Silent Movie GIFs
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I like to watch silent movies, and then make gifs from them.
Created by Don McHoull
Created by Don McHoull
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Buster Keaton in Out West (1918)
December 7, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Buster Keaton in Out West (1918)
Sarah Bernhardt was one of the most famous actors of the 19th century. She appeared in a few silent films, including Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth (1912)
December 5, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Sarah Bernhardt was one of the most famous actors of the 19th century. She appeared in a few silent films, including Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth (1912)
Douglas Fairbanks in The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
December 4, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Douglas Fairbanks in The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Billy West was the most famous Chaplin imitator of the silent era
December 2, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Billy West was the most famous Chaplin imitator of the silent era
Lil Dagover in Tartuffe (1926)
Directed by F. W. Murnau
Directed by F. W. Murnau
December 1, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Lil Dagover in Tartuffe (1926)
Directed by F. W. Murnau
Directed by F. W. Murnau
Harold Lloyd in Next Aisle Over (1919)
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Harold Lloyd in Next Aisle Over (1919)
Buster Keaton in Three Ages (1923)
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Buster Keaton in Three Ages (1923)
The Columbia Pictures logo circa 1928
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 AM
The Columbia Pictures logo circa 1928
Roscoe Arbuckle flipping a pancake in Fatty's Tintype Tangle (1915)
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Roscoe Arbuckle flipping a pancake in Fatty's Tintype Tangle (1915)
Josephine Baker in La Sirène des tropiques (1927)
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Josephine Baker in La Sirène des tropiques (1927)
Fluttering Hearts (1927)
November 20, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Fluttering Hearts (1927)
Charlie Chaplin in The Circus (1928)
November 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Charlie Chaplin in The Circus (1928)
Pepper was one of cinema's first feline stars. She appeared in dozens of films between 1913 and 1928
November 17, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Pepper was one of cinema's first feline stars. She appeared in dozens of films between 1913 and 1928
The trailer is all that's known to remain of The Patriot (1928), which won an Academy Award for Best Writing and was nominated for Best Picture
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 AM
The trailer is all that's known to remain of The Patriot (1928), which won an Academy Award for Best Writing and was nominated for Best Picture
Buster Keaton in Three Ages (1923)
November 15, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Buster Keaton in Three Ages (1923)
Her First Biscuits (1909) marked the film debut of Mary Pickford. On IMDb her role is listed as "Biscuit Victim"
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Her First Biscuits (1909) marked the film debut of Mary Pickford. On IMDb her role is listed as "Biscuit Victim"
Bebe Daniels in Why Change Your Wife? (1920)
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Bebe Daniels in Why Change Your Wife? (1920)
Metropolis (1927)
Directed by Fritz Lang
Directed by Fritz Lang
November 11, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Metropolis (1927)
Directed by Fritz Lang
Directed by Fritz Lang
Anita Garvin and Marion Byron were teamed together by Hal Roach in a bid to create a female equivalent to Laurel and Hardy. They made three silent comedy shorts, including Feed 'Em and Weep (1928)
November 8, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Anita Garvin and Marion Byron were teamed together by Hal Roach in a bid to create a female equivalent to Laurel and Hardy. They made three silent comedy shorts, including Feed 'Em and Weep (1928)
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Nov. 5, 1925: "The Big Parade" premieres in Los Angeles. The WWI epic will become the blockbuster movie of the decade, generating an eye-popping gross of $6 million. It sets a standard for realism and excitement in war films and makes a major star of its lead, John Gilbert. 1/6
November 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Nov. 5, 1925: "The Big Parade" premieres in Los Angeles. The WWI epic will become the blockbuster movie of the decade, generating an eye-popping gross of $6 million. It sets a standard for realism and excitement in war films and makes a major star of its lead, John Gilbert. 1/6
King Vidor's First World War epic The Big Parade premiered 100 years ago today. It would go on to huge box office success, reportedly ranking as the second-highest-grossing film of the silent era after The Birth of a Nation
November 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
King Vidor's First World War epic The Big Parade premiered 100 years ago today. It would go on to huge box office success, reportedly ranking as the second-highest-grossing film of the silent era after The Birth of a Nation
That Night's Wife (1930)
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
That Night's Wife (1930)
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu
Max Linder in Entente cordiale (1912)
November 4, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Max Linder in Entente cordiale (1912)
Faust (1926)
Directed by F.W. Murnau
Directed by F.W. Murnau
October 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Faust (1926)
Directed by F.W. Murnau
Directed by F.W. Murnau
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“Nothing in the world can be compared to the human face. It is a land one can never tire of exploring. There is no greater experience…than to witness the expression of a sensitive face under the mysterious power of inspiration. To see it animated from inside, and turning into poetry.”
-Carl Dreyer
-Carl Dreyer
October 29, 2025 at 6:40 AM
“Nothing in the world can be compared to the human face. It is a land one can never tire of exploring. There is no greater experience…than to witness the expression of a sensitive face under the mysterious power of inspiration. To see it animated from inside, and turning into poetry.”
-Carl Dreyer
-Carl Dreyer