Help Wanted! You Choose My Reviews

Help Wanted by Movies Silently

It’s time for the annual call for reader suggestions! Every year, I like to dedicate a month to reviewing movies suggested to me by other silent movie fans, new and experienced, and this is your opportunity to request.

I will take four or five of the suggestions and write a review for each of the films. Any silent film or part-talkie (including ones made after the silent era ended) is up for consideration and I would also love any requests for films with a silent film setting.

You can look at my index (not fully updated, alas) to see if your film has already been reviewed. Also, feel free to second any requests that cover films you already requested. There’s no limit on the number of requests, this is very much brainstorming and you can request one or many movies.

I always enjoy this because I can’t watch everything and every year, you come up with movies that weren’t on my radar. I love all the inspiration and thank you in advance!

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28 Comments

      1. Elliot Silverman

        I second “Dante’s Inferno.” (I have heard that some of its footage was used for the dream sequence in the 1935 Spencer Tracy movie, so maybe you could do one of your silent vs. talkie posts).

        I’d also love to see you review some more German horror– maybe The Student of Prague or The Golem.

      3. freshexactly457a1a4be6

        To clarify what I wrote on 8/24 at 4:38 am:
        1. I have read conflicting reports on whether the 1935 Dante’s Inferno used footage from the silent.

        2. The Student of Prague was actually made 3 times: 1913 (the only one I saw), 1926 and a 1935 talkie.

      1. Matt Kelland

        Thanks! I’ve been in two minds about watching this, but your review has sold me.

        “Before starting this review, I think I should remind you of something: I am a philistine. Self-consciously arty films are absolutely not my thing; they remind me too much of THAT guy in college. […] Yes, reader, I liked it. Actually, I loved it.”

  10. neilthechiseler

    I’d love to get your thoughts on Man-Woman-Marriage (1921), mainly because Robert E. Sherwood branded it “the world’s worst movie” during his first year on the film beat at the original Life Magazine, and I’m open to a second opinion. 🙂

    1. Movies Silently

      Thanks! I took a gander at the cast and crew and…. directed by Allen Holubar and starring Dorothy Phillips. Yeah, given my track record with them, I think Sherwood was probably right!

  12. Jannie

    I’d love to read a review of the Danish silent comedy ‘The Friend from Springfield’ (1927). A new discovery for me with some inventive visuals.

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