Murnau's The Last Laugh 1924. Emil Jannings is the star, what a great actor that man was, and after seeing him recently in Murnau's Faust, you'd hardly know it was the same man, always a testament to a great actor.

"The Last Laugh (German: Der letzte Mann) is a German 1924 silent film directed by German director F. W. Murnau from a screenplay written by Carl Mayer which was based on a Broadway play by Charles W. Goddard. It is the most famous example of the short-lived Kammerspiel or "chamber-drama" genre.

This was one of the first films to incorporate a moving camera, although references to cameras following characters up stairs in Murnau's earlier (now lost) film, Der Januskopf, may point to an even earlier use. The set was built entirely within a studio, unusual for Murnau who preferred to shoot on location.

In 2000, it was added to Roger Ebert's list of Great Movies."

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I apologize if already mentioned:



"The Sheik"---made Rudolph Valentino a star


"Greed"---it was cut from 10 hours, still a masterpiece


"The Big Parade"----the war scenes are so real it holds up after 85 years


"Battleship Potemkin"----from Russia and had a great unpack on future movie making. Scenes were copied over the years


1927 may have been the greatest of silent era films:

Metroplis
The General
Wings
Napoleon


And my all time favorite: "Sunrise", with Janet Gaynor and George O'Brien. Only referred as "The Man" and The Wife"

This was made in 1957 or 58. Starring Burl Ives as the bad guy. It's about the time when feathered hats were in fashion and there was a lot of illegal hunting of exoctic birds in the Florida everglades. I have found a DVD that actually has english in its language section but I would really like to find a copy that plays in region 1. Anyone out there who's heard of this movie and knows where I could purchase it please drop me a line Thank you.

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