MAGIC LANTERN

Channel 401 · 120 tapes · 95 hours

Silent film. A hundred years old and still faster than you expect.

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What is on MAGIC LANTERN

• "The Sealed Room" (1909) director D. W. Griffith, starring Arthur V. Johnson (1909)
• "The Unchanging Sea" (1910) director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer (1910)
• "The Musketeers Of Pig Alley" (1912) director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer (1912)
• "1776, or The Hessian Renegades" (1909) director D. W. Griffith (1776)
• "A Calamitous Elopement" (1908) director D. W. Griffith (1908)
• "A Child Of The Ghetto" (1910) director D. W. Griffith (1910)
• "A Dozen Socks" (1927) starring Alice Day (1927)
• "A Drunkard's Reformation" (1909) director D. W. Griffith starring Arthur V. Johnson (1909)
• "A Man There Was" (1917) director Victor Sjöström (Seastrom) (1917)
• "A Strange Meeting" (1909) director D. W. Griffith starring Arthur V. Johnson (1909)
• "The Primitive Lover" (1922)
• "As It Is in Life" (1910) director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer (1910)
• "At the Altar" (1909) director D. W. Griffith (1909)
• "Automobiling Among The Clouds" (1904) cinematographer Billy Bitzer (1904)
• "Back to God's Country" (1919) starring Nell Shipman (1919)
• "Balked At The Altar" (1908) director D. W. Griffith (1908)
• "Barney Oldfield's Race For A Life" (1913) director Mack Sennett (1913)
• "Betrayed By A Handprint" (1908) director D.W. Griffith starring Florence Lawrence (1908)
• "Blue Blazes Rawden" (1918)
• "Broken Blossoms" (1919) director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer (1919)
• "Camille" (1921)
• "Children Who Labor" (1912)
• "Cinderella" (1911) starring Florence La Badie (1911)
• Buster Keaton's "Cops" (1922)
• "Corner in Wheat" (1909) director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer (1909)
• "Cymbeline" (1913) starring Florence La Badie (1913)
• "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1912) starring James Cruze and Florence La Badie (1912)
• "East Is East" (1916) starring Florence Turner (1916)
• "Edgar Allan Poe" (1909) director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer (1909)
• "Enoch Arden" (1911) director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer (1911)
• "For Better, for Worse" (1919) director Cecil B.DeMille starring Gloria Swanson (1919)
• "Ghost of the Canyon" (1920) starring Helen Gibson (1920)
• "Head Winds" (1925) starring House Peters, Patsy Ruth Miller (1925)
• "Hearts of the world" (1918) director D. W. Griffith starring Lillian Gish and Robert Harron (1918)
• "His New Mamma" (1924) starring Harry Langdon and Alice Day (1924)
• "Hoodoo Ann" (1916) starring Mae Marsh and Robert Harron (1916)
• "Ingeborg Holm" (1913) director Victor Sjöström (Seastrom) (1913)
• "Ingmar's Sons" (1919) director Victor Sjöström (Seastrom) (1919)
• "Judith Of Bethulia" (1914) director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer (1914)
• "Just Suppose" (1926) starring Richard Barthelmess, Lois Moran (1926)
• "Lines of White on a Sullen Sea" (1909) director D. W. Griffith (1909)
• "Little Lord Fauntleroy" (1921) starring Mary Pickford (1921)
• "Lonely Villa" (1909) director D. W. Griffith (1909)
• "Made for Love" (1926)
• "Male and Female" (1919) starring Thomas Meighan and Gloria Swanson (1919)
• "Beauty's Worth" (1922) starring Marion Davies (1922)
• "Our Hospitality" (1923) starring Buster Keaton and Joe Roberts (1923)
• "The Wicked Darling" (1919) director Tod Browning featuring Lon Chaney (1919)
• "Scaramouche" (1923) director Rex Ingram starring Ramon Novarro (1923)
• "A Tale of Two Cities" (1911) starring Florence Turner (1911)
• "Monte Cristo" (1922) starring John Gilbert (1922)
• "Julius Caesar" (1914)
• "Cocaine" (1922)
• "White Tiger" (1923) director Tod Browning (1923)
• "One Exciting Night" (1922) director D. W. Griffith (1922)
• "The Man without Desire" (1923)
• "Sherlock Jr." (1924) starring Buster Keaton (1924)
• "Orphans of the Storm" (1921) director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer (1921)
• "Poor Little Peppina" (1916) starring Mary Pickford (1916)
• "Beau Revel" (1921)
• "Karin, Daughter Of Ingmar" (1920) director Victor Sjöström (Seastrom) (1920)
• "The Road to Ruin" (1928)
• "Ramona" (1910) director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer (1910)
• "Robin Hood" (1922) starring Douglas Fairbanks (1922)
• Silent Hall Of Fame Documentary (2015)
• "Something New" (1920) starring Nell Shipman (1920)
• "Steamboat Bill, Jr." (1928) starring Buster Keaton (1928)
• "Stella Maris" (1918) starring Mary Pickford (1918)
• "The Idol Dancer" (1920) director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer (1920)
• "Tannhauser" (1913) starring Florence La Badie (1913)
• "Tess of the Storm Country" (1922) director John S. Robertson with Mary Pickford (1922)
• "That Model From Paris" (1926) starring Marceline Day (1926)
• "The Avenging Conscience" (1914) director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer (1914)
• "The Awakening" (1909) director D. W. Griffith starring Arthur V. Johnson (1909)
• "The Beloved Rogue" (1927) starring John Barrymore and Marceline Day (1927)
• "The Birth of a Nation" (1915) part I, director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer (1915)
• "The Broken Locket" (1909) director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer (1909)
• Charlie Chaplin's "The Champion" (1915)
• "The Country Doctor" (1909) starring Florence Lawrence (1909)
• "The Divine Woman" (1928) director Victor Sjöström (Seastrom) (1928)
• "The Enchanted Cottage" (1924) director John S. Robertson (1924)
• "The Female of the Species" (1912) director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer (1912)
• "The Flapper" (1920) starring Olive Thomas (1920)
• "The General" (1926) starring Buster Keaton (1926)
• "The Glorious Adventure" (1922)
• "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1923) starring Lon Chaney and Patsy Ruth Miller (1923)
• "The Love Flower" (1920) director D. W. Griffith (1920)
• "The Lure of the Gown" (1909) director D. W. Griffith starring Florence Lawrence (1909)
• "The Outlaw and His Wife" (1918) starring Victor Sjöström (Seastrom) (1918)
• "The Penalty" (1920) starring Lon Chaney (1920)
• "The Phantom Carriage" (1921) director Victor Sjöström (Seastrom) (1921)
• "The Phantom of the Opera" (1925) starring Lon Chaney (1925)
• "The Prisoner of Zenda" (1922)
• "The Red Man's View" (1909) director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer (1909)
• "The Rocky Road" (1910) director D. W. Griffith (1910)
• "The Springtime of Life" (1912)
• "The Way Of Man" (1909) starring Arthur V. Johnson and Florence Lawrence (1909)
• "The White Rose" (1923), director D. W. Griffith (1923)
• "The Woman God Forgot" (1917) director Cecil DeMille starring Geraldine Farrar (1917)
• "True Heart Susie" (1919) director D. W. Griffith starring Lillian Gish and Robert Harron (1919)
• "Twelfth Night" (1910) starring Florence Turner (1910)
• "Way Down East" (1920) director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer (1920)
• "An Even Break" (1917) starring Olive Thomas (1917)
• "A Natural Born Gambler" (1916)
• "The Sea Hawk" (1924)
• "The Silent Command" (1923) featuring Martha Mansfield, Bela Lugosi (1923)
• "The Habit of Happiness" (1916) starring Douglas Fairbanks (1916)
• "Go West" (1925) starring Buster Keaton (1925)
• "Seven Chances" (1925) starring Buster Keaton (1925)
• "The Scarlet Letter" (1926) director Victor Sjöström (Seastrom) starring Lillian Gish (1926)
• "Annie Laurie" (1927) director John S. Robertson starring Lillian Gish (1927)
• "Girl Shy" (1924) starring Harold Lloyd (1924)
• "He Who Gets Slapped" (1924) starring Lon Chaney (1924)
• "Love’s Crucible" (1922) director Victor Sjöström (Seastrom) (1922)
• "The Gown of Destiny" (1917)
• "The Navigator" (1924) starring Buster Keaton (1924)
• "The White Outlaw" (1925) starring Jack Hoxie and Marceline Day (1925)
• "The Mark of Zorro" (1920) starring Douglas Fairbanks (1920)
• "Three Ages" (1923) starring Buster Keaton and Joe Roberts (1923)
• "The Saphead" (1920) starring Buster Keaton (1920)

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