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• Wings

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  (1927) Starring Clara Bow (of "It" fame), Charles "Buddy" Rogers, and Richard Arlen this Silent Film (re-released the following year with a synchronized music track) won the first Academy Award for Best Picture.

• The General

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  (1926) Now considered one of the best films of all time (It was included in the first group of films added to the National Film Registry), at the time of its release it only had a mediocre box office showing. Buster Keaton had the last laugh, it…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Battleship Potemkin

  From the Series "The Year 1905"

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  (1925) This Russian silent film is best known for the "Odessa Steps Sequence" that has been copied several times in the years since, including appearances in The Untouchables and The Revenge of the Sith.

• The Eagle

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  (1925) Rudolph Valentino, the infamous "Latin Lover," here stars as a Robin Hood/Zorro type of outlaw ("The Eagle") in Russia. Will he escape the clutches of the Czarina? Will he get closer to his lady love?

• Little Annie Rooney

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  (1925) One of the highest grossing films of the year, Mary Pickford (one of the most famous actresses of the silent era) brings us another one of her iconic portrayals of penniless young girls. (Pickford wrote, produced, and starred in this one.)

• Safety last!

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  (1923) This Harold Lloyd romantic comedy contains one of the most recognizable images of the silent film era: Mr. Lloyd hanging from the hands of a clock (see cover at left.) It is considered one of the great film comedies.

• Nosferatu

  a Symphony of Horror

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  (1922) Nosferatu is a German Expressionist film about a vampire. It was adapted from Bram Stoker's Dracula, but as they did not have permission to do so, some details were changed. ...This did not stop them from being sued by Stoker's heirs.

• The Kid

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  (1921) This film was written, produced, directed, and acted in by Charlie Chaplin. It was Chaplin's first feature-length directorial outing, and is considered one of the best films of the silent era.

• The Mark of Zorro

  Don Q, Son of Zorro / the Elton Corporation ; Direction by Donald Crisp

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  (1920) Douglas Fairbanks produced (and starred in) this film based on The Curse of Capistrano by Johnston McCulley. It was the first film released by United Artists. (United Artists was the company started by Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford,…Read moreRead more of this annotation