Captain Nemo has built a fantastic submarine for his mission of revenge. He has traveled over 20,000 leagues in search of Charles Denver – a man who caused the death of Princess Daaker. Seeing what he had done, Denver took…
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22 Charlie Chaplin Films
Here’s 22 Charlie Chaplin films for you to watch for free. Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr., KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977), better known as Charlie Chaplin, was an Academy Award-winning English comedy actor. Chaplin became one of…
A Trip to the Moon (1902)
A Trip to the Moon (French: Le Voyage dans la lune) is a 1902 French black and white silent science fiction film. It is loosely based on two popular novels of the time: From the Earth to the Moon by…
Airship Destroyer, The (1909)
An airship returns to its squadron. Unaware of the looming danger, two young men dream of their future. One of them, a talented inventor, has perfected an astonishing flying machine, which he is about to try out. Suddenly, an invincible…
Blood and Sand (1922)
This is a digest version of the Rudolf Valentino movie for the TV series “Silent’s Please”. It features Rudolph Valentino in Ibanez’s classic romantic tragedy about the rise and fall of a matador.
Blood and Sand (1922) is a silent…
Buster Keaton – The General
Union solders have stolen The General, a Confederate train manned by Johnnie Gray, who was unable to enlist in the Confederate army because he is needed as an engineer.
The Union plans to use the train to supply its soldiers…
Buster Keaton Film Fest – 16 films
Joseph Frank “Buster” Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was a prominent American comic actor and filmmaker. Best known for his silent films, his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname…
Butcher Boy (1917)
The Butcher Boy
Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton Buster
Buster Keaton was born into the world of vaudeville. His father was Joseph Hallie Keaton, a native of Vigo County, Indiana, known in the show business world as Joe Keaton. Joe…
Der Golem (1915)
Der Golem (German: Der Golem, shown in the USA as The Monster of Fate) is a 1915 silent horror film written and directed by Paul Wegener and Henrik Galeen. The film is an original work inspired by ancient Jewish legend.…
Douglas Fairbanks – 4 silent films (1924-28)
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., (May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer, who was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films such as The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark…
Edison Newsreels: San Francisco Earthquake aftermath (1906)
The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was a major earthquake that struck San Francisco, California and the coast of Northern California at 5:12 A.M. on Wednesday, April 18, 1906. The most widely accepted estimate for the magnitude of the earthquake…
Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
The Fall of the House of Usher is a 1928 short silent horror film adaptation of the short story, “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe. It tells the story of a brother and sister who live under a family curse. It stars Herbert Stern, Hildegarde Watson and Melville Webber.
Frankenstein (1910)
Frankenstein is a 1910 film made by Edison Studios that was written and directed by J. Searle Dawley. It was the first motion picture adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The unbilled cast included Augustus Phillips as Dr. Frankenstein, Charles Ogle…
Great Train Robbery, The (1903)
The Great Train Robbery is a 1903 western film by Edwin S. Porter. Twelve minutes long, it is considered a milestone in film making, expanding on Porter’s previous work Life of an American Fireman. The film used a number of…
Oranges and Lemons (1923)
Stan Laurel working in a citrus grove, where he gets into a series of mishaps with his supervisor and co-workers.
Some of them are really just routine slapstick, but once it gets going, there are a couple of more creative gags.
Phantom of the Opera (1929)
At the Opera of Paris, a mysterious phantom threatens a famous lyric singer, Carlotta and thus forces her to give up her role (Marguerite in Faust) for unknown Christine Daae. Christine meets this phantom (a masked man) in the catacombs,…
Pool Sharks (1915)
Pool Sharks (also sometimes known as The Pool Shark) is a 1915 silent short film. The film is notable for being the film acting and writing debut of W. C. Fields, and also features an early stop-motion animation scene, during…
Sinking of the Lucitania, The (1918)
The Sinking of the Lusitania, released in 1918, is an animated short film by American artist Winsor McCay. It features a short 12 minute explanation of the sinking of RMS Lusitania after it was struck by two torpedoes fired from…
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919)
This is probably the first modern horror film. It’s interesting because of it’s for its Expressionist style and wild, distorted set design. Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari was made in Germany in 1919. The film tells the story of the…
Thundering Thompson (1929)
One of the last silent westerns. Benjamin Franklin Wilson (yep, that was his name!) spent his entire screen career producing, directing, writing and occasionally starring in literally hundreds of low-budget Westerns and serials, many, like “Thundering Thompson,” made far away…
Wizard of Oz (1910)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910) is the earliest surviving film version of L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel, made by the Selig Polyscope Company without Baum’s direct input. It was created to fulfill a contractual obligation associated with Baum’s personal…