In his second talkie, former silent screen lover John Gilbert plays Jack, a sailor in the merchant marine who takes time out...
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1930
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A group of Londoners gather at the home of their host in order to solve the murders of two company officers. Once assembled...
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1929
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This early talkie, set in French Indochina, centers around the conflict between a French magistrate's wife and his lecherous...
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1929
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Stuntman extraordinaire Richard Talmadge starred in several movie vehicles in the 1920s and 1930s, few of which advanced the...
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1929
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Japanese actor Sojin delivers yet another villainous characterization in the cheaply produced melodrama China Slaver. The...
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1929
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A circus clown creates trouble when he serves on a jury and refuses to convict an innocent young woman for murder. His vote...
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1929
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In this curious film, a knickknack collector falls in love with the daughter of a jewel collector. When a rare stone is...
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1929
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Critics in 1928 often commented on the near-oriental facial features of popular screen comedian Johnny Hines (political...
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1928
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Chang-Tzo
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1928
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1928
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1927
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Hip-swinging danseuse Gilda Gray, the girl who created the late-'20s dance craze "The Shimmy," plays the provocatively...
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1927
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Taking time out from his fine series of historical westerns, Colonel Tim McCoy starred in this action melodrama set in China...
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1927
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This "lost" film would be especially valuable to see again, if only for two reasons: It was the second American effort of...
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Charlie Chan
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1927
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Adapted from a play by Victor Sardou, Diplomacy was another collaboration between actress Blanche Sweet and her then-husband...
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1926
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Having nothing whatever to do with the Rudyard Kipling poem, The Road to Mandalay is a typically bizarre collaboration...
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1926
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This silent screen adaptation of "Moby Dick" features John Barrymore in action as Captain Ahab Cooley, played against one of...
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1926
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Long believed lost, the silent thriller-chiller The Bat finally resurfaced in the mid-1970s and proved well-worth the wait....
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1926
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King Vidor does a nice job of making an insignificant novel by Lawrence Rising into a pleasant light comedy. Fernanda...
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1925
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Few leading ladies appeared in as many films in 1926 as the vivacious Clara Bow. In My Lady's Lips, Bow plays the feisty...
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1925
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Although MGM was known for its streamlined, quality pictures, that didn't mean all its product was glossy, high-budget stuff....
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1925
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Douglas Fairbanks is at his most graceful and charismatic in one of the classic silent films of the 1920s. As the thief of...
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1924
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