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Posts Tagged "silent classic"

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The Wedding March ***** (1928, Erich von Stroheim, Fay Wray, Zasu Pitts) – Classic Movie Review 4227

Ring the bells for this exhilarating silent movie classic, wayward director Erich von Stroheim’s last masterpiece, beautifully restored in a shining new print. The director himself entertainingly over-acts as Prince Nickolas von Wildeliebe-Rauffenburg – Nikki […]

Aug, 24

The Sea Hawk **** (1924, Milton Sills, Enid Bennett, Lloyd Hughes, Wallace Beery) – Classic Movie Review 3859

Director Frank Lloyd’s once famous 1924 silent film of Rafael Sabatini’s sea-borne swashbuckler story is beautifully produced and still exciting. It was a big hit and ended up the highest grossing movie of 1924. Forgotten star […]

Jun, 13

Woman in the Moon [Frau im Mond] **** (1929, Klaus Pohl, Willy Fritsch, Gustav von Wangenheim, Gerda Maurus, Fritz Rasp) – Classic Movie Review 3006

Director Fritz Lang’s last silent movie from 1929 is one of the first and most important sci-fi movies with its story of obsession about a half-mad greedy scientist, Professor Georg Manfeldt (Klaus Pohl), who finds that there […]

Oct, 23

Dr Mabuse, The Gambler [Dr Mabuse, Der Spieler] ***** (1922, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Bernhard Goetzke, Aud Egede-Nissen, Gertrude Welcker) – Classic Movie Review 2988

Co-writer/director Fritz Lang’s 1922 German movie is a highly acclaimed and much admired classic of silent cinema. It stars Rudolf Klein-Rogge as the mad master arch-criminal Dr Mabuse, who plans to run Berlin and then rule […]

Oct, 17

Love [Anna Karenina] **** (1927, Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Brandon Hurst, Philippe De Lacy) – Classic Movie Review 2918

For producer-director Edmund Goulding’s 1927 MGM romantic drama silent movie, there could be only one actress to play Leo Tolstoy’s heroically suffering heroine Anna Karenina – Greta Garbo. MGM made the film to cash in […]

Sep, 20

The Three Musketeers **** (1921, Douglas Fairbanks Sr, Adolphe Menjou, Mary MacLaren, Nigel De Brulier, Marguerite De La Motte) – Classic Movie Review 881

Douglas Fairbanks Sr’s 1921 silent movie of the Alexandre Dumas Sr adventure classic is deservedly renowned and celebrated. Director Fred Niblo’s marvellous, meticulous production is colourful, exuberant and appealing, with an ideally cast Fairbanks Sr […]

Mar, 08

Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horrors [Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens] ***** (1922, Max Schreck, Greta Schröder, Ruth Landshoff) – Classic Movie Review 237

2022 brings the centenary of arguably the most influential horror film of all time. ‘You cannot escape destiny by running away.’ Director Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau’s quintessential classic vampire film is a cheeky, unlicensed adaptation of […]

Sep, 13

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