Public Domain Movies released in 1921

Miss Lulu Bett

Spinster Lulu Bett lives with her sister, Diana, and is a servant in Diana's household. Diana's brother-in-law, Ninian, visits, and smitten with Lulu, arranges a dinner party in her honor. At the party Ninian jokingly proposes marriage to Lulu, and recites the wedding ceremony, which Diana's husband, a justice of the peace, realizes is binding. Lulu lives with Ninian until she discovers he is already married. She goes back to her sister's home where she is treated poorly.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Dying Detective

Eille Norwood appears as Sherlock Holmes in this episode from the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Series (1921) Special contents of this edition copyright 2010 Shane I Sullivan. Permission to use these items is granted under creative commons licence.

The Sheik

Legendary Valentino picture. Valentino stars as an Arabian who falls in love with an English woman in this classic silent picture. Visit the IMDB page here.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Man With The Twisted Lip

Episode of the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series starring Eille Norwood. Special contents of this edition copyright 2010 Shane I Sullivan. Permission to use these items is granted under creative commons licence.

The Playhouse

The opening scene, a dream sequence prior to the vaudeville routines which follow, is what makes this film famous. In it Keaton plays everyone in a theatre simultaneously (through multiple exposures). He is the band leader, all its members, the dancers on the stage and everyone in the audience.

The Haunted House

The Haunted House is a 1921 black and white, silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton. For maximum quality download the source mkv file here and play it in VLC Player or any other good player which supports mkv.

The High Sign

The High Sign by Buster Keaton, 1921. Should you need a reminder of what a great comic Buster Keaton was, go no further than here. He starts off with a brilliant scene of reading a newspaper, goes to a shooting gallery where he hooks up a Rube Goldberg devise to prove what a great marksman he is and ends up in a wild scene in a house full of hidden rooms and secret passages. Keaton was disappointed with this, his second independently produced film and held it back a year before he released it. It is A masterpiece of the form. Enjoy.

Never Weaken

I have added a sound track to an earlier archive film with the caption form Wikopedia..Never Weaken is a 1921 silent comedy film starring Harold Lloyd and directed by Fred Newmeyer. It was Lloyd's last short film, running to three reels, before he moved permanently into feature-length production. It was also one of his trademark "thrill" comedies, featuring him dangling from a tall building. Lloyd and his crew honed and perfected their "thrill" filming techniques in this film, and put them to astonishing use in the 1923 classic feature Safety Last!...

Hard Luck

Buster Keaton, 1921

Goketsu Jiraiya (Jiraiya the Hero) [1921]

Goketsu Jiraiya (Jiraiya the Hero) is a Japanese silent film from 1921. Runtime (this version) : 20 minutes 48 seconds Director : Shozo Makino Cast : Matsunosuke Onoe as Jiraiya, Suminojo Ichikawa as Orochimaru, Kijaku Otani as Tsukikagegunryo Miyukinosuke, Chosei Kataoka as Tsunatehime, Shoen Kataoka as Takasago Yuminosuke, Enichiro Jitsukawa, Ichitaro Kataoka, Masatada Makino. IMDB Link ~~~ For free electronic music, check out Karakasa Music!

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