Friday, July 1, 2011

Top Ten Friday: Silent Films

10. Das Kabinet des Dr Caligari (1920)

Directed by: Robert Wiene
Written by: Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer
Starring: Werner Krauss, Conrad Viedt, Friedrich Feher, and Lil Dagover
Cinematography by: Willy Hameister




9. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

Directed by: Rupert Julian
Written by: Elliott J. Clawson, Raymond L. Schrock, Bernard McConville, Jasper Spearing, Richard Wallace, Walter Anthony, Tom Reed, and Frank M. McCormick
Starring: Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, and Gibson Gowland
Cinematography by: Milton Bridenbecker, Virgil Miller, and Charles Van Enger



8. Modern Times (1936)

Directed by: Charles Chaplin
Written by: Charles Chaplin
Starring: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, and Stanley Sandford
Cinematography by: Ira H. Morgan and Roland Totheroh


7. Battleship Potemkin (1925)

Directed by: Sergei Eisenstein
Written by: Nina Agadzhanova, Nikolai Aseyev, Sergei Eisenstein, and Sergei Tretyakov
Starring: Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky, Grigori Aleksandrov, and Ivan Bobrov
Cinematography by: Eduard Tisse


6. The Gold Rush (1925)

Directed by: Charles Chaplin
Written by: Charles Chaplin
Starring: Charles Chaplin, Georgia Hale, Mack Swain, and Tom Murray
Cinematography by: Roland Totheroh


5. The General (1926)

Directed by: Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton
Written by: Al Boasberg, Clyde Bruckman, and Buster Keaton
Starring: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, and Jim Farley
Cinematography: Bert Haines and Devereaux Jennings


4. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)

Directed by: F.W. Murnau
Written by: Carl Mayer
Starring: George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, and Bodil Rosing
Cinematography by: Charles Rosher and Karl Struss


3. Metropolis (1927)

Directed by: Fritz Lang
Written by: Thea von Harbou
Starring: Alfred Abel, Bridgitte Helm, Gustav Froehlich, and Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Cinematography by: Karl Freund, Guenther Rittau, and Walter Ruttmann


2. Nosferatu; eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)

Directed by: F.W. Murnau
Written by: Henrik Galeen
Starring: Gustav van Wagenheim, Greta Schroeder, Alexander Granach, and Max Schreck
Cinematography by: Fritz Arno Wagner and Guenther Krampf


1. City Lights (1931)

Directed by: Charles Chaplin
Written by: Charles Chaplin
Starring: Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee, and Harry Myers
Cinematography by: Roland Totheroh and Gordon Pollock


 

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