A great year for silent movies—The Gold Rush, Battleship Potemkin, The Big Parade, The Phantom of the Opera, Seven Chances, The Freshman, Ben-Hur, The Lost World, Don Q Son of Zorro, Lady Windemere's Fan, The Merry Widow ... the list goes on.Picture: The Gold Rush (prod. Charles Chaplin)
Actor: John Gilbert (The Merry Widow and The Big Parade)
Actress: Irene Rich (Lady Windermere's Fan)
Director: Sergei M. Eisenstein (Strike and Battleship Potemkin)
Supporting Actor: Francis X. Bushman (Ben-Hur: A Tale Of The Christ)
Supporting Actress: May McAvoy (Lady Windermere's Fan and Ben-Hur: A Tale Of The Christ)
Screenplay: Charles Chaplin (The Gold Rush)
Yes! I'm so glad "Ben-Hur" is in there somewhere. I watched the Heston version first but the chariot scene from the 1925 version is so much more exciting!
ReplyDeleteIt was a much more dangerous movie as people died during the filming but barring the morbidness it shows that just because it's silent/black and white doesn't mean it's not good!