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- DirectorFritz LangStarsBernhard GoetzkeLil DagoverWalter JanssenWhen a woman's fiancé disappears, Death gives her three chances to save him from his fate.Leonard Maltin: 3.5 of 4 Stars: Extraordinarily stylized expressionistic silent fantasy on [Fritz] Lang's favorite subject that put the great director on the map, with brilliant art direction, photography, and effects that still astonish.
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsPola NegriVictor JansonPaul HeidemannA charismatic lieutenant newly assigned to a remote fort is captured by a group of mountain bandits, thus setting in motion a madcap farce that is Lubitsch at his most unrestrained.Leonard Maltin: 3.5 of 4 Stars: Ernst Lubitsch film; Whimsical, visually innovative tongue-in-cheek tale
- DirectorHenry KingStarsRichard BarthelmessGladys HuletteWalter P. LewisWhen three thuggish men are responsible for the death of his father and the crippling of his brother, young David must choose between supporting his family or risking his life and exacting vengeance.Leonard Maltin: 3.5 of 4 Stars: Beautifully crafted Americana . . . The finale is a rip-roaring piece of movie storytelling.
- DirectorTheodore ReedStarsDouglas FairbanksMarguerite De La MotteWilliam LoweryEccentric inventor Charlie Jackson tries to interest wealthy investors in his girlfriend's plan to help children from poor neighborhoods.Leonard Maltin: 3.5 of 4 Stars: Fairbanks is charming . . . enormously entertaining comedy, one of Fairbanks' best.
- DirectorRex IngramStarsRudolph ValentinoAlice TerryPomeroy CannonAn extended family split up in France and Germany find themselves on opposing sides of the battlefield during World War I.Leonard Maltin: 3 of 4 Stars: Famous silent spectacle . . . Extremely well made, with imagery that still staggers and message that cannot be overlooked.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLillian GishDorothy GishJoseph SchildkrautTwo orphaned sisters are caught up in the turmoil of the French Revolution, encountering misery and love along the way.Leonard Maltin: 3 of 4 Stars: For all its creaky situations, and extreme length, still dazzling.
- DirectorGeorge MelfordStarsRudolph ValentinoAgnes AyresRuth MillerA charming Arabian sheik becomes infatuated with an adventurous, modern-thinking Englishwoman and abducts her to his home in the Saharan desert.Leonard Maltin: 3 of 4 Stars
- DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsArnold KorffLulu Kyser-KorffLothar MehnertIn the castle Vogeloed, a few aristocrats are awaiting baroness Safferstätt. But first count Oetsch invites himself.. Everyone thinks he murdered his brother, baroness Safferstat's first husband, three years ago. So he is rather undesirable. But Oetsch stays; arguing he is not the murderer and will find the real one...Leonard Maltin: 3 of 4 Stars: Subtly eerie tale is more mystery than chiller.
- DirectorWallace WorsleyStarsLeatrice JoyJohn BowersLon ChaneyMembers of a secret anarchist group take revenge.Leonard Maltin: 3 of 4 stars: Good mid-career Chaney vehicle, a relic of the early Red Scare era, relies more on characterization than on makeup effects.
- DirectorSam WoodStarsJackie CooganWheeler OakmanDoris MayTrouble and havoc seem to trail Little Henry Peck wherever he goes and only his dear mother understands him. But when young Henry's pranks get his big sister's boyfriend, Dr. Martin, arrested, dad decides that the boy must be punished.Leonard Maltin: 3 of 4 Stars: Still-fresh and enjoyable vehicle.
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenJack PickfordStarsMary PickfordClaude GillingwaterJoseph J. DowlingAn American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the cold and unsentimental lord who oversees the trust.Leonard Maltin: 3 of 4 Stars: Mary is as charming as ever.
- DirectorFred NibloStarsDouglas FairbanksNigel De BrulierGeorge SiegmannCardinal Richelieu, engaged in intrigue at the court of Louis XIII, attempts to rule by threatening the queen, who is secretly in love with the Duke of Buckingham. From Gascony comes D'Artagnan to join the King's Musketeers in his quest for adventure. He wins the right to membership by proving his prowess with the sword and forms an eternal alliance with Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, the Three Musketeers. After many adventures, he embarks on a dangerous mission to England to recover a diamond brooch, a gift of the king, which the queen has given to Buckingham as a token of affection. He recovers it and returns in time to save the queen from the wrath of Louis, defeat the cardinal's intrigue, and win Constance, the queen's seamstress.Leonard Maltin: 3 of 4 Stars: Great fun; Douglas Fairbanks.
- DirectorLois WeberStarsPhilip HubbardMargaret McWadeClaire WindsorThe Professor dispenses the wisdom of the ages and does not make a living wage. The sons of the rich and powerful are students lacking any motivation. The next door neighbor of the Professor, businessman Olsen, has money and lots of food, while the Griggs have hardly any. Both Peter Olsen and Reverend Gates are taken by the beauty of young Amelia Griggs. When rich son Phil West falls for Amelia Griggs and befriends the poor Reverend Gates, he finally sees the difference in his life and theirs and tries to do something to change that.Leonard Maltin: 3 of 4 Stars: Earnest, humanistic account of economic barriers between the classes . . . Overly melodramatic at times, but still a notable work for its long-ignored director.
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsWallace ReidGloria SwansonElliott DexterSocialite Anatol Spencer seeks a better relation than he has with his wife. He sets up the friend of his youth Emilie in an apartment and she two-times him; he comforts near-suicidal Annie and she robs him.Leonard Maltin: 3 of 4 Stars: Cecil B. DeMille film.
- DirectorHerbert BlachéWinchell SmithStarsEdward JobsonBeulah BookerEdward ConnellyThe simple-minded son of a rich financier must find his own way in the world.Leonard Maltin: 2.5 of 4 Stars: Keaton is fine but not allowed to express his unique comic personality.
- DirectorAlbert AustinVictor HeermanStarsMathilde BrundageClaude GillingwaterJackie CooganAn orphan escapes immigration officials at Ellis Island and goes to live with an old ship's master who can't find work and can't pay the rent.Leonard Maltin: 2.5 of 4 Stars: Sentimental almost to a fault, but it works.
- DirectorKing VidorStarsJohn BowersColleen MooreDavid ButlerThe sky pilot is a preacher who helps Gwen walk again after a near-fatal accident.Leonard Maltin: 2.5 of 4 Stars: Moore is miscast.
- DirectorJoe MayStarsOlaf FønssMia MayConrad VeidtThe unfaithful wife of a cruel Indian prince attempts to escape from his domination.Leonard Maltin: 2.5 of 4 Stars: Sumptuous claptrap . . . is just as corny as can be.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsCarol DempsterRalph GravesCharles Emmett MackThree men in London compete for the love of a dance-hall girl.Leonard Maltin: 2 of 4 Stars: Disappointing silent melodrama; D.W. Griffith film.
- DirectorFrances MarionStarsMary PickfordEvelyn DumoFred ThomsonAngela (Mary Pickford) maintains a coastal lighthouse in Italy, where she awaits the return of her brothers from the war. She learns they are casualties and takes solace in the arms of an American sailor washed ashore.Leonard Maltin: 2 of 4 Stars: Ambitious but disappointing
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenJack PickfordStarsMary PickfordGertrude AstorWilfred LucasWhen her mother remarries, a young Belgian girl is left behind with her nurse, but when Germany invades the country, she is sent to America to find her mother.Leonard Maltin: 2 of 4 Stars: Pickford is always watchable, but she's defeated by hackneyed storyline.