Silent Cinema Movies

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on April 13th, 1919.

The exploits of a policeman who literally has the long arm of the law.

A father sacrifices an animal on the day of Eid al-Adha according to the traditions and customs of the past. According to the old custom, he gives...

Bachelor Dizzy with a Dame or Two follows the misadventures of Sexman, a hopelessly overconfident bachelor who spends every weekend lining up a new...

Released on March 16th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Directed by Thomas N. Heffron

H. Oboe Rhodes, a "knight of the road," limps into a large city with the idea of appeasing his hunger. His first quest is the welcoming doors of a...

A boy falls for a princess, his cat for hers. But her father does not like the idea of a commoner marrying a noblewoman and kicks him out. After...

Klettern im Fels (in English, "Rock Climbing") is a German silent documentary about rock climbing. It was directed by the cameraman Hermann Schadock...

The niece and nephew of an eccentric millionaire try to get a share of the now deceased millionaire's inheritance from his adopted son who delights...

Released on May 4th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Internationale Bergrettungstagung in Tirol 1948 is a documentary about mountain rescue that takes place in the Ötztal Alps. It was produced in...

Time is not linear, it is an infinite circle that surrounds us. -Andrei Tarkovsky

Long treated with indifference by critics and historians, British silent cinema has only recently undergone the reevaluation it has long deserved,...

A Young Skater repeatedly fails to learn a new trick and begins to doubt his skills.

We look first at Westminster Abbey and the Towers of Parliament. And the sight-seeing only starts there as it continues to all the famous buildings...

An eccentric sea captain ventures into unfamiliar waters by attempting to take a train ride to New York City.

Three rock climbing ascents in Val Bregaglia, Italy by Karl Freimann and Philipp Wieland, who made the first ascent of Fiamma in 1936. The film...

This typically rambunctious Keystone comedy features Charlie Murray as a French count who challenges a rival to a duel over the affections of his...