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