Silent Films-Your favourite

[mushcool]

I know this will probably appeal to real film buRAB, but what was your favourite silent.

Mine was: Phantom of the Opera (1925)

 

[Softball Luva!]

Silent movie directed by mel brooks!

 

[Lauren]

I don't think that counts. Try again.

 

[Public]

The Plank

 

[~Duhh Random~]

Limelight

 

[Who wants to know?]

I presume you are referring to the 1952 Chaplin version. That was a silent.

Silent films virtually finished in 1928.

Greed (1925) was pretty good

 

[emmaloubeeee]

OH!! OH!! OH!! please, please, please....The WInd 1925.Starring Lillian Gish...And The Kid..Chaplin at his very very best..sez me.I'm a projectionist of the old school.

 

[Over The Line!!]

Metropolis. Still one of the best European films ever made.

 

[mybogo100]

Very good..... I think the version with all the Queen/Georgio Moroder music is fantastic

 

[Ronaldo_Utd]

Hang on a mo' Limelight was a talkie..the last silent chaplin made& as the little tramp etc was City Lights 1936(ish)

 

[Tiffany]

The Railrodder

 

[Connie Sue]

Buster Keaton at his very best...What more can a man say!!!

 

[xXxAnonymousxXx]

Sorry to be pickie Ian but is the version you like with or wiyhout the Technicolor sequence..(go on tell me I'm a smart A**e)

 

[Julio Batista]

Dear Radio Ruderham.

Regarding the Phantom of the Opera (1925), I don't think it had a technicolour sequence, but it was still a silent.

Limelight (1952) was of course a silent (my typo mistake ).

You obviously know your stuff.

What about Waxworks (1924)

Best regarRAB

Ian

 

[tran]

Yo! Ian
Phantom 1925 Technicolor sequence=red and green only, same as in Ben Hur 1925 It's not bad but the sky is a funny colour if you know what I mean..Don't know waxworks... Limelight 1952 had dialogue..sorry. Story about a failling comic in vaudeville..it was on ClassicsTV a couple of months ago saw most of it..Chaplin...THE BEST..Oh! and call me geoff..TCHUSS!

 

[Hannahzzx]

Too true! An absolute classic. They've just remastered this movie again, but this time with the original film score. Pity they couldn't do a double disc release with the Moroder stuff as an optional soundtrack.

 

[SEVENEVES]

Indeed they have and it's brilliant

 

[Iucasy]

Indeed they have...What . the double CD or just the single release

 

[The Nobodies]

Mine is Pandora's Box, with the amazing Louise Brooks. Everything about that movie works, and she's my favourite actress anyway. Has a complete print of Gloria Swanson's Madame Sans-Gene ever come to light? I would love to see it...

 

[Lumberjack Jake]

I don't watch silents ... but one was on cable late on night. Me and my roommate watched for the novelty of it... then the infant on screen was supposed to be making baby noises or something. The screen said "gagagoolakdfebataildjgelnlaidjf " something like that. We laughed and laughed for a good while!