Year |
Film |
Director |
Cast |
Notes |
Ref
|
1920 |
Abend – Nacht – Morgen (
Evening – Night – Morning) |
F. W. Murnau |
Gertrude Welcker, Bruno Ziener,
Conrad Veidt |
|
[1]
[2]
|
The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss |
Henry Edwards |
Henry Edwards,
Chrissie White |
On the
BFI "
75 Most Wanted" lost film list. The last copy is thought to have been destroyed in a bonfire during
World War II by Edwards and White as storing it posed a fire hazard. |
[3]
[4]
|
Anna the Adventuress |
Cecil M. Hepworth |
Alma Taylor |
Taylor plays identical twins. |
[5]
|
Bonnie May |
Ida May Park,
Joseph De Grasse |
Bessie Love |
|
[6]
|
Bride 13 |
Richard Stanton |
Marguerite Clayton,
John B. O'Brien |
A 15-part serial. |
[7]
|
The Brute |
Oscar Micheaux |
Evelyn Preer |
|
[8]
|
Der Bucklige und die Tänzerin (
The Hunchback and the Dancer) |
F. W. Murnau |
Sascha Gura,
John Gottowt |
|
[9]
[10]
|
The Devil's Pass Key |
Erich von Stroheim |
Leo White,
Mae Busch |
Negative depiction of Americans led some to suggest Stroheim be deported from the United States. |
[11]
|
The Dragon's Net |
Henry MacRae |
Marie Walcamp, Harland Tucker |
An adventure serial with 12 episodes. |
[12]
|
Fantômas |
Edward Sedgwick |
Edward Roseman,
Edna Murphy |
A 20-chapter American serial. |
[13]
|
The Fatal Sign |
Stuart Paton |
Claire Anderson,
Harry Carter |
A serial with 14 episodes. |
[14]
|
The Flaming Disc |
Robert F. Hill |
Elmo Lincoln,
Louise Lorraine |
An 18-part serial. |
[15]
|
The Girl in Number 29 |
John Ford |
Frank Mayo |
|
[16]
|
Hitchin' Posts |
John Ford |
Frank Mayo |
|
[17]
|
The Invisible Ray |
Harry A. Pollard |
Ruth Clifford, Jack Sherrill |
A 15-part serial. |
[18]
|
Der Januskopf (
The Head of Janus) |
F. W. Murnau |
Conrad Veidt,
Magnus Stifter,
Margarete Schlegel |
An adaptation of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. |
[19]
[20]
|
King of the Circus |
J. P. McGowan |
Eddie Polo, Corrine Porter |
An 18-part serial. |
[21]
|
The $1,000,000 Reward |
George Lessey |
Coit Albertson |
A 15-episode serial. |
[22]
|
Il mostro di Frankenstein |
Eugenio Testa |
Luciano Albertini,
Umberto Guarracino |
The third film based upon the novel of
Frankenstein and probably the first ever Italian
horror/
science fiction film. Severely cut by censorship board before theatrical release. |
[23]
[24]
|
The Paliser Case |
William Parke |
Pauline Frederick |
|
[25]
|
Passion's Playground |
J. A. Barry |
Katherine MacDonald,
Norman Kerry, Nell Craig |
|
[26]
|
Pegeen |
David Smith |
Bessie Love |
|
[27]
|
Pirate Gold |
George B. Seitz |
Marguerite Courtot, George B. Seitz |
A ten-part serial. |
[28]
|
The Prince of Avenue A |
John Ford |
James J. Corbett,
Richard Cummings |
|
[29]
|
Remodeling Her Husband |
Lillian Gish |
Dorothy Gish,
James Rennie |
The only movie Lillian Gish directed. |
[30]
|
Romance |
Chester Withey |
Doris Keane,
Basil Sydney |
|
The Screaming Shadow |
Ben F. Wilson,
Duke Worne |
Ben F. Wilson,
Neva Gerber |
A serial of 15 episodes. |
[31]
|
The Shadow of Lightning Ridge |
Wilfred Lucas |
Snowy Baker,
Agnes Vernon |
|
[32]
|
A Slave of Vanity |
Henry Otto |
Pauline Frederick |
|
[33]
|
A Son of David |
Hay Plumb |
Poppy Wyndham,
Ronald Colman,
Arthur Walcott |
|
[34]
|
Thunderbolt Jack |
Francis Ford,
Murdock MacQuarrie |
Jack Hoxie,
Marin Sais |
A ten-part serial. |
[35]
|
Trailed by Three |
Perry N. Vekroff |
Stuart Holmes, Frankie Mann |
A 15-part serial. |
[36]
|
Treasure Island |
Maurice Tourneur |
Shirley Mason,
Charles Ogle,
Lon Chaney |
A lavish production of the Stevenson novel, reportedly with some color sequences. |
[37]
|
The Vanishing Dagger |
Edward A. Kull, John F. Magowan,
Eddie Polo |
Eddie Polo, Thelma Percy |
An 18-part serial. |
[38]
|
Vanishing Trails |
Leon De La Mothe |
Franklyn Farnum,
Mary Anderson |
A serial with 15 episodes |
[39]
|
Wuthering Heights |
A.V. Bramble |
Milton Rosmer, Colette Brettel,
Warwick Ward |
The first film adaptation of
Wuthering Heights. |
[40]
|
1921 |
Action |
John Ford |
Hoot Gibson |
|
[41]
|
The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick |
Thomas Bentley |
Frederick Volpe,
Mary Brough,
Bransby Williams |
One of the
BFI 75 Most Wanted. |
[42]
|
Appearances |
Donald Crisp |
David Powell |
|
[43]
|
The Avenging Arrow |
William Bowman,
W. S. Van Dyke |
John Big Tree |
|
[44]
|
Bits of Life |
Marshall Neilan |
Lon Chaney,
Noah Beery, Sr.,
Anna May Wong |
The first anthology film. |
[45]
|
The Blue Mountains Mystery |
Raymond Longford,
Lottie Lyell |
Marjorie Osborne,
John Faulkner |
|
[46]
|
Dangerous Lies |
Paul Powell |
David Powell |
Alfred Hitchcock is credited as a
title designer. |
[47]
|
Desperate Trails |
John Ford |
Harry Carey |
|
[48]
|
Do or Die |
J. P. McGowan |
Eddie Polo, Magda Lane |
An 18-episode serial. |
[49]
|
Experience |
George Fitzmaurice |
Richard Barthelmess,
Lilyan Tashman,
Marjorie Daw |
Allegory in which all the characters are named for a human
Certainty or
Approximation. |
[50]
|
Forever |
George Fitzmaurice |
Elsie Ferguson,
Wallace Reid |
Film version of
George du Maurier play
Peter Ibbetson. |
[51]
|
The Freeze-Out |
John Ford |
Harry Carey |
|
[52]
|
The Great Reward |
Francis Ford |
Francis Ford,
Ella Hall |
A 15-episode serial. |
[53]
|
The Gunsaulus Mystery |
Oscar Micheaux |
Evelyn Preer |
Inspired by the 1913 murder of
Mary Phagan. |
[54]
|
The Honor of Rameriz |
Robert North Bradbury |
Tom Santschi,
Bessie Love,
Ruth Stonehouse |
|
|
Humor Risk |
Richard Smith |
Marx Brothers |
The first Marx Brothers film. This short two-reeler is not believed to have been shown more than once theatrically, if at all. |
[55]
[56]
|
Hurricane Hutch |
George B. Seitz |
Charles Hutchison |
A 15-episode serial. |
[57]
|
The Jackeroo of Coolabong |
Wilfred Lucas |
Snowy Baker, Kathleen Key |
|
[58]
|
Jackie |
John Ford |
Shirley Mason,
William Scott |
|
[59]
|
Know Thy Child |
Franklyn Barrett |
Roland Conway, Nada Conrade,
Lotus Thompson |
Thompson's film debut came in this Australian production. |
[60]
[61]
|
Ladies Must Live |
George Loane Tucker |
Betty Compson,
Mahlon Hamilton,
Leatrice Joy,
John Gilbert |
|
[62]
|
The Lotus Eater |
Marshall Neilan |
John Barrymore,
Colleen Moore |
Tropical scenes filmed partly on
Catalina Island, and in Florida. |
[63]
|
The Narrow Valley |
Cecil Hepworth |
Alma Taylor,
George Dewhurst,
James Carew |
On the
BFI 75 Most Wanted list. |
[64]
|
The Offenders |
Fenwicke L. Holmes |
Margery Wilson,
Percy Helton |
|
[65]
|
Penny of Top Hill Trail |
Arthur Berthelet |
Bessie Love |
|
[66]
|
Rudd's New Selection |
Raymond Longford |
J. P. O'Neill,
Tal Ordell,
Lottie Lyell |
|
[67]
|
The Secret Four |
Albert Russell,
Perry N. Vekroff |
Eddie Polo, Kathleen Myers |
A 15-episode serial. |
[68]
|
Sehnsucht (
Desire) |
F. W. Murnau |
Conrad Veidt |
|
[69]
[70]
|
Sentimental Tommy |
John S. Robertson |
Gareth Hughes |
One of the biggest Paramount hits of 1921. |
[71]
|
The Sky Ranger |
George B. Seitz |
George B. Seitz,
June Caprice |
A serial with 15 episodes. |
[72]
|
The Spirit of the Lake |
Robert North Bradbury |
Tom Santschi,
Bessie Love,
Ruth Stonehouse |
|
|
Terror Trail |
Edward A. Kull |
Eileen Sedgwick,
George Larkin |
An 18-part serial. |
[73]
|
Uncharted Seas |
Wesley Ruggles |
Alice Lake,
Carl Gerard,
Rudolph Valentino |
|
[74]
|
The Wallop |
John Ford |
Harry Carey |
|
[75]
|
Winners of the West |
Edward Laemmle |
Art Acord Myrtle Lind |
A serial in 18 parts. |
[76]
|
1922 |
The Beautiful and Damned |
William A. Seiter |
Kenneth Harlan,
Marie Prevost |
F. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel, adapted and produced by Warner Bros. Six lobby cards are extant. |
[77]
|
Brawn of the North |
Laurence Trimble,
Jane Murfin |
Irene Rich,
Strongheart (a dog) |
|
[78]
|
A Blind Bargain |
Wallace Worsley |
Lon Chaney |
Negative destroyed by MGM in 1931. Last surviving print lost in 1965 MGM vault fire. |
[79]
|
Clarence |
William C. deMille |
Wallace Reid
Adolphe Menjou |
|
[80]
|
Forget Me Not |
W. S. Van Dyke |
Bessie Love,
Gareth Hughes |
|
[81]
|
In the Days of Buffalo Bill |
Edward Laemmle |
Art Acord,
Duke R. Lee |
An 18-episode Western serial. |
[82]
|
Little Miss Smiles |
John Ford |
Shirley Mason,
Gaston Glass |
|
[83]
|
Nan of the North |
Duke Worne |
Ann Little,
Tom London |
A 15-episode serial. |
[84]
|
One Glorious Day |
James Cruze |
Will Rogers |
Possibility of a nitrate print surviving in a European film archive. |
[85]
|
Perils of the Yukon |
Jay Marchant,
J. P. McGowan,
Perry N. Vekroff |
William Desmond,
Laura La Plante |
A serial with 15 chapters. |
[86]
|
The Power of Love |
Henry MacRae |
Elliot Sparling,
Barbara Bedford,
Noah Beery,
Aileen Manning,
Albert Prisco,
John Herdman |
The first feature length
3D film is lost. The fate of the 1923 2D version, titled Forbidden Lover, is unknown. |
[87]
[88]
|
Quincy Adams Sawyer |
Clarence G. Badger |
John Bowers,
Blanche Sweet,
Lon Chaney,
Barbara La Marr |
|
[89]
|
A Rough Passage |
Franklyn Barrett |
Stella Southern,
Hayford Hobbs |
|
[90]
|
Silver Wings |
Edwin Carewe,
John Ford |
Mary Carr, Lynn Hammond |
|
[91]
|
Trifling Women |
Rex Ingram |
Barbara La Marr,
Ramón Novarro |
|
[92]
|
The Vermilion Pencil |
Norman Dawn |
Sessue Hayakawa,
Ann May,
Bessie Love,
Sidney Franklin |
|
[93]
|
The Virgin of the Seminole |
Oscar Micheaux |
|
|
[94]
|
The Wise Kid |
Tod Browning |
Gladys Walton,
David Butler |
|
[95]
|
With Stanley in Africa |
William James Craft,
Edward A. Kull |
George Walsh,
Louise Lorraine |
An 18-chapter serial. |
[96]
|
The Young Diana |
Robert G. Vignola |
Marion Davies,
Forrest Stanley |
|
|
1923 |
Around the World in Eighteen Days |
B. Reeves Eason,
Robert F. Hill |
William Desmond,
Laura La Plante |
A 12-part serial. |
[97]
|
Die Austreibung (
The Expulsion) |
F. W. Murnau |
Carl Goetz |
|
[98]
[99]
|
The Blue Lagoon
|
William Weston Bowden,
Dick Cruikshanks
|
Molly Adair,
Arthur Pusey, Dick Cruikshanks
|
Shot on the coast of Mozambique. The first adaptation of
Henry De Vere Stacpoole's
novel.
|
[100]
|
The Courtship of Miles Standish |
Frederick Sullivan |
Charles Ray |
Production bankrupted actor Charles Ray and nearly ended his movie career. A full size replica of the
Mayflower was built for this film. |
[101]
|
The Daring Years |
Kenneth Webb |
Mildred Harris,
Charles Emmett Mack,
Clara Bow |
|
[102]
|
Drakula halála (
Dracula's Death or The Death of Dracula)
|
Károly Lajthay
|
Paul Askonas,
Lene Myl
|
The first or second filmed version of the
Dracula story to enter production (the existence of a 1920 Soviet film titled
Drakula is in doubt), this Hungarian movie's production preceded
Nosferatu by over a year, though its earliest confirmed screenings weren't until 1923.
|
[103]
[104]
|
The Eternal City |
George Fitzmaurice |
Lionel Barrymore,
Barbara La Marr,
Bert Lytell |
Partly shot in Rome. |
[105]
|
The Eternal Three |
Marshall Neilan,
Frank Urson |
Hobart Bosworth,
Claire Windsor,
Bessie Love |
Though the film is lost, a short production scene including Neilan, Bosworth, Windsor, and
Raymond Griffith appears in
Souls for Sale, another 1923 film featuring numerous Hollywood cameos and supposed "behind the scenes"-style filmmaking sequences. |
[106]
|
The Face on the Bar-Room Floor |
John Ford |
Henry B. Walthall,
Ruth Clifford |
|
[107]
|
The Fighting Skipper |
Francis Ford |
Peggy O'Day,
Jack Perrin |
A 15-part adventure serial. |
[108]
|
Gentle Julia |
Rowland V. Lee |
Bessie Love |
|
[109]
|
The Ghost City |
Jay Marchant |
Pete Morrison |
|
[110]
|
The Ghost Patrol |
Nat Ross |
Ralph Graves,
Bessie Love |
|
[111]
|
Hollywood |
James Cruze |
|
Dozens of cameos of silent film stars playing themselves, including
Mary Pickford,
Douglas Fairbanks,
Gloria Swanson,
Will Rogers,
Mary Astor,
Cecil B. DeMille and
Charlie Chaplin. |
[112]
|
Hoodman Blind |
John Ford |
David Butler,
Gladys Hulette |
|
[113]
|
Human Wreckage |
John Griffith Wray |
Dorothy Davenport,
Bessie Love |
Early portrayal of drug addiction (then a taboo subject), based on actor
Wallace Reid, Davenport's husband. |
[114]
|
Lily of the Alley |
Henry Edwards |
Henry Edwards,
Chrissie White |
On the
BFI 75 Most Wanted missing films. |
[115]
|
The Oregon Trail |
Edward Laemmle |
Art Acord,
Louise Lorraine |
A Western serial in 18 episodes. |
[116]
|
Paddy the Next Best Thing |
Graham Cutts |
Mae Marsh, Darby Foster, Lilian Douglas |
|
[117]
|
Paganini |
Heinz Goldberg |
Conrad Veidt,
Greta Schröder |
|
[118]
|
The Phantom Fortune |
Robert F. Hill |
William Desmond,
Esther Ralston |
A 12-episode serial. |
[119]
|
The Purple Dawn |
Charles R. Seeling |
Bessie Love,
Bert Sprotte, William E. Aldrich |
|
[120]
|
Ruth of the Range |
Ernest C. Warde |
Ruth Roland,
Bruce Gordon,
Lorimer Johnston |
A serial comprising 15 episodes. |
[121]
|
The Santa Fe Trail |
Ashton Dearholt,
Robert Dillon |
Jack Perrin,
Neva Gerber |
|
[122]
|
St. Elmo |
Jerome Storm |
John Gilbert,
Barbara La Marr,
Bessie Love |
|
[123]
|
The Social Buccaneer |
Robert F. Hill |
Jack Mulhall,
Margaret Livingston |
A serial consisting of ten episodes. |
[124]
|
Three Jumps Ahead |
John Ford |
Tom Mix,
Alma Bennett |
|
[125]
|
Three Who Paid |
Colin Campbell |
Dustin Farnum,
Bessie Love,
Frank Campeau |
|
[126]
|
Vanity Fair |
Hugo Ballin |
Mabel Ballin |
Produced by
Samuel Goldwyn with
Prizmacolor sequence. |
[127]
|
La voyante (The Clairvoyant) |
Leon Abrams,
Louis Mercanton |
Sarah Bernhardt,
Georges Melchior,
Harry Baur |
This was Bernhardt's last performance, and was made while she was mortally ill. The
Cinémathèque Française is rumored to have a print. |
[128]
|
Where the Pavement Ends |
Rex Ingram |
Ramón Novarro,
Alice Terry |
Filmed in Florida and Cuba. |
[129]
|
Woman to Woman |
Graham Cutts |
Betty Compson |
The assistant director was
Alfred Hitchcock. |
[130]
|
The World's Applause |
William C. deMille |
Bebe Daniels |
|
[131]
|
1924 |
The Alaskan |
Herbert Brenon |
Thomas Meighan,
Estelle Taylor |
An early role for
Anna May Wong. |
[132]
|
Babbitt |
Harry Beaumont |
Willard Louis,
Mary Alden,
Carmel Myers |
First film adaptation of Sinclair Lewis novel. |
[133]
|
The City of Beautiful Nonsense |
Henry Edwards |
Henry Edwards, Chrissie White,
James Lindsay |
The last copy is thought to have been destroyed in a bonfire during
World War II by Edwards and White as storing it posed a fire hazard. |
[4]
|
The Dangerous Flirt |
Tod Browning |
Evelyn Brent,
Edward Earle |
|
[134]
|
Dynamite Smith |
Ralph Ince |
Charles Ray,
Bessie Love,
Wallace Beery |
|
[135]
|
Feet of Clay |
Cecil B. DeMille |
Rod La Rocque,
Vera Reynolds,
Julia Faye,
Ricardo Cortez,
William Boyd |
This is one of astute preservationist DeMille's rare lost films. |
[136]
|
The Fortieth Door |
George B. Seitz |
Allene Ray,
Bruce Gordon |
A serial with ten episodes. |
[137]
|
Galloping Hoofs |
George B. Seitz |
Allene Ray, Johnnie Walker |
A ten-part Western serial. |
[138]
|
The Girl in the Limousine |
Larry Semon,
Noel M. Smith |
Oliver Hardy |
|
[139]
|
Gräfin Donelli |
Georg Wilhelm Pabst |
Paul Hansen,
Henny Porten |
|
[140]
|
Hearts of Oak |
John Ford |
Hobart Bosworth,
Pauline Starke |
|
[141]
|
Into the Net |
George B. Seitz |
Edna Murphy,
Jack Mulhall |
A serial with ten episodes. |
[142]
|
Joe |
Beaumont Smith |
Arthur Tauchert,
Marie Lorraine |
Lorraine's film debut. |
[143]
|
The Treasure of Atahualpa (El tesoro de
Atahualpa) |
Augusto San Miguel |
Augusto San Miguel,
Evelina Orellana, Anita Cortés, Julieta Stanford |
First
Ecuadorian feature film. |
[144]
|
Leatherstocking |
George B. Seitz |
Edna Murphy, Harold Miller |
A ten-part serial. |
[145]
|
Married Flirts |
Robert Vignola |
Pauline Frederick,
Mae Busch,
Conrad Nagel |
|
[146]
|
Merton of the Movies |
James Cruze |
Glenn Hunter,
Viola Dana |
Named by the New York Times as one of the ten best films of 1924. |
[147]
|
Miami |
Alan Crosland |
Betty Compson,
Hedda Hopper |
|
[148]
|
Miss Suwanna of Siam |
Henry MacRae |
Sa-ngiam Navisthira, Yom Mongkolnat, Mongkol Sumonnat |
Some promotional materials and other ephemera are held by the Thailand National Film Archive. |
[149]
|
My Husband's Wives |
Maurice Elvey |
Shirley Mason |
|
[150]
|
Pokhozdeniya Oktyabriny (
The Adventures of Oktyabrina) |
Grigori Kozintsev,
Leonid Trauberg |
Zinaida Torkhovskaya, Yevgeni Kumeiko |
A Soviet film believed to have been lost in a 1925 fire. |
[151]
|
Reveille |
George Pearson |
Betty Balfour |
On the
BFI 75 Most Wanted list. |
[152]
|
The Silent Watcher |
Frank Lloyd |
Glenn Hunter,
Bessie Love |
|
[153]
|
The Snob |
Monta Bell |
John Gilbert,
Norma Shearer,
Conrad Nagel |
|
[154]
|
So Big |
Charles Brabin |
Colleen Moore |
|
[155]
|
A Son of Satan |
Oscar Micheaux |
Andrew Bishop,
Lawrence Chenault,
Shingzie Howard,
Edna Morton |
Ran into distribution problems when state censorship boards rejected the film based on its contents. |
[156]
|
Sundown |
Laurence Trimble,
Harry O. Hoyt |
Bessie Love |
|
[157]
|
Ten Scars Make a Man |
William Parke |
Allene Ray,
Jack Mower |
A ten-part serial. |
[158]
|
Tess of the d'Urbervilles |
Marshall Neilan |
Blanche Sweet,
Conrad Nagel,
Stuart Holmes |
|
[159]
|
Those Who Dance |
Lambert Hillyer |
Blanche Sweet,
Bessie Love,
Warner Baxter |
|
[160]
|
Tongues of Flame |
Joseph Henabery |
Thomas Meighan,
Bessie Love |
|
[161]
|
Torment |
Maurice Tourneur |
Bessie Love,
Owen Moore,
Jean Hersholt |
|
[162]
|
Trouble Brewing |
James D. Davis,
Larry Semon |
Larry Semon,
Carmelita Geraghty,
Oliver Hardy |
|
[163]
|
Wanderer of the Wasteland |
Irvin Willat |
Jack Holt,
Noah Beery,
Billie Dove |
First western filmed in
Technicolor. |
[164]
|
The Way of a Man |
George B. Seitz |
Allene Ray, Harold Miller |
A serial composed of ten episodes. |
[165]
|
White Man |
Louis J. Gasnier |
Alice Joyce,
Kenneth Harlan,
Walter Long (actor) |
Clark Gable made his first film appearance in a minor role in this jungle adventure. |
[166]
|
Who Is the Man? |
Walter Summers |
John Gielgud,
Isobel Elsom |
Gielgud's screen debut. On the
BFI 75 Most Wanted list. |
[167]
|
Wine |
Louis J. Gasnier |
Clara Bow,
Robert Agnew,
Walter Long |
Clara Bow's first starring role. |
[168]
|
The Wolf Man |
Edmund Mortimer |
John Gilbert,
Norma Shearer |
|
[169]
|
Wolves of the North |
William Duncan |
William Duncan,
Edith Johnson |
A ten-chapter serial. |
[170]
|
The Woman on the Jury |
Harry Hoyt |
Sylvia Breamer,
Bessie Love |
|
[171]
|
The World of Wonderful Reality |
Henry Edwards |
Henry Edwards, Chrissie White, James Lindsay,
Henry Vibart |
Last copy is thought to have been destroyed in a bonfire during
World War II by Edwards and White as storing it posed a fire hazard. |
[4]
|