Dan Sallitt’s Favorite Films of the 1910s and 1920s, by International Release Date

1929

  1. PANDORA’S BOX (G. W. Pabst, Germany)
  2. THE LOVE PARADE (Ernst Lubitsch, USA)
  3. DIARY OF A LOST GIRL (G. W. Pabst, Germany)
  4. LUCKY STAR (Frank Borzage, USA)
  5. BLACKMAIL (Alfred Hitchcock, UK)
  6. LES NOUVEAUX MESSIEURS (Jacques Feyder, France)
  7. THE IRON MASK (Allan Dwan, USA)
  8. THUNDERBOLT (Josef von Sternberg, USA)
  9. WRONG AGAIN (Leo McCarey, USA)
  10. FLIGHT (Frank Capra, USA)
  11. MOTHER KRAUSE’S JOURNEY TO HAPPINESS (Piel Jutzi, Germany/USSR)
  12. SPITE MARRIAGE (Edward Sedgwick, USA)
  13. HELL’S HEROES (William Wyler, USA)
  14. BIG BUSINESS (James Horne, USA)
  15. THE LIVING CORPSE (Fyodor Otsep, Germany/USSR)
  16. ETERNAL LOVE (Ernst Lubitsch, USA)
  17. HALLELUJAH (King Vidor, USA)
  18. THE VIRGINIAN (Victor Fleming, USA)
  19. THE LOVE TRAP (William Wyler, USA)

THE KISS (Jacques Feyder, USA)
BIG NEWS (Gregory La Cava, USA)

1928

  1. STEAMBOAT BILL JR. (Charles Reisner, USA)
  2. THE DOCKS OF NEW YORK (Josef von Sternberg, USA)
  3. THE RIVER (Frank Borzage, USA)
  4. THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC (Carl Dreyer, France)
  5. A GIRL IN EVERY PORT (Howard Hawks, USA)
  6. THAT CERTAIN THING (Frank Capra, USA)
  7. THE HOUSE ON TRUBNAYA SQUARE (Boris Barnet, USSR)
  8. LE TOURNOI DANS LA CITE (Jean Renoir, France)
  9. THE RACKET (Lewis Milestone, USA)
  10. SPIES (Fritz Lang, Germany)
  11. WE FAW DOWN (Leo McCarey, USA)
  12. THE CAMERAMAN (Edward Sedgwick, USA)
  13. STORM OVER ASIA (Vsevolod Pudovkin, USSR)
  14. PRINCESSE MANDANE (Germaine Dulac, France)
  15. THE LAST COMMAND (Josef von Sternberg, USA)
  16. HANGMAN’S HOUSE (John Ford, USA)
  17. WHITE SHADOWS IN THE SOUTH SEAS (W. S. Van Dyke, USA)
  18. ZUFLUCHT (Carl Froelich, Germany)
  19. THE FIRST BORN (Miles Mander, UK)

THE POWER OF THE PRESS (Frank Capra, USA)
CHAMPAGNE (Alfred Hitchcock, UK)
LOOPING THE LOOP (Arthur Robison, Germany)

1927

  1. COLLEGE (James Horne, USA)
  2. SUNRISE (F. W. Murnau, USA)
  3. THE LOVES OF JEANNE NEY (G. W. Pabst, Germany)
  4. PAID TO LOVE (Howard Hawks, USA)
  5. BED AND SOFA (Abram Room, USSR)
  6. THE GIRL WITH THE HATBOX (Boris Barnet, USSR)
  7. TWO ARABIAN KNIGHTS (Lewis Milestone, USA)
  8. THE END OF ST. PETERSBURG (Vsevolod Pudovkin, USSR)
  9. NAPOLEON (Abel Gance, France)
  10. THE KID BROTHER (Ted Wilde and J. A. Howe, USA)
  11. METROPOLIS (Fritz Lang, Germany)
  12. THE PATENT LEATHER KID (Alfred Santell, USA)
  13. SEVENTH HEAVEN (Frank Borzage, USA)
  14. HOTEL IMPERIAL (Mauritz Stiller, USA)
  15. THE LODGER (Alfred Hitchcock, UK)
  16. THE BATTLE OF THE CENTURY (Clyde Bruckman, USA)
  17. JEWISH PRUDENCE (Leo McCarey, USA)

THE CRADLE SNATCHERS (Howard Hawks, USA)
EASY VIRTUE (Alfred Hitchcock, UK)
THE STUDENT PRINCE IN OLD HEIDELBERG (Ernst Lubitsch, USA)
DON’T TELL EVERYTHING (Leo McCarey, USA)
AFTER MIDNIGHT (Monta Bell, USA)

1926

  1. THE GENERAL (Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman, USA)
  2. BATTLING BUTLER (Buster Keaton, USA)
  3. FAUST (F. W. Murnau, Germany)
  4. OLD IRONSIDES (James Cruze, USA)
  5. MOTHER (Vsevolod Pudovkin, USSR)
  6. THE BAY OF DEATH (Abram Room, USSR)
  7. MISS MEND (Boris Barnet and Fyodor Otsep, USSR)
  8. THE FIRST YEAR (Frank Borzage, USA)
  9. BY THE LAW (Lev Kuleshov, USSR)
  10. UPSTAGE (Monta Bell, USA)

SO THIS IS PARIS (Ernst Lubitsch, USA)
FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE (Sam Taylor, USA)
THE SHAMROCK HANDICAP (John Ford, USA)
MEMORY LANE (John Stahl, USA)
NANA (Jean Renoir, France)
WHAT PRICE GLORY? (Raoul Walsh, USA)
HANDS UP! (Clarence Badger, USA)
SO’S YOUR OLD MAN (Gregory La Cava, USA)

1925

  1. SEVEN CHANCES (Buster Keaton, USA)
  2. LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN (Ernst Lubitsch, USA)
  3. DADDY’S GONE A-HUNTING (Frank Borzage, USA)
  4. THE SALVATION HUNTERS (Josef von Sternberg, USA)
  5. PLAIN AND FANCY GIRLS (Leo McCarey, USA)
  6. THE RAT’S KNUCKLES (Leo McCarey, USA)
  7. GO WEST (Buster Keaton, USA)
  8. VARIETY (E. A. Dupont, Germany)
  9. LAZYBONES (Frank Borzage, USA)
  10. THE BIG PARADE (King Vidor, USA)

TARTUFFE (F. W. Murnau, Germany)
HIS WOODEN WEDDING (Leo McCarey, USA)
THE JOYLESS STREET (G. W. Pabst, Germany)
LADY OF THE NIGHT (Monta Bell, USA)
MASTER OF THE HOUSE (Carl Dreyer, Denmark)
PROUD FLESH (King Vidor, USA)
THE CIRCLE (Frank Borzage, USA)
THE KING ON MAIN ST. (Monta Bell, USA)
NO FATHER TO GUIDE HIM (Leo McCarey, USA)
PRETTY LADIES (Monta Bell, USA)
THE LIGHTS OF OLD BROADWAY (Monta Bell, USA)

1924

  1. GIRL SHY (Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor, USA)
  2. SHERLOCK JR. (Buster Keaton, USA)
  3. THE NAVIGATOR (Buster Keaton and Donald Crisp, USA)
  4. THE LAST LAUGH (F. W. Murnau, Germany)
  5. MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE (Sidney Olcott, USA)
  6. THE IRON HORSE (John Ford, USA)
  7. THE MARRIAGE CIRCLE (Ernst Lubitsch, USA)
  8. DIE NIBELUNGEN: KRIEMHILD’S REVENGE (Fritz Lang, Germany)
  9. THE SAGA OF GOSTA BERLING (Mauritz Stiller, Sweden)
  10. WILD ORANGES (King Vidor, USA)

THE WINE OF YOUTH (King Vidor, USA)
SECRETS (Frank Borzage, USA)

1923

  1. OUR HOSPITALITY (Buster Keaton and John G. Blystone, USA)
  2. THE LOVE NEST (Buster Keaton, USA)
  3. THE NORRTULL GANG (Per Lindberg, Sweden)
  4. WHY WORRY? (Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor, USA)
  5. THE PILGRIM (Charles Chaplin, USA)
  6. THE BALLOONATIC (Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline, USA)
  7. GUNNAR HEDES SAGA (Mauritz Stiller, Sweden)
  8. SAFETY LAST (Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor, USA)
  9. THE THREE AGES (Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline, USA)
  10. THE COVERED WAGON (James Cruze, USA)

FIRE ONBOARD (Victor Sjostrom, Sweden)
NORTH OF HUDSON BAY (John Ford, USA)
DIE FLAMME (Ernst Lubitsch, Germany) (only a fragment exists)

1922

  1. COPS (Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline, USA)
  2. THE ELECTRIC HOUSE (Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline, USA)
  3. THE FROZEN NORTH (Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline, USA)
  4. THE PALEFACE (Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline, USA)
  5. MY WIFE’S RELATIONS (Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline, USA)
  6. NANOOK OF THE NORTH (Robert Flaherty, USA)
  7. LOVE’S CRUCIBLE (Victor Sjostrom, Sweden)
  8. L’ARLESIENNE (Andre Antoine, France)
  9. DAYDREAMS (Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline, USA)
  10. NOSFERATU (F. W. Murnau, Germany)

THE BLACKSMITH (Buster Keaton and Malcolm St. Clair, USA)
GRANDMA’S BOY (Fred C. Newmeyer, USA)
DR. JACK (Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor, USA)
BACK PAY (Frank Borzage, USA)
LORNA DOONE (Maurice Tourneur, USA)

1921

  1. THE PLAY HOUSE (Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline, USA)
  2. THE HIGH SIGN (Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline, USA)
  3. THE BOAT (Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline, USA)
  4. DREAMS OF A RAREBIT FIEND: THE PET (Winsor McCay, USA)
  5. THE GOAT (Buster Keaton and Malcolm St. Clair, USA)
  6. HARD LUCK (Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline, USA)
  7. DIE BERGKATZE (Ernst Lubitsch, Germany)
  8. THE HAUNTED HOUSE (Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline, USA)
  9. JOHAN (Mauritz Stiller, Sweden)
  10. DREAMS OF A RAREBIT FIEND: BUG VAUDEVILLE (Winsor McCay, USA)

LA TERRE (Andre Antoine, France)
LEAP YEAR (James Cruze, USA)
DREAM STREET (D. W. Griffith, USA)
NOBODY (Roland West, USA)
PARISETTE (Louis Feuillade, France)
A SAILOR-MADE MAN (Fred C. Newmeyer, USA)
MADEMOISELLE DE LA SEIGLIERE (Andre Antoine, France)

1920

  1. ONE WEEK (Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline, USA)
  2. THE PARSON’S WIDOW (Carl Dreyer, Denmark)
  3. EROTIKON (Mauritz Stiller, Sweden)
  4. THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (Maurice Tourneur, USA)
  5. THE SWALLOW AND THE TITMOUSE (Andre Antoine, France)
  6. OUTSIDE THE LAW (Tod Browning, USA)
  7. NEIGHBORS (Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline, USA)
  8. ROMEO AND JULIET IN THE SNOW (Ernst Lubitsch, Germany)
  9. THE SCARECROW (Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline, USA)
  10. CONVICT 13 (Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline, USA)

THE GARAGE (Fatty Arbuckle, USA)
THE MOLLYCODDLE (Victor Fleming, USA)
THE SAPHEAD (Herbert Blache, USA)
KOHLHEISEL’S DAUGHTERS (Ernst Lubitsch, Germany)
HIGH AND DIZZY (Hal Roach, USA)
MASTERMAN (Victor Sjostrom, Sweden)
MONASTERY OF SENDOMIR (Victor Sjostrom, Sweden)
ANNE BOLEYN (Ernst Lubitsch, Germany)
WAY DOWN EAST (D. W. Griffith, USA)
HUMORESQUE (Frank Borzage, USA)

1919

  1. THE DOLL (Ernst Lubitsch, Germany)
  2. THE OYSTER PRINCESS (Ernst Lubitsch, Germany)
  3. THE SONS OF INGMAR (Victor Sjostrom, Sweden)
  4. SIR ARNE’S TREASURE (Mauritz Stiller, Sweden)
  5. MEYER FROM BERLIN (Ernst Lubitsch, Germany)
  6. BACK STAGE (Fatty Arbuckle, USA)
  7. THE WICKED DARLING (Tod Browning, USA)
  8. BROKEN BLOSSOMS (D. W. Griffith, USA)
  9. WHEN THE CLOUDS ROLL BY (Victor Fleming, USA)
  10. MADAME DUBARRY (Ernst Lubitsch, Germany)

BUMPING INTO BROADWAY (Hal Roach, USA)
BARRABAS (Louis Feuillade, France)
TRUE HEART SUSIE (D. W. Griffith, USA)
FROM HAND TO MOUTH (Hal Roach and Alfred J. Goulding, USA)

1918

  1. HELL BENT (John Ford, USA)
  2. THE SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA (Winsor McCay, USA)
  3. I DON’T WANT TO BE A MAN (Ernst Lubitsch, Germany)
  4. AMARILLY OF CLOTHES-LINE ALLEY (Marshall Neilan, USA)
  5. THE COOK (Fatty Arbuckle, USA)
  6. GOOD NIGHT, NURSE! (Fatty Arbuckle, USA)
  7. CARMEN (Ernst Lubitsch, Germany)
  8. THE OUTLAW AND HIS WIFE (Victor Sjostrom, Sweden)
  9. MOONSHINE (Fatty Arbuckle, USA)
  10. THE BLUE BIRD (Maurice Tourneur, USA)

TIH MINH (Louis Feuillade, France)
THE BELL BOY (Fatty Arbuckle, USA)
THE MANDARIN (Fritz Freisler, Austria)
OUT WEST (Fatty Arbuckle, USA)

1917

  1. UNTIL THEY GET ME (Frank Borzage, USA)
  2. LE COUPABLE (Andre Antoine, France)
  3. THE MERRY JAIL (Ernst Lubitsch, Germany)
  4. TERJE VIGEN (Victor Sjostrom, Sweden)
  5. THOMAS GRAAL’S BEST FILM (Mauritz Stiller, Sweden)
  6. REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM (Marshall Neilan, USA)
  7. THE BUTCHER BOY (Fatty Arbuckle, USA)

1916

  1. NIGHT OF REVENGE (Benjamin Christiansen, Denmark)
  2. HELL’S HINGES (William S. Hart and Charles Swickard, USA)
  3. THE PILGRIM (Frank Borzage, USA)
  4. THE QUEEN OF SPADES (Yakov Protazanov, Russia)
  5. FLIRTING WITH FATE (Christy Cabanne, USA)
  6. INTOLERANCE (D. W. Griffith, USA)
  7. THE MATRIMANIAC (Paul Powell, USA)
  8. FRONTSTAIRS-BACKSTAIRS (Urban Gad, Germany)
  9. SHOE SALON PINKUS (Ernst Lubitsch, Germany)
  10. REGGIE MIXES IN (Christy Cabanne, USA)
  11. HIS PICTURE IN THE PAPERS (John Emerson, USA)

THE HALF-BREED (Allan Dwan, USA)
LOVE AND JOURNALISM (Mauritz Stiller, Sweden)
A LIFE FOR A LIFE (Yevgeni Bauer, Russia)
WHEN I WAS DEAD (Ernst Lubitsch, Germany)
THE HABIT OF HAPPINESS (Allan Dwan, USA)
MANHATTAN MADNESS (Allan Dwan, USA)
MYSTERY OF THE LEAPING FISH (John Emerson, USA)

1915

  1. THE CHEAT (Cecil B. DeMille, USA)
  2. LES VAMPIRES (Louis Feuillade, France)
  3. ENOCH ARDEN (Christy Cabanne, USA)
  4. THE RUSE (William S. Hart, USA)
  5. A WOMAN (Charles Chaplin, USA)
  6. REGENERATION (Raoul Walsh, USA)
  7. THE SLAVEY STUDENT (John H. Collins, USA)
  8. HÄMNAREN (Mauritz Stiller, Sweden)
  9. THE PORTRAIT IN THE ATTIC (John H. Collins, USA)

BIRTH OF A NATION (D. W. Griffith, USA)
THE LILY AND THE ROSE (Paul Powell, USA)

1914

  1. THE MYSTERIOUS X (Benjamin Christiansen, Denmark)
  2. CHILD OF THE BIG CITY (Yevgeni Bauer, Russia)
  3. GERTIE THE DINOSAUR (Winsor McCay, USA)
  4. MYSTERY OF THE HINDU IMAGE (Raoul Walsh, USA)
  5. DIE WEISSEN ROSEN (Urban Gad, Germany)
  6. THE BARGAIN (Reginald Barker/Thomas H. Ince, USA)

1913

  1. FANTOMAS (Louis Feuillade, France)
  2. SUSPENSE (Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley, USA)
  3. INGEBORG HOLM (Victor Sjostrom, Sweden)
  4. TRAFFIC IN SOULS (George Loane Tucker, USA)
  5. THE ROSARY (Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley, USA)

1912

  1. HOW A MOSQUITO OPERATES (Winsor McCay, USA)
  2. THE THIEF’S WIFE (Allan Dwan, USA)
  3. CUSTER’S LAST FIGHT (Thomas H. Ince/Francis Ford, USA)
  4. THE LIEUTENANT’S LAST FIGHT (Thomas H. Ince, USA)
  5. MAN’S CALLING (Allan Dwan, USA)

1911

  1. LITTLE NEMO (Winsor McCay, USA)
  2. THE POISONED FLUME (Allan Dwan, USA)

1910

  1. THE ABYSS (Urban Gad, Denmark)

1900

  1. ATTACK ON A CHINA MISSION (James Williamson, UK)