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1. The Jazz Singer (1927)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, Music, Musical
The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer
Votes: 11,078 | Gross: $7.63M
2. Sound of Horror (1966)
Unrated | 91 min | Horror
When a group of isolated people in the Greek mountains set off a cave explosion, they are menaced by an invisible shrieking dinosaur that had been buried for eons.
Director: José Antonio Nieves Conde | Stars: James Philbrook, Arturo Fernández, Soledad Miranda, José Bódalo
Votes: 464
3. Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Music
The earliest extant sound film. William K.L. Dickson stands in the background next to a huge sound pickup horn connected to a Thomas Edison phonograph recorder. As he plays a violin, two ... See full summary »
Director: William K.L. Dickson | Star: William K.L. Dickson
Votes: 2,563
4. Melody of the Heart (1929)
88 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A young maid from the country looses her job as maid in k.u.k. Budapest, when she stays out too long with her beau, a soldier, who's saving money to buy a horse to open a transport company.... See full summary »
Director: Hanns Schwarz | Stars: Dita Parlo, Willy Fritsch, Tihamér Lázár, Gerö Mály
Votes: 27
5. Sunny (1930)
Passed | 78 min | Musical, Romance
To be near the fella she loves, an English bareback rider dons dungarees and cap to pass as a boy, stows away to America, gets caught, marries someone else...and finally ends up in the warm... See full summary »
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Marilyn Miller, Lawrence Gray, Joe Donahue, O.P. Heggie
Votes: 192
6. El misterio de la Puerta del Sol (1930)
71 min | Comedy, Drama
Pompeyo Pimpollo and Rodolfo Bambolino, two lino-type artists from El Heraldo de Madrid, want to be movie stars, so they take a test conducted by the American filmmaker E. S. Carawa. When ... See full summary »
Director: Francisco Elías | Stars: Juan de Orduña, Anita Moreno, Jack Castello, Antonio Barber
Votes: 78
7. Song of the Roses (1929)
Short, Musical
Director: Gus Edwards | Stars: Robert Cloy, Blanche Le Clair, Dolores Brinkman, Jules Buffano
8. The Voice from the Screen (1926)
33 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Edward B. Craft, Cy Berg, Bob Witt
Votes: 26
9. Let's Go to the Movies (1949)
9 min | Documentary, Short, History
What goes in to the phrase, "Let's go to the movies"? An off-screen narrator takes us back to the earliest days of film: clips remind us of early stars and blockbusters. He explains how ... See full summary »
Director: Tholen Gladden | Stars: Warner Anderson, John Barrymore, Ingrid Bergman, Charles Chaplin
Votes: 70
11. Five O'Clock Tea (I) (1905)
3 min | Short, Music
Dranem performs "Five O'Clock Tea".
Director: Alice Guy | Star: Dranem
Votes: 171
12. La polka des trottins (1905)
2 min | Short, Music
Félix Mayol sings in front of a stage curtain draped in the antique style and decorated with lily of the valley, the singer's favorite flower.
Director: Alice Guy | Star: Félix Mayol
Votes: 155
13. La Marseillaise (1907)
Not Rated | 10 min | Short, Musical
By 1907, sound experimenter Georges Mendel had devised a system to assure synchronization by mechanically interlocking phonograph and projector. The film was shot to playback but ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Mendel | Star: Jean Noté
Votes: 128
16. Glow Little Glow Worm, Glow (1907)
Short, Music
Director: Arthur Gilbert | Star: Ellaline Terriss
17. The Whistling Coon (1906)
Short, Music
Director: Arthur Gilbert | Star: Darktown Troupe
Votes: 16
22. Miserere (Il Travatore) (1906)
Short, Music
Director: Arthur Gilbert | Stars: Edith Albord, Frank Rowe
25. Dranem Performs 'The True Jiu-Jitsu' (1905)
2 min | Short, Music
Dranem performs "The True Jiu Jitsu".
Director: Alice Guy | Star: Dranem
Votes: 180
32. Ben Bernie and All the Lads (1923)
7 min | Short, Music
The Ben Bernie and All the Lads band, featuring pianist Oscar Levant, perform songs by Vincent Youmans and George Gershwin in a short film produced in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.
Director: Lee De Forest | Stars: Ben Bernie, Oscar Levant
Votes: 22
33. In a Bamboo Hut (1905)
2 min | Short, Music
Alice Guy experiments with sound by Felix Mayol.
Director: Alice Guy | Star: Félix Mayol
Votes: 37
43. Were You Not to Koko Plighted (1907)
Short, Music
From the musical play 'The Mikado' by Gilbert and Sullivan.
Director: John Morland
47. Deutschlandbilder (1984)
60 min | Documentary
Directors: Hartmut Bitomsky, Heiner Mühlenbrock | Star: Jons Dengler
Votes: 15