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1924
- Greed (1924), 109-150 minutes, D: Erich von Stroheim
Originally at 10 hours, but severely edited down, one of the masterpieces of the silent era. It is the story of a husband McTeague (Gibson Gowland) and wife Trina (Zasu Pitts) who become consumed by greed and an obsession with money. She wins $5,000 in the lottery and soon the couple are changed from devoted lovers into adversaries, especially after his San Francisco dentistry practice fails. Their avarice-based hatred consumes them, and in the classic finale filmed in Death Valley, McTeague murders his best friend Marcus (Jean Hersholt).
- The Iron Horse (1924), 119 minutes, D: John Ford
One of the major western epics of the silent era, the story of the building of the transcontinental railroad, a railroad linking East and West. Memorable moment includes the driving of the final railroad spike.
- The Navigator (1924), 60 minutes, D: Donald Crisp and Buster Keaton
The story of two spoiled young people Rollo Treadway (Buster Keaton) and the Girl (Kathryn McGuire), who are left stranded on his father's drifting and deserted ocean liner. At first, they are not aware of each other's presence, and then are ignorant of taking care of themselves to avoid starvation, in a number of hilarious gags. They fall in love. Memorable moments include the routing of a climactic cannibal attack.
- Sherlock, Jr. (1924), 48 minutes, D: Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton, a film projectionist, has dreams of being a detective. After he is wrongly accused of stealing the watch of his girlfriend's (Kathryn McGuire) father, he falls asleep in the theatre. He dreams that he enters the film's screen and joins the action of the characters. He becomes a master detective Sherlock Jr., and solves the crime of thievery, determining that his rival actually stole the watch.
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