Top 10 Films of 1925

1. "Potemkin" (Sergei Eisenstein, Soviet Union)

2. "The Gold Rush" (Charles Chaplin, United Artists)

3. "The Merry Widow" (Erich von Stroheim, MGM)

4. "Seven Chances" (Buster Keaton, MGM)

5. "The Big Parade" (King Vidor, MGM)

6. "Master Of The House" (Carl T. Dreyer, Denmark)

7. "The Phantom Of The Opera" (Rupert Julien, Universal)

8. "The Freshman" (Fred Newmeyer, Sam Taylor, Pathe)

9. "Variety" (E.A. Dupont, Germany)

10. "Strike" (Sergei Eisenstein, Soviet Union)


Other great films:

Ben Hur
La Fille de l'eau (France)
Go West
Lady Windermere's Fan
Little Annie Rooney
The Lost World

Maciste all'inferno (Italy)
Orochi (Japan)
The Perfect Clown

She (UK)

Ways To Strength And Beauty (Germany)

The Wizard Of Oz

Short Top 10:

1. "Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies" (Del Lord, Sennett, Pathe)

2. "Water Wagons" (Del Lord, Sennett, Pathe)

3. "What Price Goofy?" (Leo McCarey, Roach, Pathe)

4. "Jeux des reflets et de la vitesse" (Henri Chomette, France)

5. "In Youth Beside The Lonely Sea" (USA)

6. "All Tied Up" (Slim Summerville, USA)

7. "Good Morning Nurse" (Lloyd Bacon, Sennett, Pathe)

8. "The Iron Nag" (Del Lord, Sennett, Pathe)

9. "Dr Pyckle And Mr Pryde" (Scott Pembroke, USA)

10. "Gus Visser And His Singing Duck" (Theodore Case, Earl I. Sponable, USA)

Other great shorts:

L'Abbe Bitt au couvent (France)

Agenor fait un levage (France)

Bring 'Em Back Nude

La Fessée a l'ecole (France)

L'Heure du the (France)

Isn't Life Terrible

Jubileusz 3-lecia klubu sportowego Victoria w Czestochowie (Poland)

Cartoon Top 10:

1. "Felix Dopes It Out" (Otto Messmer, Winkler)

2. "Alice's Egg Plant" (Walt Disney, Winkler)

3. "Closer Than A Brother" (Paul Terry, Pathé)

4. "Alice's Tin Pony" (Walt Disney, Winkler)

5. "Alice In The Jungle" (Walt Disney, Winkler)

6. "Felix All Puzzled" (Otto Messmer, Winkler)

7. "Alice The Jail Bird" (Walt Disney, Winkler)

8. "Alice The Toreador" (Walt Disney, Winkler)

9. "Alice Wins The Derby" (Walt Disney, Winkler)

10. "Alice Loses Out" (Walt Disney, Winkler)

Other great cartoons:

Alice Cans The Cannibals

Alice Solves The Puzzle

Weak films of 1925:

Cobra
Don Q: Son Of Zorro
The Eagle
Joyless Street (Germany)
Lady Of The Night
The Midnight Girl
Parisian Love
The Plastic Age
The Pleasure Garden (UK)
Tartuffe (Germany)
The Unholy Three
Wolf Blood

Weak shorts:

Boobs In The Wood

Butter Fingers
Chess Fever (Soviet Union)
The Dome Doctor
Half A Man
His Marriage Wow
The Iron Mule
Lost And Found
Lucky Stars
Pie-Eyed
Plain Clothes
Scrambled Eggs
Sea Squawk

Sound Test

Yes Yes Nanette

Weak cartoons:

Alice Chops The Suey
Alice Gets Stage Struck
Alice Gets Stung
Alice Picks The Champ
Alice Rattled By Rats
In Dutch
Magic Boots
On The Air
Wedding Bells
The Window Washers

Potemkin (1925) *****

Sergei Eisenstein's masterpiece and one of the most influential films in the history of cinema.

The Gold Rush (1925) *****

Charlie is a gold prospector in Alaska. Plenty of gags and riotously funny situations. A great film.

The Big Parade (1925) ****

Excellent World War I drama starring John Gilbert.

Seven Chances (1925) ****

Buster has to marry a girl or loose his inheritance. Excellent comedy full of frantic chases. Remade as ''The Bachelor".

Master Of The House (1925) ***

Carl T. Dreyer's silent drama about a tyrannical husband.

Variety (1925) ***

Excellent German film about circus performers.

Ben Hur (1925) ***

Maciste all'inferno (1925) ***

She (1925) ***

The Phantom Of The Opera (1925) ***

A classic silent horror film about a mysterious man living in secret donjons under the Opera building in Paris.

Ways To Strength And Beauty (1925) ***

The Freshman (1925) ***

College comedy starring Harold Lloyd. Co-directed by Fred Newmeyer and Sam Taylor.

Go West (1925) ***

Buster Keaton in a parody of westerns. One of his weakest films, but still quite worthwhile.

Strike (1925) ***

Sergei Eisenstein's film debut. It's the story of police repression in tsarist Russia.

Orochi (1925) ***

Silent "chambara jidai-geki" about a persecuted ronin. Directed by Buntaro Futagawa.

Lady Windermere's Fan (1925) ***

Oscar Wilde's verbal wit is hard to translate in a silent film, but it's still a fine picture.

Little Annie Rooney (1925) ***

Mary Pickford is excellent in this gritty urban melodrama directed by William Beaudine.

The Merry Widow (1925) ***

Being a silent movie, Erich von Stroheim's film adaptation of the famous operetta isn't as musically entertaining as the 1934 version starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeannette MacDonald, but it more than makes up for this sole shortcoming in every other area (the performances, the psychological depth of the characters, the quality of the mise-en-scène, the sexual tension, etc.)

The Lost World (1925) ***

Before "Jurassic Park" (1993), there was "King King" (1933). But before "King Kong", there was "The Lost World", the original dinosaur picture.

The Perfect Clown (1925) ***

Entertaining feature comedy starring Larry Semon.

The Wizard Of Oz (1925) ***

Uneven, but often very interesting adaptation of the famous story. Directed by Larry Semon (who also plays the Scarecrow). Oliver Hardy plays the Tin Woodman.