Decades before the video revolution of the late 1970's/early 1980's, there was a small but devoted market for home films in the 16mm, 8mm, and Super 8 mm film market. Due to the fact that most individuals in America owning projectors did not have one equipped with sound, vintage silent films were particularly well-suited for the market. A number of feature films were released in full-length versions from the 1960's until the market essentially evaporated in the early 1980's with the advent of home video, which made collecting films considerably cheaper. The silent feature films were released on multi film reels, each holding approximately 20 minutes of film, and were often expensive for the era, a feature-length Super 8mm silent film might cost over $100 in 1970's dollars. Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images which represent scenes in motion. ... 16 mm film was initially created in the 1920s as an inexpensive amateur alternative to the conventional 35 mm film format. ... 8mm may be referring to: 8mm film, or its replacement American film entitled 8mm about a private detective verifying the existence of a snuff movie. ... Kodachrome 40 KMA464P Super 8 Catridge Super 8 mm film, also called Super 8 is a motion picture film format that was developed in the 1960s and released on the market in 1965 by Eastman Kodak as an improvement of the older 8mm home movie format. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as...

Among the titles that were released on Super 8mm/8mm format were:

• America starring Neil Hamilton

• Blood and Sand starring Rudolph Valentino
• Broken Blossoms starring Lillian Gish

• Civilization by Thomas Ince
• College starring Buster Keaton

• Don Q Son of Zorro starring Douglas Fairbanks
• Down to the Sea in Ships starring Clara Bow
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde starring John Barrymore

• Foolish Wives starring Erich von Stroheim

• Girl Shy starring Harold Lloyd
• Grandma's Boy starring Harold Lloyd

• Intolerance starring Mae Marsh
• It starring Clara Bow

• Little Annie Rooney starring Mary Pickford

• Nosferatu starring Max Schreck

• Orphans of the Storm starring Lillian Gish

• Peck's Bad Boy starring Jackie Coogan

• Safety Last starring Harold Lloyd
• She starring Betty Blythe
• Die Nibelungen: Siegfried directed by Fritz Lang
• Son of the Sheik starring Rudolph Valentino
• Sparrows starring Mary Pickford
• Speedy (film) starring Harold Lloyd
• Steamboat Bill Jr. starring Buster Keaton

• The Adventures of Tarzan starring Elmo Lincoln
• The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari starring Conrad Veidt
• The Birth of a Nation starring Lillian Gish
• The Black Pirate starring Douglas Fairbanks
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame starring Lon Chaney
• The Mark of Zorro starring Douglas Fairbanks
• The Gold Rush starring Charlie Chaplin
• The Phantom of the Opera starring Lon Chaney
• The Slums of Berlin directed by Gerhard Lamprecht
• Tillie's Punctured Romance starring Charlie Chaplin
• Tol'able David starring Richard Barthelmess
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea starring Matt Moore

• Way Down East starring Lillian Gish

Neil Hamilton (9 September 1899–24 September 1984) was an American actor famous for his role as Commissioner Gordon on the Batman TV series of the 1960s. ... Blood and Sand was a 1922 silent movie directed by Fred Niblo and starring Rudolph Valentino, Lila Lee and Nita Naldi. ... Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor. ... Broken Blossoms (also called The Chink and the Child, Scarlet Blossoms and The Yellow Man and the Girl) is a 1919 film which tells the story of a Chinese man who goes to England to enlighten Christians about the teachings of Buddha. ... Lillian Diana de Guiche (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993), was an Oscar-nominated American actress, better known as Lillian Gish. ... Thomas Harper Ince (November 6, 1882–November 20, 1924) was an American film director. ... Joseph Frank Keaton Jr. ... Douglas Fairbanks Douglas Fairbanks (May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer, who became noted for his swashbuckling roles in silent movies such as The Mark of Zorro (1920), The Three Musketeers (1921), Robin Hood (1922), The Thief of Bagdad (1924) and The Black... Down to the Sea in Ships is a 1923 American silent movie about a devout Quaker captain of a fleet of whaling ships, William W. Morgan (William Walcott). ... Clara Gordon Bow (July 29, 1905 − September 27, 1965) was an American actress and sex symbol, best known for her silent film work in the 1920s. ... was a classic 1920 horror film based upon Robert Louis Stevensons famed novella and brought to life by John Barrymore, widely regarded as the worlds greatest actor at the time. ... John Sidney Blyth Barrymore (February 14, 1882 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – May 29, 1942 in Los Angeles, California), was an American actor. ... Erich von Stroheim (September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was a filmmaker and actor, noted for his arrogant Teutonic character parts. ... Girl Shy is a 1924 comedy silent film starring Harold Lloyd. ... Harold Clayton Lloyd (April 20, 1893–March 8, 1971) was an American actor and filmmaker, most famous for his hugely successful and influential silent film comedies. ... Grandmas Boy is an American film produced by Adam Sandlers production company Happy Madison in 2006. ... Harold Clayton Lloyd (April 20, 1893–March 8, 1971) was an American actor and filmmaker, most famous for his hugely successful and influential silent film comedies. ... Intolerance is a silent film directed by D.W. Griffith in 1916. ... Studio promotional photo Mae Marsh (born Mary Wayne Marsh, November 9, 1895 in Madrid, New Mexico, died February 13, 1968 in Hermosa Beach, California) was an American film actress with a career spanning over 50 years. ... Clara Gordon Bow (July 29, 1905 − September 27, 1965) was an American actress and sex symbol, best known for her silent film work in the 1920s. ... Little Annie Rooney was a Comic strip about a young orphaned girl, with a dog as a companion. ... Mary Pickford (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979) was an Oscar-winning Canadian motion picture star and co-founder of United Artists. ... Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (A Symphony of Horror in German) is a German Expressionist film shot in 1922 by F.W. Murnau. ... Nosferatu Maximillian Schreck (September 6, 1879–February 19, 1936) was a German actor most often remembered today for his lead role in Nosferatu. ... A 1921 film by D.W. Griffith set in late 19th century France, before and during the French Revolution. ... Lillian Diana de Guiche (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993), was an Oscar-nominated American actress, better known as Lillian Gish. ... John Leslie (Jackie) Coogan (October 26, 1914 – March 1, 1984) was an American actor who began his movie career as a child actor in silent films. ... Original movie poster for Safety Last! Safety Last! is a 1923 comedy silent film starring Harold Lloyd. ... Harold Clayton Lloyd (April 20, 1893–March 8, 1971) was an American actor and filmmaker, most famous for his hugely successful and influential silent film comedies. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion, because: help If you disagree with its speedy deletion, please explain why on its talk page or at Wikipedia:Speedy deletions. ... Friedrich Anton Christian Lang (December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976) was an Austrian-American film director, screenwriter and occasional film producer, one of the best known émigrés from Germanys school of expressionism. ... Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor. ... Mary Pickford (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979) was an Oscar-winning Canadian motion picture star and co-founder of United Artists. ... Speedy is a 1928 silent film that was one of the films to be nominated for the short-lived Academy Award for Best Director of a Comedy. ... Harold Clayton Lloyd (April 20, 1893–March 8, 1971) was an American actor and filmmaker, most famous for his hugely successful and influential silent film comedies. ... Steamboat Bill Jr. ... Joseph Frank Keaton Jr. ... Elmo Lincoln is best known in his silent movie role of Tarzan. ... The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (original title: Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari) is a groundbreaking 1920 silent film directed by Robert Wiene from a screenplay written by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer. ... Conrad Veidt in The Spy in Black (1939). ... The Birth of a Nation is a famously controversial film which promoted the superiority of the white race. ... Lillian Diana de Guiche (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993), was an Oscar-nominated American actress, better known as Lillian Gish. ... The Black Pirate is a 1926 adventure silent film shot entirely in Technicolor which tells the story of a young nobleman who infiltrates a ship full of pirates to avenge his fathers death. ... Douglas Fairbanks Douglas Fairbanks (May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer, who became noted for his swashbuckling roles in silent movies such as The Mark of Zorro (1920), The Three Musketeers (1921), Robin Hood (1922), The Thief of Bagdad (1924) and The Black... In 1923, a silent film version of Victor Hugos novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame was released, starring Lon Chaney, Sr. ... There were two famous American actors named Lon Chaney, both known for their work in horror movies. ... The Mark of Zorro is a silent movie released in 1920 by United Artists starring Douglas Fairbanks. ... Douglas Fairbanks Douglas Fairbanks (May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer, who became noted for his swashbuckling roles in silent movies such as The Mark of Zorro (1920), The Three Musketeers (1921), Robin Hood (1922), The Thief of Bagdad (1924) and The Black... The Gold Rush is a 1925 silent film comedy written, directed, and starring Charlie Chaplin in his Little Tramp role. ... Charles Chaplin redirects here. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... There were two famous American actors named Lon Chaney, both known for their work in horror movies. ... Tillies Punctured Romance is the name of two early comedy films made in 1914 and 1928: Tillies Punctured Romance (1914 film), starring Charlie Chaplin Tillies Punctured Romance (1928 film), starring W. C. Fields This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that... Charles Chaplin redirects here. ... Film poster Tolable David is a 1921 American silent film based on the Joseph Hergesheimer short story. ... Richard (Dick) Barthelmess (May 9, 1895 - August 17, 1963) was a silent film star. ... 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a silent film made in 1916, based on the novel by Jules Verne of the same title. ... Matthew Moore (January 8, 1888 – January 20, 1960) was born in Fordstown Crossroads, County Meath, Ireland. ... Way Down East is a 1920 film directed by D.W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish and Richard Barthelmess. ... Lillian Diana de Guiche (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993), was an Oscar-nominated American actress, better known as Lillian Gish. ...

See Also

• Black Hawk Films