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Some Notable Names of the Silent Era

Charles Chaplin (Actor, Director)
Buster Keaton (Actor, Director)
Harold Lloyd (Actor, Director)
D.W. Griffith (Director)
F.W. Murnau (Director)
Yasujiro Ozu (Director)
Fritz Lang (Director)
Josef von Sternberg (Director)
Lon Chaney (Actor)
Douglas Fairbanks (Actor)
Rudolph Valentino (Actor)
Lillian Gish (Actress)
Clara Bow (Actress)
Gloria Swanson (Actress)
Mary Pickford (Actress)
Leni Riefenstahl (Actress, Director)


Siskel & Ebert on silent films (Highly Recommended....if you want to know about silent movies and what makes them so fantastic, start here)

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Siskel & Ebert - Silent Movies (1990) - YouTube

NOTE: A few of the Blackhawk Films blu-rays from Flicker Alley shown below are MOD BD-R (for example: Timothy's Quest, The Garden of Eden, The Ghost That Never Returns, and Portrait of a Young Man).

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Three Favorites


Charles Chaplin



Buster Keaton



Harold Lloyd




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1900-to-1920




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1921-to-End of the Silent Era



MOD BD-R




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Collections of Silent Films and Shorts



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Collections Containing Silent Films and Sound Films






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Post-Silent Era

**The Mel Brooks Collection contains Silent Movie (1976)**



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Animation





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Part-talkies




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Documentary Films




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Masters of Cinema/BFI/Imports




The Dreyer set contains "Master of the House" (1925).

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Silent Films as Extras on Other Releases

[Show spoiler]The Wizard of Oz 3D 75th Anniversary Collector's Edition

• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910)(SD)
• His Majesty, The Scarecrow of Oz (1914)(SD)
• The Magic Cloak of Oz (1914)(SD)
• The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914)(SD)
• The Wizard of Oz (1925)(SD)

Ben-Hur Ultimate Collector's Edition

• Ben-Hur (1925)(SD)

The Ten Commandments Gift Set

• The Ten Commandments (1923)(HD)

Stagecoach (1939)

• Bucking Broadway (1917)(HD/1080i)

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

• Silent version of All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)(SD)

There Will Be Blood (2007)

• The Story of Petroleum (1923)(HD)

Modern Times (1936)

• The Rink (1917)(HD/1080i)

Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987)

• The Immigrant (1917)(HD/1080i)

Restless (2011)

• Silent version of Restless (2011)(HD)

Seven Chances (1925)

• How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the New York Herald Personal Columns (1904)(HD)

According to member kndy,

For fans of silent films, here are a few recommended websites:

- NitrateVille.com (Forum)
- SilentEra.com
- Silentsaregolden.com
- The Silent Treatment

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