Silent
see all genres ›The silent era stretches from cinema's beginnings in the late 1800s through the late-1920s in the U.S. (and into the mid-1930s in Japan) when sound became the industry standard. Silent films are often distinguished for their visual sophistication. Really, a silent film can be made in any era: a silent film is merely one made without synchronized dialogue. Several filmmakers continue to produce silent films to better focus attention on the visual components of cinema.
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Verdun
In order to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the end of World War I, Léon Poirier recreated the battle of Verdun and inscribed in history the lives of symbolic characters from both sides of the front. VERDUN was edited in three distinct parts (Might, Hell and Fate) and is an epic film of great...Watch Movie
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Easy Street
Charlie Chaplin's last four Mutual-Chaplin Specials are among his finest work. While each of the preceding Mutual comedies took approximately one month each to make, Chaplin took more time with the last four (ten months in total), which extended his twelve-month contract period to approximately...Watch Movie
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The Adventurer
Charlie Chaplin and his brother Sydney went to San Francisco for a vacation after completing THE IMMIGRANT. Chaplin was growing tired from the hectic pace of the series; four months passed before the last film, THE ADVENTURER, was released, the longest interval between films for Chaplin in his...Watch Movie
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The Lumberjack
THE LUMBERJACK is the oldest film shot in Wisconsin that still exists in its original, complete form. Produced by the Paragon Feature Film Company an itinerant film company out of Omaha, Nebraska and cast with Wausau, Wisconsin locals, the short, silent one-reeler tells a romantic story set...Watch Movie
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The Immigrant
THE IMMIGRANT, which contains elements of satire, irony and romance as well as cinematic poetry, endures into the twenty-first century as a comic masterpiece. The film, Chaplin's eleventh in the Mutual series, is the best-constructed of his two-reelers and was Chaplin's favorite among all his...Watch Movie
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The Rink
Chaplin's eighth film for Mutual, THE RINK, is one of his most popular comedies. Charlie is an inept waiter who prepares the bill of Mr. Stout by examining the soup, spaghetti, melon stains, and other remnants on the sloppy eater's shirt front, tie, and ear. Charlie employs an unorthodox approach...Watch Movie
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Sidewalk Stories
A young artist living in New York, on the fringes of the financial district and its rushing crowds, tries to make a living sketching passers-by on the street. He survives on his meager means and has found refuge in an abandoned building. One night, on the corner of a back...Watch Movie
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The Floorwalker
Embezzlement is the subject of THE FLOORWALKER, Chaplin's first film under his landmark contract with Lone Star-Mutual. Chaplin's inspiration for the film came while he and his brother Sydney were in New York City negotiating his contract with Mutual. While walking up Sixth Avenue at Thirty-third...Watch Movie
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The Cure
THE CURE, the tenth film in the series, is perhaps the funniest of the Mutuals. It was partly inspired in its setting by the Fred Karno sketch, THE HYDRO, which was set in a hydrotherapy clinic. Further inspiration for the film was drawn from the Los Angeles Athletic Club, where Chaplin was...Watch Movie
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A Trip to the Moon
The material for A TRIP TO THE MOON was sourced from a restored color version that had been considered lost for several decades. It is presented here with an original soundtrack by Air. In 2010, three experts in worldwide film restoration (Lobster Films along with two...Watch Movie
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The Fireman
In Charlie Chaplin's second effort for Mutual, he portrays an inept firefighter at Fire Station 23. Charlie, still asleep, mistakes a drill bell for a fire alarm and single-handedly drives out the horse-drawn fire engine. When he discovers his error, he simply backs up the engine into the fire...Watch Movie
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The Vagabond
THE VAGABOND, Chaplin's third Mutual film, was an important step in Chaplin's career, in which he interweaves pathos as an integral part of the comedy. In this way, THE VAGABOND is the prototype of THE KID and THE CIRCUS. Chaplin employs the same romantic triangle seen in THE TRAMP that he would...Watch Movie
