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This film is listed in the American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, but no holdings are located in the archives. [30] Remodeling Her Husband: Lillian Gish: Dorothy Gish, James Rennie: The only movie Lillian Gish directed. [31] Romance: Chester Withey: Doris Keane, Basil Sydney: The Screaming Shadow: Ben F. Wilson, Duke Worne: Ben F ...
Directors such as Albert Capellani and Maurice Tourneur began to insist on naturalism in their films. By the mid-1920s many American silent films had adopted a more naturalistic acting style, though not all actors and directors accepted naturalistic, low-key acting straight away; as late as 1927, films featuring expressionistic acting styles ...
List of lost films; List of lost silent films (1910–1914) List of lost silent films (1915–1919) List of lost silent films (1920–1924) List of lost silent films (1925–1929) List of incomplete or partially lost films; List of lost or unfinished animated films; List of rediscovered films; List of rediscovered film footage
Many films of the silent era have been lost. [1] The Library of Congress estimates 75% of all silent films are lost forever. About 10,919 American silent films were produced, but only 2,749 of them still exist in some complete form, either as an original American 35mm version, a foreign release, or as a lower-quality copy.
Amongst the films commonly mourned among critics and film historians are early films by noted directors and films of unique cultural importance. The Mountain Eagle was the second film to be directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1926; the silent melodrama has been described by the British Film Institute as their "most wanted" lost film. [ 9 ]
After the Storm (1928 film) The Age of Desire; The Alaskan; Alias the Deacon (1927 film) Alice Adams (1923 film) The Alley Cat (1929 film) Almost Human (1927 film) Aloma of the South Seas (1926 film) Altars of Desire; The Amateur Gentleman (1926 film) The Amateur Wife; The Amazing Woman; American Manners; Anna Christie (1923 film) Annapolis ...
Häxan is a Swedish film produced by AB Svensk Filmindustri, but shot in Denmark in 1920–1921. [4] With Christensen's meticulous recreation of medieval scenes and its lengthy production period, the film was the most expensive Scandinavian silent film ever made at the time, costing nearly two million Swedish kronor. [3]
The Film Daily gave it a positive review in May 1920, writing among other things: "What makes this a satisfactory offering of its type is the fact that there are several novel bits and that it has been produced on a lavish scale", but also noting that "Some of the riotous material could be cut to advantage, but, generally, this will hold on its own."