100 Silent Films (BFI Screen Guide)
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"100 Silent Films provides an authoritative and accessible history of silent cinema through one hundred of its most interesting and significant films. As Bryony Dixon contends, silent cinema is not a genre; it is the first 35 years of film history, a complex negotiation between art and commerce and a union of creativity and technology. At its most grand – on the big screen with a full orchestral accompaniment – it is magnificent, permitting a depth of emotional engagement rarely found in other fields of cinema. Silent film was hugely popular in its day, and its success enabled the development of large-scale film production in the United States and Europe. It was the start of our fascination with the moving image as a disseminator of information and as mass entertainment with its consequent celebrity culture."
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The Three Must-Get-Theres
1922, in 2 top lists Check -
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Stage Struck
1925, in 1 top list Check -
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The Scarecrow
1920, in 4 top lists Check -
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Safety Last!
1923, in 16 top lists Check -
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Premier Prix de violoncelle
1907 — a.k.a. First Prize in Cello, in 1 top list Check -
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The Poor Little Rich Girl
1917, in 3 top lists Check -
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Menschen am Sonntag
1930 — a.k.a. People on Sunday, in 12 top lists Check -
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Die Austernprinzessin
1919 — a.k.a. The Oyster Princess, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Marriage Circle
1924, in 4 top lists Check -
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Liberty
1929 — a.k.a. Criminals at Large, in 1 top list Check -
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The Kid
1921, in 17 top lists Check -
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Otona no miru ehon - Umarete wa mita keredo
1932 — a.k.a. I Was Born, But..., in 15 top lists Check -
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It
1927, in 6 top lists Check -
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How a Mosquito Operates
1912, in 1 top list Check -
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The Gold Rush
1925, in 30 top lists Check -
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The General
1926, in 33 top lists Check -
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Les deux timides
1928 — a.k.a. Two Timid Souls, in 1 top list Check -
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Mest kinematograficheskogo operatora
1912 — a.k.a. The Cameraman's Revenge, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Big Swallow
1901 — a.k.a. A Photographic Contortion, in 2 top lists Check
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