Images: 1920s

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The Great Depression and, Hollywood's peak years

Nineteen Forties
World War II, and the extraordinary Post-War period

Nineteen Fifties
The decline and fall of the crumbling studio system

Additional Pages…

Moderntimes
Classic Film Pages

Screwball Comedy
A definition of the Classic genre

Rico's End
A Ttribute to Edward G. Robinson

Ball of Fire
For the great Barbara Stanwyck

Midnight Ramble
The American Negro in early Hollywood

Charles Chaplin
Images and commentary on some key Chaplin films

The Bees
The magic of the second feature

Recommended Links…

A Tribute to Humphrey Bogart
The Best Bogart page on the Web

Carol Lombard
Another beautiful Mary Murphy site

A Pretty Grim Life, Actually
Cool article on Frank Capra

Viv and Larry Dot Com
Kendra's beautiful site, celebrating Vivien Leigh, and Laurence Olivier

Preston Sturges
The Official Site, extremely cool

Alec Guinness
Mary Murphy's tribute

Film Noir Studies
All you need to know about the classic American genre

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The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse
Metro 1921

Rudolph Valentino, Alice Terry

Foolish Wives
Universal 1922

Eric Von Stroheim, Mae Busch

Sherlock Jr.
Metro (Buster Keaton) 1924

Kathryn McGuire, Buster Keaton

The Big Parade
MGM 1924

Tom O'Brien, John Gilbert, Karl Dane

The Gold Rush
Charles Chaplin 1925

Tom Murray, Charles Chaplin

Little Annie Rooney
United Artists 1925

Mary Pickford

The Phantom of the Opera
Universal 1925

Lon Chaney Mary Philbin

Sally
MGM 1925

Constance Bennett, Joan Crawford, Sally O'Niel

Flesh and the Devil
MGM 1926

Greta Garbo, John Gilbert

Metropolis
UFA (Germany) 1926

Alfred Abel, Gustav Frohlich, Brigitte Helm

The Sea Beast
Warner Brothers 1926

Dolores Costello, John Berrymore

The Temptress
MGM 1926

Antonio Moreno, Greta Garbo

Ham and Eggs at the Front
Warner Brothers 1927

Myrna Loy (In Blackface)

It
Famous-Players-Lasky
Paramount

Clara Bow, William Austin

Seventh Heaven
Fox 1927

Janet Gaynor

Sunrise
Fox 1927

Janet Gaynor, George O'Brien

The Unknown
MGM 1927

Joan Crawford, Lon Chaney

Wings
Paramount 1927

Clara Bow

The Crowd
MGM 1928

Eleanor Bordman, James Murray

Leave 'Em Laughing
Hal Roach 1928

Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy