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Foolish
Wives
Notorious
womanizer
Count
Wladyslaw
Sergius
Karamzin
(Erich
Von
Stroheim)
rents a
magnificent
villa in
Monte
Carlo
with his
two
female
"cousins."
The
decadent
trio
share
the
lavish
lifestyle
available
only to
fabulously
wealthy
aristocrats.
Beneath
the
veneer
of
respectability
lurks an
ugly
secret -
the trio
are flat
broke
and
finance
their
sumptuous
existence
through
counterfeiting
and the
funds
the
Count is
able to
glean
from the
upperclass
wives he
coldly
and very
successfully
seduces.
Learning
that the
American
ambassador
is
arriving
for a
visit,
Karamzin
schemes
to make
the
politician's
beautiful
wife his
next
victim.
Bored
and
gullible,
Mrs.
Hughes
is the
perfect
"subject"
for the
Count's
attentions,
but
winds up
with
much
more
than the
adventure
she
seeks -
unleashing
disasterous
consequences.
Exuding
immorality,
the
monocled
Erich
Von
Stroheim
gives a
stellar
performance
in
"Foolish
Wives,"
which he
also
directed
and
wrote.
Von
Stroheim's
pointed
critique
skewers
both
American
dull-wittedness
and
European
Old
World
decadence.
Billed
as the
"First
Million
Dollar
Movie,"
this
powerful
silent
classic
still
shocks
today.
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General,
The
Comic
genius
Buster
Keaton
achieved
an
artistic
milestone
with the
1927
silent
adventure,
"The
General."
Based on
a true
story,
this
Civil
War tale
not only
starred
Keaton,
but was
written
and
co-directed
by him
as well.
Keaton,
as
confederate
railroad
engineer
John
Gray,
attempts
to
thwart
the
theft of
his
beloved
locomotive,
"The
General,"
by Union
spies.
He
springs
into
action
when he
realizes
the
"other"
love of
his
life,
girlfriend
Annabelle
Lee, is
taken
captive.
His
adventure
turns
from
drama to
hilarity
in a
memorable
and
poignant
fashion.
Buster
Keaton
displays
the
deadpan
countenance
and
brilliant
comic
timing
that
made him
one of
America's
most
beloved
comedians
and an
icon of
his era.
One of
Keaton's
favorite
films,
"The
General"
is known
for its
masterfully
composed
action
sequences
and
brilliant
recreation
of the
Antebellum
South.
It is
recognized
by
critics
and
movie
afficionados
as one
of the
greatest
silent
comedies
of all
time.
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Golum,
The
In
16th
century
Prague,
Rabbi
Loew
creates
a
terrifying
giant
golem
from
clay to
protect
his
people
from
their
persecutors.
Employing
sorcery,
he
brings
the
artificial
man to
life,
endowing
him with
human
emotions.
Famulus,
Loew's
evil
assistant,
manages
to take
control
of the
golem,
commanding
it to
perform
sordid
criminal
acts
culminating
in the
kidnapping
of the
Rabbi's
beautiful
daughter,
Miriam.
The
monster,
outraged
by his
vile
misuse,
rebels
and a
deadly
rampage
ensues.
With
high,
angular
sets by
famed
architect
Hans
Poelzig
and full
of
wonderful
imagery
captured
by the
camera
of Karl
Freund,
this
silent
classic
captivates
the eye.
Masterfully
combining
terror
and
pathos,
Wegener's
stiff-limbed
portrayal
of the
golem
clearly
influenced
Boris
Karloff's
performance
in
Frankenstein.
This
1920
version
of The
Golem is
considered
definitive
among
the
film's
many
productions
and is
an
unforgettable
horror
masterpiece.
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Hunchback
of Notre
Dame,
The
Lon
Chaney,
cinema's
"Man
of a
Thousand
Faces,"
stars in
this
silent
classic
- the
first
version
of
Victor
Hugo's
novel
about
the
tortured
hunchback.
Half-blind
and
monstrously
deformed,
Quasimodo
dwells
within
the
sanctuary
of the
Notre
Dame
Cathedral
in
Paris.
Ridiculed
and
exploited
by a
cruel
world,
he
passionately
rings
the
cathedral's
great
bells to
express
his
feelings.
Quasimodo
secretly
loves a
beautiful
gypsy
girl
named
Esmeralda,
for whom
he
sacrifices
his life
when he
rescues
her from
her evil
guardian.
Chaney's
great
performance
and his
incredible
use of
make-up
brilliantly
evoke
both
terror
and pity
for the
hunchback
as this
classic
tale is
played
out in
medieval
Paris.
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Intolerance
"D.W.
Griffith's
Colossal
Spectacle"
is
considered
by many
critics
to be
the
greatest
film of
the
silent
era. The
lavish,
innovative
epic
weaves
four
separate
stories
that
depict
the
menace
of hate,
from
ancient
civilization
up to
the
present
day,
tied
together
by a
poignant
motif of
life's
continuous
struggle
with
good vs.
evil in
which
the
Eternal
Mother
(Lillian
Gish) is
seen
rocking
the
cradle
of
humanity.
Griffith's
superb
dramatization
of
intolerance
is
realized
through
the fall
of
Babylon,
the
Pharisees'
condemnation
of Jesus
Christ,
the
persecution
of
Huguenots
in
16th-century
Paris
during
Catherine
de
Medici's
regime
and a
contemporary
morality
play
wherein
social
reformers
destroy
a young
couple's
pursuit
of
happiness.
After
the
swarm of
controversy
that
Griffith
experienced
with
"The
Birth of
a
Nation"
(1915),
he used
"Intolerance"
to
defensively
answer
his
critics.
At two
million
dollars,
it was
the most
expensive
film of
its
time;
the
outdoor
set for
the
Babylon
sequences
was the
largest
ever
created
for a
Hollywood
picture,
featuring
a crowd
of
16,000
extras.
The
nonlinear,
cross-cutting
narrative
was
among
the many
novel
techniques
that
would
influence
the art
of
filmmaking
for
generations
to come.
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