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Nosferatu (1922) – Murnau’s Visual Masterpiece

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There are very few silent movie titles well-known to the public, let alone elicit a shiver...

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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)—F.W. Murnau’s Silent Masterpiece

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At the very first Academy Awards, two separate honors were given for Best Film of the...

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Faust (1926) and The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)

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Legends become so enmeshed in the cultural consciousness that they appear in numerous forms and adaptations...

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Before Buster Keaton launched his legendary run of solo shorts, he got his first starring role in a feature with THE SAPHEAD. Keaton doesn't direct this one, but you can already see pieces of the screen character he would soon make completely his own.

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THE SAPHEAD (1920)—Buster Keaton's First Feature
THE GARAGE marks the end of an era as the final short Roscoe Arbuckle and Buster Keaton made together before Buster moved on to a comedy series of his own and Arbuckle starred in feature tilms tor Paramount.

Follow along as I work my way through Keaton's short comedies, with a new review every day through Silent Movie Day on September 29!

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The Garage (1919)—Buster Keaton's Silent Shorts (14/33)
THE HAYSEED sends the Comique gang into small-town life for another round of romance, crime and increasingly elaborate slapstick as we draw near to the end of Buster’s time with Arbuckle.

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THE HAYSEED (1919)—Buster Keaton's Silent Shorts (13/33)
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    I love seeing all the adds on the trams. Wonder what exactly Dean Chemist’s promise of “Teeth Carefully Extracted” actually looked like in 1905.
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    The final chase has plenty of action, but the buildup to get there is dreadfully slow, with the title cards required to do way too […]
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    Definitely an amateur production that’s oldly paced.
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    Watched on Sunday October 4, 2026.
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