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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City Lights
1931, in 34 top lists Check -
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923, in 5 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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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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The Circus
1928, in 11 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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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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It
1927, in 6 top lists Check -
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Blood and Sand
1922, in 1 top list Check -
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7th Heaven
1927, in 11 top lists Check -
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Robin Hood
1922, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Last Command
1928, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Crowd
1928, in 20 top lists Check -
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Flesh and the Devil
1926, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Cameraman
1928, in 13 top lists Check -
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Die Büchse der Pandora
1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check -
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For Heaven's Sake
1926, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Merry Widow
1925, in 5 top lists Check -
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Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
1931, in 11 top lists Check -
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The Covered Wagon
1923, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Mysterious Lady
1928, in 1 top list Check -
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My Best Girl
1927, in 1 top list Check -
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The Navigator
1924, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1927, in 5 top lists Check -
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Seven Chances
1925, in 12 top lists Check -
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Don Juan
1926, in 1 top list Check -
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Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check -
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Underworld
1927, in 9 top lists Check
Last updated on May 10, 2014; source