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Tag Archives: 1920s Movies

SHERLOCK JR. (1924)

Buster Keaton climbs into a movie screen inside of the movie he’s already in. He gets the girl in both movies.

Posted byDaniel JoslynFebruary 26, 2021February 26, 2021Posted in1920s Movies, American movies, Buster Keaton, Comedy, Kathryn McGuire, Silent MoviesTags:1920s Movies, 1924, Buster Keaton, Comedy, Kathryn McGuire, Sherlock Jr., Silent MoviesLeave a comment on SHERLOCK JR. (1924)

THE GOLD RUSH (1925)

Charlie Chaplin’s biggest hit is also probably my favorite of his movies that I’ve yet seen.

Posted byDaniel JoslynJanuary 13, 2021September 5, 2021Posted in1920s Movies, afi top 100, Al Ernest Garcia, American movies, Charlie Chaplin, Comedy, Georgia Hale, Henry Bergman, Mack Swain, Silent Movies, Tiny SandfordTags:1920s Movies, 1925, afi top 100, Charlie Chaplin, Comedy, Georgia Hale, Mack Swain, Silent Movies, The Gold Rush1 Comment on THE GOLD RUSH (1925)

THE GENERAL (1926)

In which Buster Keaton almost dies over and over in the name of comedy, and also drops an actual train off an actual bridge.

Posted byDaniel JoslynDecember 31, 2020July 9, 2021Posted in1920s Movies, Action, afi top 100, American movies, Buster Keaton, Civil War, Clyde Bruckman, Marion Mack, Silent Movies, War MoviesTags:1920s Movies, 1926, Action, afi top 100, Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman, Comedy, Marion Mack, Silent Movies, The General2 Comments on THE GENERAL (1926)

WITHIN OUR GATES (1920)

The earliest extant movie from a Black director, I found myself getting into it as more than homework.

Posted byDaniel JoslynDecember 14, 2020July 9, 2021Posted in1920s Movies, American movies, Black Directors, Drama, Evelyn Preer, Oscar Micheaux, Race themes, Silent MoviesTags:1920, 1920s Movies, Drama, Evelyn Preer, Oscar Micheaux, Race Issues, Silent Movies, Within Our GatesLeave a comment on WITHIN OUR GATES (1920)

BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (1925)

A Soviet propaganda film that basically invented the modern action sequence.

Posted byDaniel JoslynNovember 22, 2020September 25, 2021Posted in1920s Movies, Action, Aleksandr Antonov, Drama, Propaganda, Russian movies, Sergei Eisenstein, Silent MoviesTags:1920s Movies, 1925, Action, Battleship Potemkin, Drama, Propaganda, Russian movies, Sergei Eisenstein, Silent Movies2 Comments on BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (1925)

MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA (1929)

This “experiment” shocked contemporary audiences but influenced filmmaking decades after its initial release.

Posted byDaniel JoslynOctober 4, 2020February 27, 2021Posted in1920s Movies, Documentary, Dziga Vertov, Russian movies, Silent MoviesTags:1920s Movies, 1929, Documentary, Dziga Vertov, Man With a Movie Camera, Russian movies, Silent MoviesLeave a comment on MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA (1929)

SAFETY LAST! (1923)

An oft-overlooked silent comedy classic that I actually laughed a lot at.

Posted byDaniel JoslynSeptember 24, 2020March 17, 2021Posted in1920s Movies, Action, American movies, Comedy, Fred C. Newmeyer, Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Sam Taylor, Silent MoviesTags:1920s Movies, 1923, Action, Comedy, Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Safety Last!, Silent Movies2 Comments on SAFETY LAST! (1923)

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