The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Director: Rober Wiene
1919

The film tells the story of the deranged Doctor Caligari and his faithful somnambulist Cesare and their connection to a string of murders in a German mountain village, Holstenwall. Caligari presents one of the earliest examples of a motion picture "frame story" in which the body of the plot is presented as a flashback, as told by Francis. Friends Alan and Francis visit a carnival in the village where they see Dr. Caligari and Cesare, who Caligari is displaying as an attraction.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is the first modern Horror Film and it influence a number of contemporary productions.

A real classic!

Broken Blossoms (a.k.a. The Yellow Man and the Girl)

1919


Directed by D. W. Griffith


Casts:
Lillian Gish as Lucy Burrows
Richard Barthelmess as Cheng Huan
Donald Crisp as Battling Burrows
Arthur Howard as Burrows' manager
Edward Peil Sr. as Evil Eye
George Beranger as The Spying One
Norman Selby as A prizefighter


Director D. W. Griffith is considered as the first master of feature film directors.  Broken Blossoms is his most tragic, serious, poetic, difficult, and melodramatic film.


Broken Blossoms  shows the condemnation of child abuse and the violence of western society.  It tells the story of young girl, Lucy Burrows, who is abused by her alcoholic prizefighting father, Battling Burrows, and meets Cheng Huan, a kind-hearted Chinese man who falls in love with her.


This is a silent movie that dealt with social problems; a love story that has a tragic end.