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Tell It to the Marines 1926

Tell It to the Marines 1926

IMDb 7.9

Sgt. O’Hara (Lon Chaney) is an upstanding officer in the United States Marines. A seasoned leader, O’Hara’s patience is tested by the new recruits in his ranks, most notably the trouble-making Pvt. George “Skeet” Burns (William Haines). As O’Hara struggles to keep Burns in line while stationed in the Philippines, the two vie for the affections of beautiful nurse Norma Dale (Eleanor…

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(via The 100 Best Silent Movies of all Time)

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The 100 Best Silent Movies of all Time

The 100 Best Silent Movies of all Time

  The 100 best silent movies of all time with links to where you can view them for free on this site. Please enjoy.

   Source Silent era

https://www.silentera.com/info/top100.html

  Rank

The General 1926  Buster Keaton

https://backtothepastweb.wordpress.com/2016/10/16/the-general-1926/

Metropolis 1927 Fritz Lang Germany

  https://backtothepastweb.wordpress.com/2016/10/11/metropolis-1927/

  Sunr…

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The Birth of a Nation 1915

The Birth of a Nation 1915

The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln’s assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.

Director: D.W. Griffith Writers: Thomas Dixon Jr. (adapted from his novel: “The Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan”) (as Thomas F. Dixon Jr.),…

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Final Post

This is my final post as I am off to the hospital once again for more Chemo and it’s needles to the left, needles to the right, staring into the valley of death dreaming of nurses in white clad uniforms

I am tired,very tired

Tired of hospitals

Tired of doctors

Tired of nurses

Tired of needles

Tired of chemo

Tired of life

I am tired, very tired and that’s it

Enough, let’s get it over with

  Well…

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Card Party 1896 Playing Cards (French: Une partie de cartes), or Card Party, is an 1896 French short black-and-white silent film by Georges Méliès.

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Doktor X 1916

  Felix, an introverted researcher, asks the worldly Dr. Voluntas to guide him toward worldly pleasures. Dr. Voluntas accepts the invitation and leads his laboratory rival down the path of dissipation.

One striking motif is that of a sweeping darkness associated with Voluntas’ control over Felix.

Directed By –

Robert Dinesen

Starring: Gunnar Tolnæs Doctor Voluntas Carlo Wieth Doctor Felix Johanne…

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Dog Factory 1904

Two men are operating a ‘dog factory’, using a device that they call a Dog Transformator. A man brings three dogs into their shop, which they purchase from him. They place the dogs one by one into the machine, which turns each dog into a string of sausages. As their customers come in, they are then able to select the kind of dog that they want, and the machine changes the corresponding string of…

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Jack Mulhall

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Land of opportunity 1920

Land of opportunity 1920

  Silent dramatic short that looks at how America can be a land of opportunity for even the lowest laborer by looking at Abraham Lincoln’s life.

uploaded from the Prelinger Archive.

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Marvellous Melbourne 1915

An early documentary film about the City of Melbourne, then the interim capital city of Australia. Made in 1910.

The director Charles Cozens Spencer was famous for his bushranger films: “Captain Starlight” (Robbery Under Arms), “Captain Midgnight – The Bush King”, “The Life and Adventures of John Vane, The Notorious Australian Bushranger”, “Dan Morgan, The Terror of the Australian Bush” (Mad Dog…

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Im Lebenswirbel 1918

Also known as In the Life Spine

German film with English subtitles

Marriage between Margit and artist Erik Lind is interrupted by her infatuation with squire *Arvid Sund. She gives up the relationship because of Erik’s illness and death. Arvid’s brother however, brings the two back together.

Director: Heinz Schall Writer: Louis Levy (screenplay) Stars: Asta Nielsen, Bruno Eichgrün, Walter…

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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1912)

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1912)

You can watch the movie….https://backtothepastweb.wordpress.com/2017/06/13/dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-1912/

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Le charmeur 1907

  A Brahman stuffs a serpent into a cocoon, and a butterfly woman comes out. She makes more butterflies come out of the same cocoon till a whole crowd of them are swarming the jungle. When the Brahman tries to catch the queen she turns him into the serpent who slinks off into the jungle.

—Tornado_Sam

Director: Segundo de Chomón

Director: Segundo de Chomón

https://dailymotion.com/video/x3n9nxs

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10 lost silent films that I'd love to see

10 lost silent films that I’d love to see