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Seven ChancesSeven Chances (1925) Aro Favourite
Dir. Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Feat. Buster Keaton
Another of Buster Keaton's masterpieces is this romantic comedy in which he plays a man who is offered a seven million dollar fortune if he marries…
VarietyVariety (1925) Aro Favourite
Dir. E.A. Dupont
Feat. Emil Jannings, Lya de Putti
A cautionary fable of romantic treachery set in the since–vanished vaudeville world, lent depth through its sophisticated visual style. Emil…
Aelita: Queen of MarsAelita: Queen of Mars (1924)
Dir. Yakov Protazanov
Feat. Nikolai Tseretelli, Valentina Kuindzhi
Russian silent science–fiction film based on Alexei Tolstoy's novel about a young man in post–war Soviet Union given the chance to travel…
Great White Silence, TheGreat White Silence, The (90 Degrees South) (1924-1933)
Dir. Herbert G Ponting
Awe–inspiring footage from Robert Falcon Scott's disastrous expedition to the South Pole in 1910, covering the ship–voyage and…
Iron Horse, TheIron Horse, The (1924) Recommended
Dir. John Ford
Feat. George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy
An early silent western presenting an idealised portrayal of the development of the first American transcontinental railroad. Its romantic,…
Kean (1924)
Dir. Alexandre Volkoff
Feat. Ivan Mosjoukine
A French silent film depicting the life of Shakespearean actor Edmund Kean, played by Ivan Mosjoukine, focusing on his romance with countess Elena de…
MichaelMichael (Mikael) (1924)
Dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer
Feat. Nora Gregor, Walter Slezak, Benjamin Christensen
A landmark in gay silent cinema from Carl Theodor Dreyer, starring Walter Slezak as the young assistant and model to the artist Claude Zoret…
Navigator, TheNavigator, The (1924) Aro Favourite
Dir. Buster Keaton, Donald Crisp
Feat. Buster Keaton
One of Buster Keaton's most evocative silent comedies, playing a naive youth who becomes marooned upon a gigantic yacht drifting out to…
SiegfriedSiegfried (Die Nibelungen Pt. 1) (1924)
Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Paul Richter, Margarete Schon, Theodor Loos
First part of Dir. Lang's recreation of the German Nibelungen myth cycle (that inspired Wagner's 'Ring'), features fire–breathing dragons,…
StrikeStrike (1924)
Dir. Sergei Eisenstein
Feat. Grigori Alexandrov
Eisenstein's first feature is a depiction of a violent factory strike in Czarist Russia, filmed with a protoform version of his 'montage' theories in…

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