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Director Abel Gance included a triptych sequence in Napoléon (1927) that needed three screens to be properly projected

Director Abel Gance included a triptych sequence in Napoléon (1927) that needed three screens to be properly projected

A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) is one of Yasujirō Ozu's best silent films. He remade it 25 years later as Floating Weeds, one of his best sound films

A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) is one of Yasujirō Ozu's best silent films. He remade it 25 years later as Floating Weeds, one of his best sound films

More than 75 per cent of films made during the silent era are now lost. Here are fragments from a few of them

More than 75 per cent of films made during the silent era are now lost. Here are fragments from a few of them

Here's a piece of anti-union propaganda produced by the Ford Motor Company in 1919, depicting the Industrial Workers of the World union as a Bolshevik rat

Here's a piece of anti-union propaganda produced by the Ford Motor Company in 1919, depicting the Industrial Workers of the World union as a Bolshevik rat

Two of the famous Sennett Bathing Beauties in Love at First Flight (1928)

Two of the famous Sennett Bathing Beauties in Love at First Flight (1928)

Buster Keaton in Go West (1925)

Buster Keaton in Go West (1925)

Anna May Wong in The Toll of the Sea (1922), one of the first feature films made using Technicolor

Anna May Wong in The Toll of the Sea (1922), one of the first feature films made using Technicolor

The influence of Metropolis is everywhere

The influence of Metropolis is everywhere

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