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The Last of the Mohicans

The Last of the Mohicans is a 1920 film version of James Fenimore Cooper's novel with the same name. It tells the story of two English girls, trying to reach the fort where their father is commander, suffering danger in the frontier of the American...

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Within Our Gates

Within Our Gates is a 1920 silent race film that dramatically depicts the racial situation in America during the violent years of Jim Crow, the Ku Klux Klan, the Great Migration, and the emergence of the "New Negro". The story focuses on an African...

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The Last of the Mohicans

The Last of the Mohicans is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in January 1826. It was one of the most popular English-language novels of its time. Its narrative flaws were criticized from the start, and its length and...

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The Head of Janus

The Head of Janus (ger. Der Januskopf) was a 1920 silent film directed by F. W. Murnau. This adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was one of the earliest to reach film. Released on September 17, 1920...

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Sehnsucht

Sehnsucht (German for "Longing") was a 1920 silent film directed by F. W. Murnau and starring Conrad Veidt. It tells the story of a male dancer who falls in love with a grand duchess, only to be arrested, and his subsequent attempt to find the...

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Way Down East

Way Down East (1920), a silent film directed by D.W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish, is the best known of four film adaptations of the melodramatic 19th century play Way Down East, written by Lottie Blair Parker. There were two earlier silent...

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Hamlet

Hamlet is a 1920 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play of the same name starring Danish silent film actor Asta Nielsen. In this interpretation, inspired by Dr. Edward P. Vining's book The Mystery of Hamlet, Hamlet is born female and...

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Nothing Else Matters

Nothing Else Matters is a 1920 British film, written by Hugh E. Wright, and directed by George Pearson. This was Mabel Poulton and Betty Balfour screen debut. A comedy/drama genre film, about the life of a British Music Hall comic.

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Algol

Algol: Tragedy of Power (German: Algol. Tragödie der Macht) is a 1920 German science fiction film about an alien from the planet Algol. The film was directed by Hans Werckmeister and stars Emil Jannings and John Gottowt. The story centers on a human...

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The Penalty

The Penalty is an American crime film, originally released 1920. It was directed by Wallace Worsley, and written by Philip Lonergan and Charles Kenyon, based upon the pulp novel by Gouverneur Morris. It starred Lon Chaney, Charles Clary, Doris Pawn,...

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Lone Hand Wilson

Lone Hand Wilson is a 1920 Western silent film. It stars Lester Cuneo in the title role. His romance with Madge Walker (Grace Gordon) is complicated when he is falsely accused of murdering her father (Phil Gastrock). Other actors include Annette...

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The Man From Snowy River

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The Man from Snowy River

The Man from Snowy River is a 1920 film made in Australia. The film was silent and filmed in black and white, and was based on the Banjo Paterson poem of the same name. The producer and director of the film was Beaumont Smith, who also wrote the...

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Le Carnaval des vérités

Le Carnaval des vérités is a 1920 French silent film directed and written by Marcel L'Herbier.

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La Fête espagnole

La Fête espagnole is a 1920 French silent film directed by Germaine Dulac.

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Au-delà des lois humaines

Au-delà des lois humaines is a 1920 French silent film directed by Marcel Dumont and Gaston Roudès. The film was based on a novel by Daniel Jourda.

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Champi-Tortu

Champi-Tortu is a 1920 French silent film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli. The film was based on a novel by Gaston Chérau.

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Être aimé pour soi-même

Être aimé pour soi-même is a 1920 French silent film directed by Robert Péguy.

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De la coupe aux lèvres

De la coupe aux lèvres is a 1920 French silent film directed by Guy du Fresnay.

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Flipotte

Flipotte is a 1920 French silent film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli. It is based on a novel by Henry Kistemaekers

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Le Secret du Lone Star

Le Secret du Lone Star is a 1920 French silent film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli.

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L'Homme qui vendit son âme au diable

L'Homme qui vendit son âme au diable is a 1920 French silent film comedy directed by Pierre Caron.

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'If Only' Jim

'If Only' Jim is a 1920 western silent film starring Harry Carey. The film is based on Philip Verrill Mighel's 1904 story "Bruvver Jim's Baby". There is a villain (Charles Brinley), who's after Jim Golden's (Harry Carey) gold, and a nice...

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Le Menage Moderne Du Madame Butterfly

Le ménage moderne du Madame Butterfly is a bisexual, hardcore pornographic film from France. It is notable for being the earliest known adult film to incorporate bisexual and homosexual intercourse. Bernard Natan was a Romanian Jew who had produced,...

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Build Thy House

Build Thy House is a British silent film, directed by Fred Goodwins in 1920. It is noted for being the first film role of Claude Rains.

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The Woman in the Dolphin

The Woman in the Dolphin (original title Die Frau im Delphin) is a 1920 German film directed by Artur Kiekebusch-Brenken and featuring Béla Lugosi.

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The Curse of Man

The Curse of Man (German: Der Fluch der Menschheit) is a 1920 German film directed by Richard Eichberg and featuring Béla Lugosi.

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The Devil Worshippers

The Devil Worshippers (German: Die Teufelsanbeter) is a six-chapter 1920 silent German film directed by Marie Luise Droop and featuring Carl de Vogt in the title-role of Kara Ben Nemsi. Later horror-star Béla Lugosi is being seen in one of his first...

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The Deerslayer and Chingachgook

The Deerslayer and Chingachgook (original title Der Wildtöter und Chingachgook) is the feature-length first part of the two-part 1920 German adventure film Lederstrumpf (Leatherstocking), directed by Arthur Wellin and featuring Béla Lugosi. It is...

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My Best Girl

My Best Girl (1927) is a romantic comedy starring Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers, directed by Sam Taylor, and produced by Pickford. The movie is notable for co-starring Buddy Rogers, who would be Pickford's future husband. Charles Rosher received an...

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Pollyanna

Pollyanna is a 1920 melodrama/comedy starring Mary Pickford, directed by Paul Powell, and based upon an Eleanor H. Porter novel. It was Pickford's first motion picture for United Artists. It became a major success and would be regarded as one of...

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The Parson's Widow

The Parson's Widow (Swedish: Prästänkan) is a 1920 comedy drama film directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. The film is based on a story Prestekonen by Kristofer Janson. Söfren, a recent seminary graduate, and his fiancee Mari make their way on foot...

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The Doll

The Doll (German: Die Puppe) is a 1919 romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch . The film is loosely based on the same short story which inspired the ballet Coppélia.

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Nikyho velebné dobrodružství

Nikyho velebné dobrodružství is a 1920 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Evzen Nicolsen.

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Gilly poprvé v Praze

Gilly poprvé v Praze is a 1920 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Karel Lamač.

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Voorbeschikten

Voorbeschikten is a 1920 Dutch silent drama film directed by Tonny Stevens.

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Schakels

Schakels is a 1920 Dutch silent film directed by Maurits Binger and based on a play by Dutch playwright Herman Heijermans. The original movie and all copies are lost.

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Bijna een dubbele moord in Lutjebroek

Bijna een dubbele moord in Lutjebroek is a 1920 short Dutch silent film directed by Harry Waghalter.

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De Dood van Pierrot

De Dood van Pierrot is a 1920 Dutch silent film directed by []].

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Rogues and Romance

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The City of Masks

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Always Audacious

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You Never Can Tell

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The Soul of Youth

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Crooked Streets

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The Fourteenth Man

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Held by the Enemy

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A Cumberland Romance

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A Lady in Love

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Thou Art the Man

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Conrad in Quest of His Youth

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The Furnace

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Eyes of the Heart

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A City Sparrow

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The Dancin' Fool

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Excuse My Dust

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Mrs. Temple's Telegram

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Napoleon und die kleine Wäscherin

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Sizilianische Blutrache

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Die Fürstin Woronzoff

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  • 1920
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