Silent Film Movies

Two lines of workers, pulling a steamroller, somewhere in the streets of Saigon, Vietnam (nowadays, Ho Chi Minh City).

Footage shot not long after the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco is edited together so that more than one scene and more than one vantage are included...

A woman is deserted by her wealthy young lover.

A Victorian couple dancing.

Run ’Em Ragged, Snub Pollard’s 39th starring vehicle, uses familiar slapstick-- Over-the-top make-up, ethnic humor, and a chase across Los Angeles’s E...

When an aspiring painter grapples with self-doubt in his artistic journey, his father must learn to love and accept him for who he is.

Three young women with dark, curly hair stand on a stage with a black background and patterned carpet or tile underfoot. They wear tights, ballet shoe...

In a plot to take control of the Lazy Y ranch, which holds water rights to the local area, a rancher kidnaps the Lazy Y owner's daughter. The ranch fo...

The camera scrolls through a landscape to reveal the aftermath of a huge gas explosion.

A cinema becomes the site of sexual intrigue when a man looking for romance in the dark follows a woman into the movies and finds himself molesting he...

The title is vital, since the bulk of the action consists of a well-dressed man magically producing a series of items to furnish a bare room, culminat...

An abstract animation by Walter Ruttmann.

A Blue Soldier and a Yellow Soldier play a board game trying to outwit each other, struggling for control over a piece of land. The Farmer who belongs...

The last part of Juho Kuosmanen's silent film trilogy.

King Edward VII's coronation ceremony.

Chop Suey & Co. is a 1919 American short comedy film

A young woman passing through a cemetery at night is suddenly startled by a voice coming from one of the graves. She wishes to rush away, but the ghos...

The first feature-length motion picture produced in Europe, running 90 minutes. Directed by Michel Carré, from his own three-act stage pantomime, The...