My Favorite Intertitles
Great Movie Quotes lists tend to exclude silent movies since they have no dialogue per se. But silent movies do have written material: the title cards (or "intertitles"). And some of them, especially in the comedies, are quite cleverly written. Here are my favorites. This is a work in progress.
List activity
230 views
• 0 this weekCreate a new list
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks.
- 4 titles
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinVirginia CherrillFlorence LeeWith the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.Yes, I can see now.
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsPola NegriVictor JansonPaul HeidemannA charismatic lieutenant newly assigned to a remote fort is captured by a group of mountain bandits, thus setting in motion a madcap farce that is Lubitsch at his most unrestrained.Bye, Daddy!
- DirectorsDonald CrispBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonKathryn McGuireFrederick VroomTwo spoiled rich people find themselves trapped on an empty passenger ship.Rollo Treadway - Heir to the Treadway fortune - a living proof that every family tree must have its sap... Buster Keaton.
- DirectorBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonHoward TruesdaleKathleen MyersWith little luck at keeping a job in the city a New Yorker tries work in the country and eventually finds his way leading a herd of cattle to the West Coast.Some people travel through life making friends where ever they go, while others - Just travel through life.
In a little town in Indiana, the social standing of a certain young man had kept him continuously on the move.
