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  1. Anna Boleyn (1920) is by far the most conventional of Ernst Lubitsch's early silent films and the most disappointing. It's a by-the-numbers historical tragic romance epic. Lubitsch was always at his best when he was being wild and crazy.

    My review: dfordoom-movieramblings.blogsp

    #20smovie #20smovies #1920smovie #1920smovies #anneboleyn #germancinema #silentfilm #silentfilms #silentmovie #silentmovies #silentcinema #ErnstLubitsch #EmilJannings

  2. Ernst Lubitsch's Eyes of the Mummy (1918) sounds like a horror film but it's a romantic melodrama although there's an ancient Egyptian tomb and a curse, and strange and inexplicable events. Pola Negri stars. Early Lubitsch is so wild and crazy.

    My review: dfordoom-movieramblings.blogsp

    #ErnstLubitsch #silentcinema #silentmovie #silentmovies #silentfilm #silentfilms #germancinema #germanmovie #germanmovies #PolaNegri #melodrama

  3. WEST OF ZANZIBAR is a 1928 silent tropical melodrama spiced with horror. Directed by Tod Browning, stars Lon Chaney. Deep in the jungle a bitter cripple plots a terrible revenge. Outrageous, but the 1932 talkie remake KONGO is vastly superior.

    My review: dfordoom-movieramblings.blogsp

    #silentfilm #silentfilms #silentmovie #silentmovies #20smovie #20smovies #1920smovie #1920smovies #silentcinema #TodBrowning #LonChaney

  4. Today is the U.S. Marine Corps Birthday (a day before Veterans Day). Mark it by enjoying the horror master Lon Chaney in a non-horror turn but still scary as a Marine sergeant in 1926's "Tell It To The Marines"!

    #Movies #lonchaney #horror #film #ClassicHollywood #marines #silentcinema #cine #veterans #VeteransDay

    reeloldmovies.com/2023/11/nove

  5. While getting photos of Mack Sennett postcards I left the folder open to these wonderful original movie promo photos for Zasu Pitts. Thema Todd appears in the left one. 2 very funny women who made the switch to sound. Their peak was in the early sound era.

    Source: Private collection.

    #TCMParty #BMovieManiacs #CineMon #silentfilms #Silentera #SilentCinema #SilentMovies #earlycinema #classicfilms #MastoFilm #CineMastodon #Filmastodon #History #Histodons #ThemaTodd #ZasuPitts #MovieMemorabilia