31. The Big Parade
Year of Release: 1925
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: King Vidor
Actors: John Gilbert, Hobart Bosworth, Renée Adorée, Robert Ober, Claire Adams
Plot: A man enlists in the U.S. Army during WW I, but he soon finds out that he might have gotten more than he bargained for.
32. The Man Who Laughs
Year of Release: 1928
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Paul Leni
Actors: Mary Philbin, Conrad Veidt, Julius Molnar Jr., Olga Baclanova, Brandon Hurst, Cesare Gravina
33. It
Year of Release: 1927
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Clarence G. Badger, Josef von Sternberg
Actors: Clara Bow, Antonio Moreno, William Austin, Priscilla Bonner, Jacqueline Gadsden, Julia Swayne Gordon
Plot: It stars Clara Bow as a young girl with It (sex appeal) who pursues a playboy.
34. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Year of Release: 1923
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Wallace Worsley
Actors: Lon Chaney, Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry, Kate Lester, Winifred Bryson, Nigel De Brulier
35. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Year of Release: 1920
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John S. Robertson
Actors: John Barrymore, Charles Lane, Brandon Hurst, Cecil Clovelly, Nita Naldi
Plot: Silent version of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson story about a nice doctor and his anti-social associate (weird how they never share a scene).
36. The Ten Commandments
Year of Release: 1923
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Actors: Theodore Roberts, Charles de Rochefort, Julia Faye, Estelle Taylor, James Neill, Edythe Chapman
Plot: The first part tells the story of Moses leading the Jews from Egypt to the Promised Land, his receipt of the tablets and the worship of the golden calf. The second part shows the efficacy of the commandments in modern life through a story set in San Francisco. Two brothers, rivals for the love of Mary, also come into conflict when John discovers Dan used shoddy materials to construct a cathedral.
37. The Unknown
Year of Release: 1927
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tod Browning
Actors: Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford, Nick De Ruiz, John George, Frank Lanning
Plot: Alonzo is an apparently armless knife thrower who uses his feet to encircle Estrellita with blades. Zanzi is killed by Alonzo (who really does have arms). Estrellita allows herself to fall in love with Alonzo (she fears men's arms), so he goes to a hospital and has his amputated. Meantime Malabar cures Estrellita of her fear of men's arms, so Alonzo tries to have him killed during a circus act.
38. The Navigator
Year of Release: 1924
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Donald Crisp, Buster Keaton
Actors: Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Frederick Vroom
Plot: A man and a woman end up being the only people on a large boat that has drifted off to sea. They manage to live on the boat for quite a long time.
39. The Penalty
Year of Release: 1920
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Wallace Worsley
Actors: Lon Chaney, Charles Clary, Doris Pawn, Jim Mason, Milton Ross, Ethel Grey Terry
Plot: A San Fransisco mob boss is out for revenge against the doctor who might have needlessly amputated his legs as a child.
40. Nibelungen: Siegfried, Die
Year of Release: 1925
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fritz Lang
Actors: Gertrud Arnold, Margarete Schön, Hanna Ralph, Paul Richter, Theodor Loos, Hans Carl Mueller
Plot: Siegfried, son of King Sigmund, hears of the beautiful sister of Gunter, King of Worms, Kriemhild. On his way to Worms, he kills a dragon and finds a treasure, the Hort. He helps Gunther to win Krimhild, a mask that makes him invisible proves to be very useful. But because Brunhild is cursing Kriemhild, she tells her what really happened. Now Brunhild wants Siegfried's head. Is Gunther going to do her that favor?
