Silent Era Challenge (Official, September 2019)

[flavo5000]

1. Keisatsukan (1933)
I probably will have very few in this challenge but I did want to mention that this was a quite good gritty crime thriller that I'd definitely recommend for people if they're in a more fatalistic mood.

[AB537]

3. Seven Chances (Buster Keaton, 1925) 7.5/10 - Very enjoyable silent comedy. Totally predictable but that's fine where these things are concerned.

[zzzorf]

1. It (1927) - 5/10
2.The Phantom of the Opera (1925) - 9/10

[3eyes]

2. Seishun no yume imaizuko / Where are now the dreams of youth? (Jap 32) - double

Delightful.

[jeroeno]

16a. Feline Follies (1919) (6 min)
16b. The Professor (1919) (7 min)
16c. The Four Musicians of Bremen (1922) (7 min)
16d. Billy Blazes, Esq. (1919) (12 min)
16e. Das Geheimnis der Marquisin (1922) (2 min)
16f. Young Mr. Jazz (1919) (10 min)
16g. Married to Order (1920) (16 min)

17. Die Spinnen, 1. Teil - Der Goldene See (1919)
18. Die Spinnen, 2. Teil - Das Brillantenschiff (1920)
19. Hævnens Nat (1916)

Which gave me back the 1910's platinum Award

[sol]

Here's what I have managed to get through today in between navigating through everybody's opinions on the 2020 Challenge Discussion threads.

Silent Running

1. A Sailor-Made Man (1921)
2. Battling Butler (1926)
3. Three Ages (1923)

4. Four Sons (1928)



A silent melodrama mostly notable for being directed by a young John Ford, who has more than a few interesting visual tricks up his sleeve, from a beautiful shot of lake reflection rippled by a pebble (see above), to foggy nighttime battlefields, to a poignant dissolve-over at an empty dinner table where the family matriarch remembers her sons sitting around the table. As a narrative though, the film is incredibly flag-waving and overly jingoistic.

5. Dr. Jack (1922)



This Harold Lloyd comedy takes a while to get going as it keeps episodically darting between subplots, but several of these are very funny - a sabotaged poker game in particular. Whatever the case, from the moment that Lloyd begins treating the bedridden Mildred Davis, the film never once lets up, concluding with a near twenty minute chase scene inside a mansion in which Lloyd gets to truly strut his stuff, performing amazing gymnastic feats.

6. The Matinee Idol (1928)



While it is uncomfortable watching Johnnie Walker parade around in blackface here, he does well with what is essentially a dual role, trying to romance Bessie Love's character as two personalities (with and without makeup). Of course, it is never credible that she does not instantly catch onto the ruse, but Love is so charming in the lead female role and Walker is so earnest that the whole thing still works with a The Producers and Noises Off... vibe.

[sol]

Silent Running

1. A Sailor-Made Man (1921)
2. Battling Butler (1926)
3. Three Ages (1923)
4. Four Sons (1928)
5. Dr. Jack (1922)
6. The Matinee Idol (1928)

7. Seven Footprints to Satan (1929)



A somewhat surreal and delightfully bizarre horror comedy that culminates in a memorable sequence that brings to mind Eyes Wide Shut with cloaked figures - but no nudity. The actual ending is a bit of a letdown after the danger and mystery established in the eerily purple-tinted Eyes Wide Shut-ish climax (see above). This is nevertheless entertaining throughout with several very funny lines, great elongated shadow special effects and so on.

[ororama]

1. Within Our Gates (1920) * 72 min.


*First time viewing.

[blocho]

1. The Circus (1928)
2. Seven Years Bad Luck (1921)

[connordenney]

1. The Phantom Carriage (Victor Sjöström, 1921)

Spoiler

1. The Phantom Carriage (Victor Sjöström, 1921)

[cinephage]

01. J'accuse, by Abel Gance (1919) 7,5/10

Strong images and a lot of creativity, but the plot is rather limited here...

[sol]

Silent Running

1. A Sailor-Made Man (1921)
2. Battling Butler (1926)
3. Three Ages (1923)
4. Four Sons (1928)
5. Dr. Jack (1922)
6. The Matinee Idol (1928)
7. Seven Footprints to Satan (1929)

8. The Cat and the Canary (1927)



John Willard's oft filmed stage play gets a delightful German Expressionism treatment here in the hands of Paul Leni. From dissolve-over shots of cats and skulls (see above), to camerawork that creeps around corridors to distortion effects to show shock, the film is an absolute visual delight. Leni does some great things with the title cards too, with the word 'HELP!' constantly blowing up and a shaky typeface whenever the word 'ghost' is uttered.

[peeptoad]

6. Rapsodia satanica (1917) Satan's Rhapsody 6

Spoiler

*rewatch
1a. The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (1895) 8
1b. Le manoir du diable (1896) The House of the Devil 6
1c. Le voyage dans la lune (1902) A Trip to the Moon 7*
1d. Le chaudron infernal (1903)The Infernal Boiling Pot 6
1e. Le voyage à travers l'impossible (1904)The Voyage Across the Impossible 6
1f. Les quatre cents farces du diable (1906)The 400 Tricks of the Devil 6
2a. Faust and Marguerite (1900) 4
2b. Le diable géant ou Le miracle de la madonne (1901) The Gigantic Devil 7
2c. Le diable noir (1905) The Black Imp 6
2d. The Haunted Hotel (1907) 7
2e. Le château hanté (1908)The Haunted Castle 7
2f. Une excursion incohérente (1909) A Panicky Picnic 7
2g. Pikovaya dama (1910) 6
2h. Mest kinematograficheskogo operatora (1912) The Cameraman's Revenge 7
2i. Figures de cire (1914) The Man with Wax Faces 6
2j. Trolldrycken (1915) Demon Drink 8
3a. The Haunted House (1921) 6
3b. The Skeleton Dance (1929) 7
3c. The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) 8
3d. Paris qui dort (1924) At 3:25 5
4. Die Augen der Mumie Ma (1918) The Eyes of the Mummy 5
5. Warning Shadows (1923) 7

[3eyes]

3. Dr. Jack (22)
Hilarious! Thanks, sol!

Spoiler

1. Minato no nihonmusume / Japanese girls at the harbor (Jap 33) - double
2. Seishun no yume imaizuko / Where are now the dreams of youth? (Jap 32) - double
3. Dr. Jack (22)

[sol]

3. Dr. Jack (22)
Hilarious! Thanks, sol!

No problem. Glad you liked it -- and don't forget to add it to your 500<400 ballot. It's eligible and made the top 1000 last year.

[sol]

Silent Running

1. A Sailor-Made Man (1921)
2. Battling Butler (1926)
3. Three Ages (1923)
4. Four Sons (1928)
5. Dr. Jack (1922)
6. The Matinee Idol (1928)
7. Seven Footprints to Satan (1929)
8. The Cat and the Canary (1927)

9. The Last of the Mohicans (1920)



Babara Bedford is entrancing as the besmitten protagonist here with several great moments in which she simply stares longingly into the distance with beautiful, dreamy eyes. It is also nice to come across such an early film with such a positive take on interracial love. Alas, the film has little else of interest. The story mostly amounts to messy fights/attacks and tons of title cards - though there are some notable cliff-top and baby flinging scenes.

[maxwelldeux]

I'll run out stats for this challenge at the halfway point.

[3eyes]

3. Dr. Jack (22)
Hilarious! Thanks, sol!

No problem. Glad you liked it -- and don't forget to add it to your 500<400 ballot. It's eligible and made the top 1000 last year.

Thanks. Will do (assuming I get around to making a list). I'm glad my liking it wasn't a problem for you.

[flavo5000]

2. Dokuro (1927)
Another quite good movie with some surprisingly good action sequences for the time, very well staged.

Spoiler

1. Keisatsukan (1933)
2. Dokuro (1927)

[Simba63]

I'm a bit late to the party, but since I've been watching some silent films, I thought I might as well join in:

1. Sylvester (1924) - 5/10
2. Seven Years Bad Luck (1921) - 7/10
3. Judex (1916) - 7/10
4. Devushka s korobkoy (1927) - 6/10
5. Une femme a passé (1928) - 6/10
6. Dom na Trubnoy (1928) - 6/10

[jeroeno]

20. The Trail of '98 (1928)
21. Riders of the Purple Sage (1925)
22. The Whispering Chorus (1918)
23. The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
24. Wild Orchids (1929)

[sol]

Silent Running

1. A Sailor-Made Man (1921)
2. Battling Butler (1926)
3. Three Ages (1923)
4. Four Sons (1928)
5. Dr. Jack (1922)
6. The Matinee Idol (1928)
7. Seven Footprints to Satan (1929)
8. The Cat and the Canary (1927)
9. The Last of the Mohicans (1920)

10. The Ten Commandments (1923)



Aside from awkwardly only beginning after the ninth plague (something that leads to less characterisation than in the 50s version), all of the biblical scenes are well done here, full of opulent sets and impressive special effects - including the commandments appearing as words in the sky (see above). Alas, after ~50mins, the biblical retell ends and a melodramatic twentieth century tale begins with only the most obvious of overly moralistic ideas.

[psychotronicbeatnik]

I was camping and then I got the flu so I have not been able to post for a few days. I'll have more to post tomorrow.

20. Tarzan of the Apes (1918 / Scott Sidney) 8/10
21. Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1927 / J.P. McGowan) FTV 7+/10
22. Clash of the Wolves (1925 / Noel Smith) 7+/10
23. The Chechahcos (1924 / Lewis H. Moomaw) FTV 7/10
24. The Gold Rush (1925 / Charles Chaplin) 10/10
25. The Kid (1921 / Charles Chaplin) 8+/10
26. Hangman’s House (1928 / John Ford) FTV 9/10
27. Reaching For the Moon (1917 / John Emerson) FTV 7+/10
28. A Modern Musketeer (1917 / Allan Dwan) FTV 7/10
29. The Monster (1925 / Roland West) FTV 8+/10
30. The Bells (1926 / James Young) 8/10

Hush

1. His Picture in the Papers (1916 / John Emerson) FTV 6+/10
2. Wizard of Oz (1925 / Larry Semon) FTV 7+/10
3. The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914 / J. Farrell MacDonald) FTV 7+/10
4. The Invaders (1912 / Francis Ford, Thomas Ince) 7+/10
5. Flirting With Fate (1916 / Christy Cabanne) FTV 8/10
6. Just Pals (1920 / John Ford) FTV 8+/10
7. Peter Pan (1924 / Herbert Brenon) 9/10
8. The Matrimaniac (1916 / Paul Powell) FTV 9+/10
9. The Iron Horse (1924 / John Ford) FTV 7+/10
10. Wild and Woolly (1917 / John Emerson) FTV 7+/10
11. 3 Bad Men (1926 / John Ford) FTV 8+/10
12. The Magic Cloak (1914 / J. Farrell MacDonald) FTV 5/10
13. Snow White (1916 / J. Searle Dawley) 7/10
14. His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1914 / J. Farrell MacDonald) FTV 5/10
15. Four Sons (1928 / John Ford) FTV 8/10
16. The Toll of the Sea (1922 / Chester M. Franklin) 8+/10
17-19. Shorts {180 min. total}
a. Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916 / John Emerson) FTV 7/10 {27 min.}
b. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910 / Otis Turner) FTV 7/10 {13 min.}
c. The Suburbanite (1904 / Wallace McCutcheon) FTV 6/10 {9 min.}
d. The Country Doctor (1909 / D.W. Griffith) FTV 6/10 {14 min.}
e. There It Is (1928 / Harold Muller, Charles Bowers) 9+/10 {19 min.}
f. The High Sign (1921 / Eddie Cline, Buster Keaton) 9/10 {20 min.}
g. One Week (1920 / Eddie Cline, Buster Keaton) 9/10 {25 min.}
h. The Lonedale Operator (1911 / D.W. Griffith) 8+/10 {17 min.}
i. Move On (1903 / A.C. Abadie) FTV 6/10 {1 min.}
j. Dog Factory (1904 / Edwin S. Porter) FTV 7/10 {4 min.}
k. Her Crowning Glory (1911 / Laurence Trimble) FTV 7/10 {14 min.}
l. West Virginia, The State Beautiful (surviving excerpts) (1929 / Otis Rymer Snodgrass) FTV NR/10 {8 min.}
m. New York Subway (1905 / G.W. Bitzer) FTV 7+/10 {6 min.}
n. I’m Insured (1916 / Harry Palmer) FTV 7+/10 {3 min.}

20. Tarzan of the Apes (1918 / Scott Sidney) 8/10
21. Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1927 / J.P. McGowan) FTV 7+/10
22. Clash of the Wolves (1925 / Noel Smith) 7+/10
23. The Chechahcos (1924 / Lewis H. Moomaw) FTV 7/10
24. The Gold Rush (1925 / Charles Chaplin) 10/10
25. The Kid (1921 / Charles Chaplin) 8+/10
26. Hangman’s House (1928 / John Ford) FTV 9/10
27. Reaching For the Moon (1917 / John Emerson) FTV 7+/10
28. A Modern Musketeer (1917 / Allan Dwan) FTV 7/10
29. The Monster (1925 / Roland West) FTV 8+/10
30. The Bells (1926 / James Young) 8/10

[Simba63]

7. Baby ryazanskie (1927) - 7/10

[jeroeno]

25. Forbidden Fruit (1921)
26. So This Is Paris (1926)

[jdidaco]

(Screenshots from 'Bare Knees' & Mustalaishurmaaja' & from the astonishing surviving fragment of 'Chokon'),



13. Sjæletyven (His Innocent Dupe, Holger-Madsen, 1916) 7.5/10
14. Mellan liv och död (Between Life and Death, Georg af Klercker, 1917) 7/10
15. Twinkletoes (Charles Brabin, 1926) 8/10
16. Bare Knees (Erle C. Kenton, 1928) 9/10
17. Mustalaishurmaaja (The Gypsy Charmer, Valentin Vaala, 1929) 8/10
18. Akeyuku sora (The Dawning Sky, Torajirô Saitô, 1929) 8/10




A collection of shorts,

19-20. Kun isällä on hammassärky (When Father Has Toothache, Erkki Karu, 1922) 7/10 (18 min), Gyakuryû (Backward Flow, Buntarô Futagara, 1924) 9/10 (28 min), Chokon (An Unforgettable Grudge, Daisuke Itô, 1926) 10/10 (12 min), Sôzen-ji baba (The Race Track at Sozenji, Masahiro Makino, 1928) 9/10 (32 min), Kodakara sodo (Kid Commotion, Torajirô Saitô, 1935) 8/10 (33 min) (Total: 123 min)

Spoiler

1. Der Hund von Baskerville (The Hound of the Baskervilles, Rudolf Meinert, 1914) 7.5/10
2. Children of Eve (John H. Collins, 1915) 8/10
3. The Devil's Needle (Chester Withey, 1916) 8.5/10
4. The Red Lantern (Albert Capellani, 1919) 8/10
5. Narayana (Léon Poirier, 1920) 7.5/10
6. Pierrot, Pierrette (Louis Feuillade, 1924) 8/10
7. Eine tolle Nacht (A Crazy Night, Richard Oswald, 1927) 8/10
8. Der Hund von Baskerville (The Hound of the Baskervilles, Richard Oswald, 1929) 8/10
9. La femme et le pantin (The Woman and the Puppet, Jacques de Baroncelli, 1929) 9/10
10-12. L'épouvante (Terror-Stricken, Albert Capellani, 1911) 8.5/10 (11 min), Erreur tragique (Tragic Error, Louis Feuillade, 1913) 7.5/10 (25 min), Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life (Mack Sennett, 1913) 8/10 (13 min), The Inside of the White Slave Traffic (Frank Beal, 1913) 6/10 (29 min), A Dog's Love (Jack Harvey, 1914) 7.5/10 (11 min), La légende de soeur Béatrix (The Legend of Sister Beatrix, Jacques de Baroncelli, 1923) 8/10 (33 min), Now You Tell One (Charles R. Bowers & Harold L. Muller, 1926) 8/10 (21 min), Egged On (Charles R. Bowers & Harold L. Muller & Ted Sears, 1926) 8/10 (24 min), There It Is (Charles R. Bowers & Harold L. Muller, 1928) 9/10 (17 min) (Total: 184 min)

[weirdboy]

1. Un chapeau de paille d'Italie (1928) - Rene Clair 5/10
2. The Cheat (1915) - Cecil B. DeMille 6/10
3. Back Pay (1922) - Frank Borzage 6/10

Shorts [not a point yet, but keeping track here]
a. Manhatta (1921) - Paul Strand, Charles Sheeler [short - 11 min] 8/10

[sol]

Silent Running

1. A Sailor-Made Man (1921)
2. Battling Butler (1926)
3. Three Ages (1923)
4. Four Sons (1928)
5. Dr. Jack (1922)
6. The Matinee Idol (1928)
7. Seven Footprints to Satan (1929)
8. The Cat and the Canary (1927)
9. The Last of the Mohicans (1920)
10. The Ten Commandments (1923)

11. The Eleventh Year. (1928)



The propaganda is laid on thick towards the end of this Vertov documentary, but the overall film is a glorious look at the relationships between human beings and both the natural and manmade environment. The voyeuristic opening shots of rocky shorelines are amazing, and then director Dziga Vertov treats us to creative split screen shots (see above), dissolves of water over people walking, breathtaking extreme low camera angles and so on.

[peeptoad]

7. Homunculus, 1. Teil (1916) 5

Spoiler

*rewatch
1a. The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (1895) 8
1b. Le manoir du diable (1896) The House of the Devil 6
1c. Le voyage dans la lune (1902) A Trip to the Moon 7*
1d. Le chaudron infernal (1903)The Infernal Boiling Pot 6
1e. Le voyage à travers l'impossible (1904)The Voyage Across the Impossible 6
1f. Les quatre cents farces du diable (1906)The 400 Tricks of the Devil 6
2a. Faust and Marguerite (1900) 4
2b. Le diable géant ou Le miracle de la madonne (1901) The Gigantic Devil 7
2c. Le diable noir (1905) The Black Imp 6
2d. The Haunted Hotel (1907) 7
2e. Le château hanté (1908)The Haunted Castle 7
2f. Une excursion incohérente (1909) A Panicky Picnic 7
2g. Pikovaya dama (1910) 6
2h. Mest kinematograficheskogo operatora (1912) The Cameraman's Revenge 7
2i. Figures de cire (1914) The Man with Wax Faces 6
2j. Trolldrycken (1915) Demon Drink 8
3a. The Haunted House (1921) 6
3b. The Skeleton Dance (1929) 7
3c. The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) 8
3d. Paris qui dort (1924) At 3:25 5
4. Die Augen der Mumie Ma (1918) The Eyes of the Mummy 5
5. Warning Shadows (1923) 7
6. Rapsodia satanica (1917) Satan's Rhapsody 6

[jeroeno]

27a. Alice's Wild West Show (1924) (10 min)
27b. Das Wolkenphänomen von Maloja (1924) (10 min)
27c. Alice Gets in Dutch (1924) (10 min)
27d. From Hand to Mouth (1919) (22 min)
27e. Mezhplanetnaya revolyutsiya (1924) (8 min)

28a. 1925 Studio Tour (1925) (32 min)
28b. The Tantalizing Fly (1919) (4 min)
28c. Sovetskie igrushki (1924) (11 min)
28d. The Cartoon Factory (1924) (8 min)
28e. In Youth, Beside the Lonely Sea (1925) (5 min)

[ororama]

2. Two Knights of Vaudeville (1915) * 11 min.
Queen of Spades (1910) * 15 min.
Le Ballon Dirigeable 'Le Patrie' (1906) 1 min.
The Cleaning Man (1907) * 4 min.
From Death to Life (1911) * 14 min.
L'Enfant de la Barricade (1907) * 5 min.
Kino-pravda No. 1 (1922) * 11 min.

Spoiler

1. Within Our Gates (1920) * 72 min.

*First time viewing.

[sol]

Silent Running

1. A Sailor-Made Man (1921)
2. Battling Butler (1926)
3. Three Ages (1923)
4. Four Sons (1928)
5. Dr. Jack (1922)
6. The Matinee Idol (1928)
7. Seven Footprints to Satan (1929)
8. The Cat and the Canary (1927)
9. The Last of the Mohicans (1920)
10. The Ten Commandments (1923)
11. The Eleventh Year. (1928)

12. A Girl in Every Port (1928)



This comedy is well acted by Robert Armstrong and a young Victor McLaglen who share undeniable chemistry, yet they are stuck with two absolutely odious, womanising characters who believe that violence is always the best solution. The vast majority of the film is spent on brawls and the two men objectifying women as they embark on sexual conquests with a poor running gag of wondering if the children of their old flings were fathered by them.

[psychotronicbeatnik]

31. When the Clouds Roll By (1919 / Victor Fleming) FTV 8+/10
32. The Mollycoddle (1920 / Victor Fleming) FTV 8+/10
33. The Nut (1921 / Ted Reed) 7+/10
34. The Mark of Zorro (1920 / Fred Niblo) 10/10

Hush

1. His Picture in the Papers (1916 / John Emerson) FTV 6+/10
2. Wizard of Oz (1925 / Larry Semon) FTV 7+/10
3. The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914 / J. Farrell MacDonald) FTV 7+/10
4. The Invaders (1912 / Francis Ford, Thomas Ince) 7+/10
5. Flirting With Fate (1916 / Christy Cabanne) FTV 8/10
6. Just Pals (1920 / John Ford) FTV 8+/10
7. Peter Pan (1924 / Herbert Brenon) 9/10
8. The Matrimaniac (1916 / Paul Powell) FTV 9+/10
9. The Iron Horse (1924 / John Ford) FTV 7+/10
10. Wild and Woolly (1917 / John Emerson) FTV 7+/10
11. 3 Bad Men (1926 / John Ford) FTV 8+/10
12. The Magic Cloak (1914 / J. Farrell MacDonald) FTV 5/10
13. Snow White (1916 / J. Searle Dawley) 7/10
14. His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1914 / J. Farrell MacDonald) FTV 5/10
15. Four Sons (1928 / John Ford) FTV 8/10
16. The Toll of the Sea (1922 / Chester M. Franklin) 8+/10
17-19. Shorts {180 min. total}
a. Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916 / John Emerson) FTV 7/10 {27 min.}
b. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910 / Otis Turner) FTV 7/10 {13 min.}
c. The Suburbanite (1904 / Wallace McCutcheon) FTV 6/10 {9 min.}
d. The Country Doctor (1909 / D.W. Griffith) FTV 6/10 {14 min.}
e. There It Is (1928 / Harold Muller, Charles Bowers) 9+/10 {19 min.}
f. The High Sign (1921 / Eddie Cline, Buster Keaton) 9/10 {20 min.}
g. One Week (1920 / Eddie Cline, Buster Keaton) 9/10 {25 min.}
h. The Lonedale Operator (1911 / D.W. Griffith) 8+/10 {17 min.}
i. Move On (1903 / A.C. Abadie) FTV 6/10 {1 min.}
j. Dog Factory (1904 / Edwin S. Porter) FTV 7/10 {4 min.}
k. Her Crowning Glory (1911 / Laurence Trimble) FTV 7/10 {14 min.}
l. West Virginia, The State Beautiful (surviving excerpts) (1929 / Otis Rymer Snodgrass) FTV NR/10 {8 min.}
m. New York Subway (1905 / G.W. Bitzer) FTV 7+/10 {6 min.}
n. I’m Insured (1916 / Harry Palmer) FTV 7+/10 {3 min.}
20. Tarzan of the Apes (1918 / Scott Sidney) 8/10
21. Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1927 / J.P. McGowan) FTV 7+/10
22. Clash of the Wolves (1925 / Noel Smith) 7+/10
23. The Chechahcos (1924 / Lewis H. Moomaw) FTV 7/10
24. The Gold Rush (1925 / Charles Chaplin) 10/10
25. The Kid (1921 / Charles Chaplin) 8+/10
26. Hangman’s House (1928 / John Ford) FTV 9/10
27. Reaching For the Moon (1917 / John Emerson) FTV 7+/10
28. A Modern Musketeer (1917 / Allan Dwan) FTV 7/10
29. The Monster (1925 / Roland West) FTV 8+/10
30. The Bells (1926 / James Young) 8/10

31. When the Clouds Roll By (1919 / Victor Fleming) FTV 8+/10
32. The Mollycoddle (1920 / Victor Fleming) FTV 8+/10
33. The Nut (1921 / Ted Reed) 7+/10
34. The Mark of Zorro (1920 / Fred Niblo) 10/10

[psychotronicbeatnik]

Max- I originally recorded The Chehchakos as 1924 instead of the correct release year of 1923. My apologies for that. With that correction plus this group of shorts I believe I have finished the sidebar challenge!



35-37. Shorts {181 min. total}
a. Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre (1901 / Fred Armitage) FTV 7/10 {2 min.}
b. The Land Beyond the Sunset (1912 / Harold Shaw) FTV 8/10 {14 min.}
c. Paris qui dort (1924 / Rene Clair) 8+/10 {35 min.}
d. The Thieving Hand (1908 / J. Stuart Blackton) FTV 8/10 {5 min.}
e. White Fawn’s Devotion (1910 / James Young Deer) FTV 7+/10 {11 min.}
f. Rip Van Winkle (1903 / W.K.L. Dickson) FTV 6/10 {4 min.}
g. Life of an American Fireman (1903 / George Fleming, Edwin S. Porter) FTV 6/10 {6 min.}
h. Falling Leaves (1912 / Alice Guy Blache) 7/10 {12 min.}
i. Inklings, Issue 12 (1925 / Dave Fleischer) FTV 8/10 {6 min.}
j. Cockeyed: Gems From the Memory of a Nutty Cameraman (1925 / Alvin Knechtel) FTV 8/10 {3 min.}
k. Jeanne d’Arc (1900 / Georges Melies) FTV 8/10 {11 min.}
l. Le voyage dans la lune (1902 / Georges Melies) 9+/10 {13 min.}
m. Les quatre cents farces du diable (1906 / Georges Melies) 8+/10 {17 min.}
n. 20,000 lieues sous les mers (1907 / Georges Melies) 7+/10 {10 min.}
o. Le voyage de la famille Bourrichon (1913 / Georges Melies) 6/10 {15 min.}
p. His Regeneration (1915 / Gilbert M. Anderson) 6/10 {15 min.}
q. Le sorcier, le prince et la bon genie (1900 / Georges Melies) FTV 7+/10 {2 min.}

Hush

1. His Picture in the Papers (1916 / John Emerson) FTV 6+/10
2. Wizard of Oz (1925 / Larry Semon) FTV 7+/10
3. The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914 / J. Farrell MacDonald) FTV 7+/10
4. The Invaders (1912 / Francis Ford, Thomas Ince) 7+/10
5. Flirting With Fate (1916 / Christy Cabanne) FTV 8/10
6. Just Pals (1920 / John Ford) FTV 8+/10
7. Peter Pan (1924 / Herbert Brenon) 9/10
8. The Matrimaniac (1916 / Paul Powell) FTV 9+/10
9. The Iron Horse (1924 / John Ford) FTV 7+/10
10. Wild and Woolly (1917 / John Emerson) FTV 7+/10
11. 3 Bad Men (1926 / John Ford) FTV 8+/10
12. The Magic Cloak (1914 / J. Farrell MacDonald) FTV 5/10
13. Snow White (1916 / J. Searle Dawley) 7/10
14. His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1914 / J. Farrell MacDonald) FTV 5/10
15. Four Sons (1928 / John Ford) FTV 8/10
16. The Toll of the Sea (1922 / Chester M. Franklin) 8+/10
17-19. Shorts {180 min. total}
a. Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916 / John Emerson) FTV 7/10 {27 min.}
b. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910 / Otis Turner) FTV 7/10 {13 min.}
c. The Suburbanite (1904 / Wallace McCutcheon) FTV 6/10 {9 min.}
d. The Country Doctor (1909 / D.W. Griffith) FTV 6/10 {14 min.}
e. There It Is (1928 / Harold Muller, Charles Bowers) 9+/10 {19 min.}
f. The High Sign (1921 / Eddie Cline, Buster Keaton) 9/10 {20 min.}
g. One Week (1920 / Eddie Cline, Buster Keaton) 9/10 {25 min.}
h. The Lonedale Operator (1911 / D.W. Griffith) 8+/10 {17 min.}
i. Move On (1903 / A.C. Abadie) FTV 6/10 {1 min.}
j. Dog Factory (1904 / Edwin S. Porter) FTV 7/10 {4 min.}
k. Her Crowning Glory (1911 / Laurence Trimble) FTV 7/10 {14 min.}
l. West Virginia, The State Beautiful (surviving excerpts) (1929 / Otis Rymer Snodgrass) FTV NR/10 {8 min.}
m. New York Subway (1905 / G.W. Bitzer) FTV 7+/10 {6 min.}
n. I’m Insured (1916 / Harry Palmer) FTV 7+/10 {3 min.}
20. Tarzan of the Apes (1918 / Scott Sidney) 8/10
21. Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1927 / J.P. McGowan) FTV 7+/10
22. Clash of the Wolves (1925 / Noel Smith) 7+/10
23. The Chechahcos (1923 / Lewis H. Moomaw) FTV 7/10
24. The Gold Rush (1925 / Charles Chaplin) 10/10
25. The Kid (1921 / Charles Chaplin) 8+/10
26. Hangman’s House (1928 / John Ford) FTV 9/10
27. Reaching For the Moon (1917 / John Emerson) FTV 7+/10
28. A Modern Musketeer (1917 / Allan Dwan) FTV 7/10
29. The Monster (1925 / Roland West) FTV 8+/10
30. The Bells (1926 / James Young) 8/10
31. When the Clouds Roll By (1919 / Victor Fleming) FTV 8+/10
32. The Mollycoddle (1920 / Victor Fleming) FTV 8+/10
33. The Nut (1921 / Ted Reed) 7+/10
34. The Mark of Zorro (1920 / Fred Niblo) 10/10

35-37. Shorts {181 min. total}
a. Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre (1901 / Fred Armitage) FTV 7/10 {2 min.}
b. The Land Beyond the Sunset (1912 / Harold Shaw) FTV 8/10 {14 min.}
c. Paris qui dort (1924 / Rene Clair) 8+/10 {35 min.}
d. The Thieving Hand (1908 / J. Stuart Blackton) FTV 8/10 {5 min.}
e. White Fawn’s Devotion (1910 / James Young Deer) FTV 7+/10 {11 min.}
f. Rip Van Winkle (1903 / W.K.L. Dickson) FTV 6/10 {4 min.}
g. Life of an American Fireman (1903 / George Fleming, Edwin S. Porter) FTV 6/10 {6 min.}
h. Falling Leaves (1912 / Alice Guy Blache) 7/10 {12 min.}
i. Inklings, Issue 12 (1925 / Dave Fleischer) FTV 8/10 {6 min.}
j. Cockeyed: Gems From the Memory of a Nutty Cameraman (1925 / Alvin Knechtel) FTV 8/10 {3 min.}
k. Jeanne d’Arc (1900 / Georges Melies) FTV 8/10 {11 min.}
l. Le voyage dans la lune (1902 / Georges Melies) 9+/10 {13 min.}
m. Les quatre cents farces du diable (1906 / Georges Melies) 8+/10 {17 min.}
n. 20,000 lieues sous les mers (1907 / Georges Melies) 7+/10 {10 min.}
o. Le voyage de la famille Bourrichon (1913 / Georges Melies) 6/10 {15 min.}
p. His Regeneration (1915 / Gilbert M. Anderson) 6/10 {15 min.}
q. Le sorcier, le prince et la bon genie (1900 / Georges Melies) FTV 7+/10 {2 min.}

[maxwelldeux]

Max- I originally recorded The Chehchakos as 1924 instead of the correct release year of 1923. My apologies for that. With that correction plus this group of shorts I believe I have finished the sidebar challenge!

Holy crap - congrats! I was just looking at that this morning and thought peeptoad was the closest, but damn!

[peeptoad]

8. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) 7

Spoiler

*rewatch
1a. The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (1895) 8
1b. Le manoir du diable (1896) The House of the Devil 6
1c. Le voyage dans la lune (1902) A Trip to the Moon 7*
1d. Le chaudron infernal (1903)The Infernal Boiling Pot 6
1e. Le voyage à travers l'impossible (1904)The Voyage Across the Impossible 6
1f. Les quatre cents farces du diable (1906)The 400 Tricks of the Devil 6
2a. Faust and Marguerite (1900) 4
2b. Le diable géant ou Le miracle de la madonne (1901) The Gigantic Devil 7
2c. Le diable noir (1905) The Black Imp 6
2d. The Haunted Hotel (1907) 7
2e. Le château hanté (1908)The Haunted Castle 7
2f. Une excursion incohérente (1909) A Panicky Picnic 7
2g. Pikovaya dama (1910) 6
2h. Mest kinematograficheskogo operatora (1912) The Cameraman's Revenge 7
2i. Figures de cire (1914) The Man with Wax Faces 6
2j. Trolldrycken (1915) Demon Drink 8
3a. The Haunted House (1921) 6
3b. The Skeleton Dance (1929) 7
3c. The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) 8
3d. Paris qui dort (1924) At 3:25 5
4. Die Augen der Mumie Ma (1918) The Eyes of the Mummy 5
5. Warning Shadows (1923) 7
6. Rapsodia satanica (1917) Satan's Rhapsody 6
7. Homunculus, 1. Teil (1916) 5

[Simba63]

8. Hands Up! (1926) - 6/10

[psychotronicbeatnik]

Max- I originally recorded The Chehchakos as 1924 instead of the correct release year of 1923. My apologies for that. With that correction plus this group of shorts I believe I have finished the sidebar challenge!

Holy crap - congrats! I was just looking at that this morning and thought peeptoad was the closest, but damn!

I hate to edge out peeps. I was just filling in some shorts to meet the 60 minute guideline and realized that I could finish the sidebar off by choosing them selectively. I may try and complete it a second time.

[jeroeno]

29. The River (1928)

[ororama]

3. Kino-pravda No. 2 (1922) * 11 min.
Kino-pravda No. 3 (1922) * 8 min.
Kino-pravda No. 4 (1922) * 10 min.
Kino-pravda No. 5 (1922) * 8 min.
Kino-pravda No. 6 (1922) * 6 min.
The Lily of Belgium (1915) * 13 min.
Charley on the Farm (1919) * 10 min.

Spoiler

1. Within Our Gates (1920) * 72 min.
2. Two Knights of Vaudeville (1915) * 11 min.
Queen of Spades (1910) * 15 min.
Le Ballon Dirigeable 'Le Patrie' (1906) 1 min.
The Cleaning Man (1907) * 4 min.
From Death to Life (1911) * 14 min.
L'Enfant de la Barricade (1907) * 5 min.
Kino-pravda No. 1 (1922) * 11 min.

*First time viewing.