After he is fired, a real stinker of a servant lets loose his ex-employer’s lions.
Drama ensues and, needless to say, her soirée is ruined.Read More »
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Louis Feuillade – La maison des lions AKA House of Lions (1912)
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J. Searle Dawley – A Romance of the Cliff Dwellers (1911)
1911-1920DramaJ. Searle DawleySilentUSAEye Filmmuseum wrote:
A short love story set in prehistoric times. A woman with two suitors shoots the one she doesn’t love with her bow and arrow, hitting him in the heart.Read More » -
D.W. Griffith – Home, Sweet Home (1914)
1911-1920D.W. GriffithDramaSilentUSAJohn Howard Payne leaves home and begins a career in the theater. Despite encouragement from his mother and his sweetheart, Payne begins to lead a life of dissolute habits, and this soon leads to ruin and misery. In deep despair, he thinks of better days, and writes a song that later provides inspiration to several others in their own times of need.Read More »
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Konstantin Eggert & Vladimir Gardin – Medvezhya svadba AKA The Bear’s Wedding (1925)
1921-1930HorrorKonstantin EggertSilentSoviet silent cinemaUSSRVladimir GardinQuote:
Grigorii Grebner and Anatolii Lunacharskii adapted Lunacharskii’s play (based on a story by Prosper Merimee) to the screen. Since it was yet another glaring example of the commercial “line” of the studio Mezhrabpom Rus’, “The Bear’s Wedding” was an odd effort indeed for the Commissar of Enlightenment to be associated with.Read More » -
Joris Ivens – De wigwam AKA The Tipi (1911)
1911-1920Euro WesternsJoris IvensNetherlandsSilentWesternAt the age of 13 Joris Ivens was fond of Cowboys and Indians stories, so he decided to invent one himself. He made a script and used a camera from his father’s shop. This became his first film Wigwam, with his own family as cast. Black Eagle, a bad indian, kidnaps the daughter of a farmer’s family. Flaming Arrow, played by the young Joris Ivens, saves the child from the kidnapper and brings it back to her family. No better conclusion than smoking a peace pipe.Read More »
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Joris Ivens – Études de mouvements AKA Studies in Movement (1928)
1921-1930ExperimentalFranceJoris IvensSilentA movement study in which all possible camera angles are tried out to observe the chaos of traffic flows in Paris.Read More »
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Salvador Toscano – Funeral de Emiliano Zapata AKA Sepelio de Emiliano Zapata (1919)
1911-1920DocumentaryMexicoSalvador ToscanoShort FilmSynopsis
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John Ford – By Indian Post (1919)
1911-1920John FordSilentUSAWesternSynopsis (contains spoilers)
Jode McWilliams wants to marry Peg Owens, but her father (and Jode’s employer) won’t allow it. Jode writes Peg a love letter, but it is stolen by an Indian. The Indian delivers the letter to Peg. Her father finds the letter and kidnaps Jode, he escapes and marries Peg.Read More » -
Arnold Fanck & Georg Wilhelm Pabst – Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü AKA The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929)
1921-1930AdventureArnold FanckGeorg Wilhelm PabstGermanySilentThe White Hell of Piz Palü opens with the male protagonist, Dr. Johannes Krafft, who mountain climbs with his wife on their honeymoon. At the sight of an avalanche, he laughs arrogantly. Nature seems to retaliate, and moments later Dr. Krafft’s wife slips, plummeting down a small, deep crevice. The encounter with forces of nature initiates Dr. Krafft’s grief-driven search effort to rescue his wife.Read More »