Classics of the silent screen (1959)

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Contents Foreword Part One: FIFTY GREAT FILMS The Great Train Robbery, 1903 The Perils of Pauline, 1914 The Spoilers, 1914 The Birth of a Nation, 1915 Intolerance, 1916 Hell's Hinges, 1916 Broken Blossoms, 1919 Till the Clouds Roll By, 1919 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 1920 Way Down East, 1920 The Mark of Zorro, 1920 Tol'able David, 1921 Orphans of the Storm, 1921 Nanook of the North, 1922 The Last of the Mohicans, 1922 Safety Last, 1923 The Hunchback of Notre Dame, 1923 Greed, 1923 The Covered Wagon, 1923 The Ten Commandments, 1923 The Iron Horse, 1924 Sherlock Jr., 1924 Peter Pan, 1924 The Big Parade, 1924 The Gold Rush, 1925 The Phantom of the Opera, 1925 7 The Lost World, 1925 70 A Kiss for Cinderella, 1925 72 Son of the Sheik, 1926 74 10 . Sparrows, 1926 76 12 The Scarlet Letter, 1926 78 14 Stella Dallas, 1926 80 16 The Black Pirate, 1926 82 20" ~ Don Juan, 1926 83 23 *" Seventh Heaven, 1927 85 25 -Flesh and the Devil, 1927 86 27 -What Price Glory?, 1927 88 28 The General, 1927 89 30 Wings, 1927 92 34 The Strong Man, 1927 94 36 White Gold, 1927 96 38 Sunrise, 1927 98 41 Ben-Hur, 1927 102 42 Beau Geste, 1927 104 44 The Cat and the Canary, 1927 105 45 White Shadows in the South Seas, 1928 108 48 Our Dancing Daughters, 1928 no 51 The Crowd, 1928 112 54 City Lights, 1931 114 56 Tabu, 1931 116 59 61 Part Two: SEVENTY-FIVE GREAT STARS 64 Broncho Billy Anderson 120 66 Vilma Banky 122 68 Theda Bara 124