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F.W. Murnau's Faust - Public Domain Review (opens publicdomainreview.org in a new tab)

Analysis of the film's technical innovation and artistic achievement.

Public Domain Review

On Faust

Faust (1926) - A landscape of nightmares (opens rogerebert.com in a new tab)

Critical analysis of Murnau's visual mastery and expressionist horror aesthetics.

Roger Ebert

On Faust

Flesh and the Devil - UCLA Library (opens library.ucla.edu in a new tab)

Library exhibition notes on the film's artistic and romantic elements.

UCLA Library

On Flesh and the Devil

ithankyou: The Lillian Gish method… La Bohème (1926) (opens ithankyouarthur.blogspot.com in a new tab)

Analysis of Gish's transformative acting technique and the film's emotional power.

ithankyou

On La Bohème

Thoughts On: Menilmontant (1926) (opens silentology.wordpress.com in a new tab)

Essay on the film's French Impressionist approach to visual cinema.

Silent-ology

On Ménilmontant

Menilmontant – 1926, Dimitri Kirsanov (opens wondersinthedark.wordpress.com in a new tab)

Critical appreciation of Kirsanov's avant-garde masterpiece.

Wonders in the Dark

On Ménilmontant

The Squaw Man | film by DeMille [1914] (opens britannica.com in a new tab)

Encyclopedia entry detailing the historical significance of the first feature-length film shot in Hollywood.

Britannica

On The Squaw Man

Sir Arne's Treasure (1919) film review (opens silentfilm.org in a new tab)

Analysis of Mauritz Stiller's use of landscape and nature in this Swedish crime-drama masterpiece.

Silent Film

On Sir Arne's Treasure

7th Heaven (1927) and Street Angel (1928): two silent films by Frank Borzage — World Socialist Web Site (opens wsws.org in a new tab)

Critical analysis of Borzage's romantic aesthetic and sentimentality.

On 7th Heaven

A Phenomenal Film of Foibles: On F.W. Murnau's Tartuffe (opens trettleman.medium.com in a new tab)

Essay on Murnau's comedic adaptation and chamber drama approach.

Medium

On Tartuffe

The Bat (1926) (opens undercrankproductions.com in a new tab)

Analysis of West's visual style and the film's gothic atmosphere.

Undercrank Productions

On The Bat

The Bat (1926) (opens ink19.com in a new tab)

Review of West's old dark house mystery and visual storytelling.

Ink 19

On The Bat

The Black Pirate (opens rottentomatoes.com in a new tab)

Critical consensus on the film's enduring appeal and technical achievement.

Rotten Tomatoes

On The Black Pirate

Lotte Reiniger and The Adventures of Prince Achmed (opens mediamajlis.northwestern.edu in a new tab)

Academic analysis of Reiniger's pioneering silhouette animation technique.

Media Majlis (Northwestern University)

On The Adventures of Prince Achmed

The Symmetry of Buster Keaton's The General (opens trettleman.medium.com in a new tab)

Analysis of the film's compositional balance and artistic design.

Medium

On The General

The Holy Mountain (1926) Review (opens videolibrarian.com in a new tab)

Review of Fanck's mountain film and Riefenstahl's film debut.

Video Librarian

On The Holy Mountain

ithankyou: Mountains of the mind… The Holy Mountain (1926) (opens ithankyouarthur.blogspot.com in a new tab)

Analysis of the film's visual spectacle and dramatic romance.

ithankyou

On The Holy Mountain

Rex Ingram's The Magician (opens johncoulthart.com in a new tab)

Essay on Ingram's visual artistry and adaptation of Maugham's occult narrative.

John Coulthart

On The Magician

From the Film Registry: The Son of the Sheik (1926) — Library of Congress Now See Hear! (opens blogs.loc.gov in a new tab)

Library of Congress essay on Valentino's final film and its preservation.

On The Son of the Sheik

The Son of the Sheik (opens britannica.com in a new tab)

Encyclopedia entry on Valentino's dual role and legacy.

Britannica

On The Son of the Sheik

The First Animated Feature Film: The Adventures of Prince Achmed (opens openculture.com in a new tab)

Essay on Reiniger's groundbreaking contribution to animation cinema.

Open Culture

On The Adventures of Prince Achmed

Beyond the Law of the Father: The Alien Resistance of Harry Langdon (opens lorenzotremarelli.substack.com in a new tab)

Psychoanalytic analysis of Langdon's unique comic persona in Capra's film.

Lorenzo Tremarelli

On The Strong Man

Film essay for The Strong Man — Library of Congress National Film Preservation Board (opens loc.gov in a new tab)

Scholarly essay on Capra's directorial debut and Langdon's comic genius.

On The Strong Man

7th Heaven (1927) - Frank Borzage - film review and synopsis (opens frenchfilms.org in a new tab)

Review of Borzage's romantic drama and Academy Award-winning achievement.

French Films

On 7th Heaven