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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

7th Heaven (opens britannica.com in a new tab)

Encyclopedia entry on the first Academy Award winners.

Britannica

On 7th Heaven

A Film Rumination: Bed and Sofa, Abram Room (1927) — Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations (opens sciencefictionruminations.com in a new tab)

Analysis of the film's daring treatment of romantic and sexual relationships.

On Bed and Sofa

Russia in Classic Film Blogathon: BED AND SOFA (1927) (opens nowvoyaging.wordpress.com in a new tab)

Essay on Room's groundbreaking Soviet drama and social commentary.

Now Voyaging

On Bed and Sofa

An Appreciation of Bed and Sofa (1927) by David Robinson (opens brentonfilm.com in a new tab)

Critical appreciation of the film's psychological depth and visual innovation.

Brenton Film

On Bed and Sofa

The Elephant in the Film (opens meanjin.com.au in a new tab)

Essay examining the film's relationship to nature and survival.

Meanjin

On Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness

College (1927) (opens rottentomatoes.com in a new tab)

Critical reviews and analysis of Keaton's satire on university sports culture.

Rotten Tomatoes

On College

Beginner's Guide to Alfred Hitchcock: Downhill (1927) (opens talkfilmsociety.com in a new tab)

Guide to Hitchcock's early exploration of moral degradation and control.

Talk Film Society

On Downhill

Alfred Hitchcock's Downhill (1927) (opens interwarlondon.com in a new tab)

Analysis of the film's visual metaphors and London locations.

Interwar London

On Downhill

Antti Alanen: Film Diary: Duck Soup (Laurel & Hardy 1927) (opens anttialanenfilmdiary.blogspot.com in a new tab)

Analysis of the film's restoration and slapstick comedy.

Antti Alanen Film Diary

On Duck Soup

Hotel Imperial (opens greatwarfilms.com in a new tab)

Analysis of the film's wartime setting and romantic tension.

Great War Films

On Hotel Imperial

'It' (1927) and The It Girl, Clara Bow (opens brightwalldarkroom.com in a new tab)

Essay on Clara Bow's performance and the concept of 'it' in silent cinema.

Bright Wall/Dark Room

On It

Long Pants (1927) directed by Frank Capra — Public Domain Movies (opens pdmovies.substack.com in a new tab)

Essay on Harry Langdon's dark turn in Capra's direction.

On Long Pants

LONG PANTS (1927) (opens 366weirdmovies.com in a new tab)

Review of Langdon's comedy and Capra's directorial approach.

366 Weird Movies

On Long Pants

Metropolis | BFI — British Film Institute (opens bfi.org.uk in a new tab)

BFI's comprehensive guide to Fritz Lang's dystopian masterpiece.

On Metropolis

The Architecture of the Apocalypse: Fritz Lang's 1927 Metropolis Film Review (opens cjv306.medium.com in a new tab)

Analysis of visual design and social commentary in Lang's science fiction epic.

Medium

On Metropolis

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans | BFI — British Film Institute (opens bfi.org.uk in a new tab)

BFI analysis of the film's expressionist style and romantic narrative.

On Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

The Cat and the Canary (1927) - Eureka - Blueprint: Review (opens blueprintreview.co.uk in a new tab)

Critical analysis of Leni's visual style and influence on horror cinema.

Blueprint Review

On The Cat and the Canary

European Revolution on Film: Pudovkin's The End of St. Petersburg (opens europenowjournal.org in a new tab)

Comparative analysis of Pudovkin's film and European revolutionary cinema.

Europe Now Journal

On The End of St. Petersburg