1920S

American Cinema

Silent Comedies from Vaudeville Roots

Charles Spencer Chaplin (1889-1977)http://youtu.be/MAUFUv1k9Zw (The Kid,

1921)

Buster Keaton (1895-1966)http://youtu.be/ncapCvkPgVw

Harold Lloydhttp://youtu.be/ZNx6i4GqqHo

Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford

The Mark of Zorro (1920)http://youtu.be/KhV0aFQoS28

Stella Maris (1918): http://youtu.be/TXjWuAZXZ7I

Erich Von Stroheim (1885-1957)

Viennese émigréShifted balance of power to the business from

creativeDoomed career because refused to abide by

financial and practical realities of commercial art

http://youtu.be/A36EGECeMEY

Ernst Lubitsch

Mary Pickford brought him over from Germany in 1923

Great Comedy Director: http://youtu.be/CJz-PtYzkUY

Other Directors of 1920s

Lois Weber (1882-1939): The Blothttp://youtu.be/_g1pdUAi5f4

Alice Guy-Blache (1873-1968)http://youtu.be/DqlD7RLoNAI

Oscar Micheaux (1884-1951)http://youtu.be/h1E0NrcnwAE

F. W. Murnau (1888-1931)http://youtu.be/HFJtblnLX1s

Robert Flaherty

More Directors

Joseph von Sternberg (1894-1969)

King Vidor (1896-1983)

William Wellman—Wings

Coming of Sound: The Jazz Singerhttp://youtu.be/Djd1XfwDAQs