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Subgenre Sampler

 
SpiesSpies (Spione) (1928)
Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Willy Fritsch
Post WWI Europe provides a volatile backdrop for this silent spy–saga, whose brilliant visual flourishes and 'house–of–mirrors'…
Steamboat Bill JrSteamboat Bill Jr (1928) Aro Favourite
Dir. Charles Riesner
Feat. Buster Keaton, Ernest Torrence, Tom McGuire
One of Buster Keaton's best films begins as sly farce, with his wimpish city–slicker meekly tussling with a thuggish steamboat–captain…
Storm Over AsiaStorm Over Asia (Potomok Chingis-Khana) (1928) Recommended
Dir. Vsevolod Pudovkin
An epic of silent Russian cinema to rival Eisenstein, this is set around a young Mongol fur–trapper who is swindled by traders and develops a…
Street AngelStreet Angel (1928)
Dir. Frank Borzage
Feat. Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell
Janet Gaynor radiates as a streetwalker whose love for an Italian painter is jeopardized by her past brushes with the law. As with 7th HEAVEN, dir.…
Un Chien AndalouUn Chien Andalou (1928) Recommended
Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Salvador Dali
Bunuel and Salvador Dali collaborated for this sensational short film that blew the lid off convention in a way history could never repeat. A…
7th Heaven7th Heaven (Seventh Heaven) (1927) Aro Favourite
Dir. Frank Borzage
Feat. Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell
Eternal lovers Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell endure spiritual turmoil and the ravages of war in this beautiful silent era classic, remarkable for…
CollegeCollege (1927)
Dir. James W. Horne
Feat. Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton goes to college where he tries to win the girl of his dreams by proving himself in the sports arena. An ideal set up for 'Stoneface' to…
End of St. Petersburg, TheEnd of St. Petersburg, The (1927)
Dir. Vsevolod Pudovkin
Feat. Vera Baranovskaya, Aleksandr Chistyakov
The tensions that exploded with the 'October Revolution' in Russia, 1917 are schematised here using understated characterisations (of workers and…
Gaucho, TheGaucho, The (1927)
Dir. F. Richard Jones
Feat. Douglas Fairbanks, Lupe Velez, Joan Barclay
Prime Douglas Fairbanks adventure with the dashing swordsman fighting to save a city from a sadistic general.
NapoleonNapoleon (1927) Recommended
Dir. Abel Gance
Feat. Albert Dieudonne
Renowned silent epic treats the life of the French general and emperor as a melodramatic spectacle of the highest order, with a…

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