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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

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