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Lodger, TheLodger, The (1926)
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Malcolm Keen, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney
The first notable Hitchcock, this silent variant of the 'Jack the Ripper' features a memorable turn from Ivor Novello and some spine–tingling…
MetropolisMetropolis (1926) Aro Favourite
Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Alfred Abel, Gustav Frohlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Fritz Lang's masterpiece is a magnificent marriage of pure cinema innovation and startlingly ambitious set design. Set around the year 2000, a…
MotherMother (1926) Recommended
Dir. Vsevolod Pudovkin
Feat. Vera Baranovskaya, Nikolai Batalov
In one of the masterpieces of early Russian cinema, a fable of pre–revolutionary worker–resistance and Tsarist oppression is heightened…
Son of the SheikSon of the Sheik (1926)
Dir. George Fitzmaurice
Feat. Rudolph Valentino
Rudolf Valentino's most famous and best outing is a high camp romp in the desert in which he plays the dual role of father and son, no doubt to…
TartuffeTartuffe (Herr Tartuff) (1926)
Dir. F.W. Murnau
Feat. Emil Jannings, Hermann Picha
This neglected Murnau masterpiece innovatively precedes FAUST by presenting its adaptation of a Molière’s satire as a…
Tramp, Tramp, TrampTramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926)
Dir. Harry Edwards
Feat. Harry Langdon, Joan Crawford
An overlooked silent oddity from Harry Langdon, whose boyish innocence contrasted sharply against the likes of contemporaries Chaplin and Keaton.…
Battleship PotemkinBattleship Potemkin (1925) Recommended
Dir. Sergei Eisenstein
Feat. Alexander Antonov, Vladimir Blasky, Grigori Alexandrov
This landmark Soviet propaganda film about the 1905 revolution is one of the greatest classics of all time. The smart use of visual metaphor and that…
Eagle, TheEagle, The (1925)
Dir. Clarence Brown
Feat. Rudolph Valentino
Rudolph Valentino's penultimate picture – and one of his most popular – in which he plays a Russian lieutenant who becomes a masked…
Gold Rush, TheGold Rush, The (1925) Recommended
Dir. Charles Chaplin
Feat. Charles Chaplin, Georgia Hale, Mack Swain
Immortal comedy with Charlie Chaplin at his clownish best. The Little Tramp is a lone gold prospector who through a series of adventures, strikes it…
GreedGreed (1925) Recommended
Dir. Erich von Stroheim
Feat. ZaSu Pitts, Gibson Gowland, Jean Hersholt
One of the great silent masterpieces paints a savagely ironical portrait of a mismatched marriage in oldtime San Francisco, ruined through greed of…

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