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Silent Melodrama Film

With a plot to appeal to the heightened emotions of the audience, and sometimes complemented with an exaggerated acting style well suited to the demands of silent cinema, melodrama came in many forms during the silent era. DW Griffith's films with Lillian Gish are prime examples, while the director FW Murnau used, and extended, the format in Sunrise to create a film that was named by Cahiers du Cinema in 1967 as 'the single greatest masterwork in the history of the cinema'.


 

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Piccadilly

1929, E A Dupont, DVD

 

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Piccadilly

Seething with sexual and racial tension, this is a sumptuous showbiz melodrama starring Anna May ...

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The Holy Mountain (Fanck) (Masters of Cinema)

1926, Arnold Fanck, DVD

 

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The Holy Mountain (Fanck) (Masters of Cinema)

Aka 'The Holy Mountain: A Heroic Song from a Towering World of Heights'. Fanck's ...

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Pandora's Box

1928, Georg Wilhelm Pabst, DVD

 

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Pandora's Box

The all time silent classic based on two plays by Frank Wedekind. With a legendary performance by...

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A Throw of Dice

1929, Franz Osten, DVD

 

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Recommended A Throw of Dice

After Prince Sohan contrives a hunting accident for his rival, Prince Ranjit, so that he might in...

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Sunrise (Masters of Cinema)

1927, F.W. Murnau, DVD+Blu-ray

 

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Sunrise (Masters of Cinema)

A landmark of silent cinema and one of the finest films of any era. A woman from ...

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Sunrise (Masters of Cinema) (Blu-ray)

1927, F.W. Murnau, Blu-ray

 

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Sunrise (Masters of Cinema) (Blu-ray)

A landmark of silent cinema and one of the finest films of any era. A woman from ...

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Mad Love

1913-17, Evgenii Bauer, DVD

 

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Mad Love

Bauer's pioneering work is celebrated in these three silent films showing his creative use of lig...

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The Eagle (Brown, 1925)

1925, Clarence Brown, DVD

 

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The Eagle (Brown, 1925)

Silent feature based on Pushkin's story Dubrowsky, in which a Cossack lieutenant ...

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Blood And Sand

1922, Fred Niblo, DVD

 

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Blood And Sand

Silent. Valentino as a matador in one of his best films. He is swaggering and sincere, the good C...

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