3 top lists Check -
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Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage
1926 — a.k.a. Faust, in 15 top lists Check -
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The Iron Horse
1924, in 9 top lists Check -
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Foolish Wives
1922, in 10 top lists Check -
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The Last Command
1928, in 9 top lists Check -
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Male and Female
1919, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Crowd
1928, in 20 top lists Check -
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Les vampires
1915, in 14 top lists Check -
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1920, in 4 top lists Check -
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The King of Kings
1927, in 3 top lists Check
Last updated on May 10, 2014; source