The Lodger (1927) ***

The first "true" Alfred Hitchcock's film, which introduced all the elements of his classic thrillers: an innocent man accused of a murder he didn't commit, a climactic chase, an atmosphere of suspicion and paranoia etc. etc.

Addio giovinezza (1927) ***

The Kid Brother (1927) ***

Silent comedy starring Harold Lloyd as a young man intimidated by his older brothers.

Long Pants (1927) ***

This Harry Langdon's feature has several classic sequences.

Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927) ***

Impressive adaptation of the famous novel, with a few major changes from the original (such as moving the timeline forward to the Civil War era).

Mogila nieznanego zolnierza (1927) ***

Excellent silent melodrama from Poland. Very anti-Communist, the film denounces the Soviet Revolution as a genocidal crime against humanity.

La Sirène des tropiques (1927) ***

Zew morza (1927) ***

Underworld (1927) ***

Excellent gangster film directed by Joseph von Sternberg.

Two Arabian Knights (1927) ***

My Best Girl (1927) ***

Mary Pickford plays a shopgirl from a poor family who falls in love with a coworker who is really a millionaire's son.

Hotel Imperial (1927) **

Pola Negri is excellent in this World War I drama about a Austro-Hungarian soldier who saves his country from a dangerous Russian spy, but the film is quite uneven.

The Student Prince In Old Heidelberg (1927) **

Very different from most Ernst Lubitsch's films. Instead of a sophisticated comedy of manners, it's an old-fashioned romantic drama with a hint of Teutonic nostalgia. Dated, but quite appealing.

Topsy And Eva (1927) *

Dated and racist film loosely based on "Uncle Tom's Cabin".

The Love Of Sunya (1927) *

This is silent cinema at its very worst - not only tedious and pretentious, but also badly acted and devoid of any imagination. Gloria Swanson plays a young woman facing a crucial decision in her life.

The Fair Co-Ed (1927) *

College comedy starring Marion Davis. Very slow-paced - it takes almost a third of the film for our heroine to actually get to the college and unpack her bags.

The Patent Leather Kid (1927) *

Two films (a boxing drama and a war drama) for the price of one. Neither is very good.

Downhill (1927) *

A rich man's son leaves home after being called a liar and his life goes from bad to worse. Silent melodrama directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Le Vertige (1927) *

Hopelessly dated melodrama about a tsarist general murdering his wife's lover. Probably Marcel L'Herbier's most conventional and boring film.

The Diplomatic Pouch (1927) *

Boring spy flick (directed by Alexander Dovzhenko), about evil agents of Capitalist Imperialism trying to stop brave Communists from delivering an important letter to the Kremlin.

The Girl With The Hatbox (1927) *

Soviet comedy about a young woman who wins a lottery.

The Ring (1927) *

Probably Alfred Hitchcock's worst film.

His First Flame (1927) *

Harry Langdon plays a rich bachelor whose uncle is a fireman. The film was made in 1925, but it was only released two years later. Produced by Mack Sennett - one of his weakest features.

Invitation au voyage (1927) ****

Should Tall Men Marry? (1927) ***

A Stan Laurel solo comedy (without Ollie). He plays a cowboy who helps a girl kidnapped by a suitor. Produced by Hal Roach and directed by Louis J. Gasnier.

With Love And Hisses (1927) ***

One of the first films co-starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, and a very funny one, too. It's set in an army boot camp. Directed by Fred Guiol.

The Artist's Dream Model (1927) ***

The Second Hundred Years (1927) ***

After digging a tunnel from their cell to the warden's office, convicts Stan and Ollie manage to paint themselves out of the prison. Directed by Fred Guiol. Excerpted in "The Golden Age Of Comedy" (1957).

Slipping Wives (1927) ***

One of the first Laurel and Hardy films. The topic: marital infidelity. Chaotic, but very funny.

Love 'Em And Weep (1927) ***

While both Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy appear in it, this isn't really "their" film, but a James Finlayson vehicle. He plays a married man blackmailed by an old girlfriend. While the first half is quite slow, gags improve significantly in the second half of the film.

Prelude (1927) ***

Duck Soup (1927) ***

Historically important as the first film in which Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy have appeared together as a team. Uneven, with an excellent first half and a disappointing second half. Remade 4 years later as "Another Fine Mess".

Sur un air de Charleston (1927) ***

A short futuristic sensual dance fantasy film directed by Jean Renoir.

Putting Pants On Philip (1927) ***

Stan, dressed in a Scottish kilt, chases after girls. His uncle (Oliver Hardy) must wrestle him to take measurement for a tailor. Excerpted in "Laurel And Hardy's Laughing Twenties" (1965) and "Four Clowns" (1969).

Fiddlesticks (1927) *

Harry plays a street musician.

The Forbidden Daughters (1927) ***

Speeding Along (1927) ***

Tin lizzies are racing on rural roads. Pastoral scenery is an additional asset of this little-known silent short comedy.

Do Detectives Think? (1927) ***

Probably not, especially when they are played by Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in one of their earliest comedies as a team.

Etudes des mouvements a Paris (1927) ***

An experimental documentary about traffic in Paris. Directed by Joris Ivens.

Glace a trois faces (1927) ***

Short film by Jean Epstein.

Call Of The Cuckoo (1927) ***

Pride Of Pikeville (1927) ***

In this parody of Erich von Stroheim's melodramas, Ben Turpin plays "Baron Bonamo", "an international ladies' man", touring America "at the request of European husbands" and forced into shotgun weddings by desperate fathers wanting to marry their ugly daughters. Directed by A.Goulding and produced by Mack Sennett.

Ride 'Em Cowboy (1927) **

A silent western with armored cars.

Why Girls Love Sailors (1927) ***

A young girl is kidnapped by a sea captain. This is really a Stan Laurel vehicle, with Oliver Hardy only in a supporting role. The film was made just before the Laurel & Hardy team was formed.

Sugar Daddies (1927) **

Stan Laurel plays a cross-dressing lawyer. Oliver Hardy plays a butler. The best scene has Ollie trying to remove Stan's hat.

Sailors Beware (1927) *

Lame comedy set on an ocean liner, with Stan Laurel as a stowaway taxi driver and Oliver Hardy as a crew member.

Flying Elephants (1927) *

An early Stan & Ollie film set in prehistoric times. They don't appear as a team yet.

Munchen-Berlin Wanderung (1927) *

An experimental documentary by Oskar Fischinger, recording his trip on foot from Munich to Berlin.

The Battle Of The Century (1927) *****

The first reel features Stan as a boxing champ. The beginning of the second reel is missing, but the second half is legendary. It's a pie-throwing farce to end all pie-throwing farces. Excerpted in "The Golden Age Of Comedy" (1957), it's one of Laurel and Hardy's finest films, directed by Clyde Bruckman and supervised by Leo McCarey.

Trolley Troubles (1927) ****

Oswald is a trolley car driver. Probably Walt Disney's best pre-Mickey cartoon, endlessly inventive.

Koko The Kop (1927) ****

Policeman Koko tries to catch Fitz by using bones as bait. He also flirts with pretty women. Landscapes change constantly in this terrific cartoon.

Koko The Kid (1927) ****

Koko finds a Fountain of Youth and changes into a crying toddler. He also throws the magic water all over the city, turning hard-working executives and their secretaries into small babies in diapers. A fast-paced, very inventive cartoon.

Ship Of Oranges (1927) ***

Directed by Noburo Ofuji.

Koko Needles The Boss (1927) ***

Innovative cartoon with Koko involving some crafty needle work.

Fluttering Hearts (1927) ***

Charley Chase uses various tricks to steal a compromising letter from Oliver Hardy. Eugene Pallette plays a cop. Directed by Leo McCarey.

The Non-Stop Fright (1927) ***

Felix builds a plane and flies to Timbuctoo. Imaginative cartoon with plenty of chases.

Koko Hops Off (1927) ***

Max Fleischer orders Koko to fly an airplane around the world. After a brief stint under the ocean, he resumes his trip and catches up with Fitz, who flies a square geese. Unfortunately, his Flying Cup simply flies out the window.

Felix The Cat Switches Witches (1927) ***

Seelische Konstruktionen (1927) ***

The only non-abstract cartoon ever made by Oskar Fishinger, but still quite experimental.

The Mechanical Cow (1927) ***

Alice The Whaler (1927) **

An "Alice" cartoon set aboard a whaling ship.

Alice's Circus Daze (1927) **

Alice in the circus.

Felix In Germ Mania (1927) **

Felix is looking for milk in a laboratory full of strange creatures (including a golf bug and a love germ). Reduced for a while to a microscopic size, he's later chased by an unlarged (and enraged) insect.

Short Circuit (1927) **

Al Falfa finds a way to operate his farm with electricity. The animals don't seem very happy (they even pelt him with eggs), but his food production definitely improves.

All Wet (1927) **

Oswald is a hot dog vendor who saves his girlfriend from drowning. Remade by Disney as "The Karnival Kid" (1929) with Mickey Mouse.

Short Vacation (1927) **

An escaped convict hides in a delivery truck that makes a delivery to the same prison he has just escaped from. A silent Paul Terry cartoon. The exact year of the release is unknown.

The Ocean Hop (1927) **

Oswald joins an air race to Paris.

Great Guns! (1927) **

Oswald goes to war.

Oh Teacher (1927) **

Oswald fights against a school bully.

Felix The Cat Dines And Pines (1927) *

China Doll (1927) *

Silent Paul Terry cartoon set in China. The exact year of the release is unknown.

Stars Of The Circus (1927) *

Boring silent Paul Terry cartoon set in a circus. The exact year of the release is unknown.

The Magic Flame (1927)

A lost film.

The Devil Dancer (1927)

A lost film.

The Way Of All Flesh (1927)

Melodrama starring Emil Jennings. A lost film. Only a brief fragment survives here on Youtube.