Top movies released in the year of 1925
The year 1925 was one of the greatest years of the Silent Era. Chaplin released his masterpiece 'The Gold Rush'. Buster Keaton had two movies that year, 'Seven Chances' and 'Go West'. Frank Lloyd, Erich von Stroheim, Frank Borzage, F.W. Murnau, E.A. Dupont, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Mary Pickford and Sergei M. Eisenstein all had movies released in 1925. As well as the debut of Alfred Hitchcock with his first movie, 'The Pleasure Garden'. The biggest box-office success of the year was King Vidor's 'The Big Parade', the highest grossing silent movie of all time. Closely followed by 'Ben-Hur' and 'The Gold Rush'.
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- DirectorKing VidorGeorge W. HillStarsJohn GilbertRenée AdoréeHobart BosworthA young American soldier witnesses the horrors of the Great War.Directed by King Vidor. Biggest box-office of the year. (11 million US$)
- DirectorFred NibloCharles BrabinChristy CabanneStarsRamon NovarroFrancis X. BushmanMay McAvoyA Jewish prince seeks to find his family and revenge himself upon his childhood friend who had him wrongly imprisoned.Directed by Fred Niblo. Made 9 million US$ world-wide.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMack SwainTom MurrayA prospector goes to the Klondike during the 1890s gold rush in hopes of making his fortune, and is smitten with a girl he sees in a dance hall.Chaplin's masterpiece. Highest grossing comedy of 1925. (5.5 million US$)
- DirectorFred C. NewmeyerSam TaylorStarsHarold LloydJobyna RalstonBrooks BenedictA nerdy college student will do anything to become popular on campus.One of Harold Lloyd's finest movies, second biggest comedy of 1925.
- DirectorRupert JulianLon ChaneyErnst LaemmleStarsLon ChaneyMary PhilbinNorman KerryA mad, disfigured composer seeks love with a lovely young opera singer.Lon Chaney's finest hour. One of the early Universal Horror masterpieces.
- DirectorErich von StroheimStarsMae MurrayJohn GilbertRoy D'ArcyA prince must woo the now-wealthy dancer he once abandoned, to keep her money in the country in order to keep it from crashing economically.Erich von Stroheim with a big critical and box office success.
- DirectorHarry O. HoytStarsWallace BeeryBessie LoveLloyd HughesThe first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.Masterpiexe of early Dinosaur stop-motion action!
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsMary PickfordWilliam HainesWalter JamesThe tenements are home to an international community, including the friends and family of a tough young ragamuffin named Annie Rooney, but their neighborhood is threatened by a dangerous street gang.Big comeback for Mary Pickford in this successful United Artist production.
- DirectorBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonRuth DwyerT. Roy BarnesA man learns that he will inherit a fortune if he marries by 7PM that evening.Great Buster Keaton movie. The first of two Buster Keaton movies released in '25.
- DirectorCarl Theodor DreyerStarsJohannes MeyerAstrid HolmKarin NellemoseWhen a man becomes tyrannical towards his family, the women of the house decide to teach him a lesson in gratitude.'Master of the House'. Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer's biggest film pre-Jeanne d'Arc (1928).
- DirectorSergei EisensteinStarsAleksandr AntonovVladimir BarskiyGrigoriy AleksandrovIn the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.'Battleship Potemkin'. Sergei M. Eisenstein's final masterpiece of 1925.
- DirectorSergei EisensteinStarsGrigoriy AleksandrovMaksim ShtraukhMikhail GomorovA group of oppressed factory workers go on strike in pre-revolutionary Russia.'Strike'. Sergei M. Eisenstein's masterpiece.
- 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.Buster Keaton's second movie of 1925.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsVirginia ValliCarmelita GeraghtyMiles ManderTwo couples' romances are fancifully intertwined.Alfred Hitchcock's debut feature film.
- DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsHermann PichaRosa ValettiAndré MattoniA young man shows his millionaire grandfather a film based on Molière's Tartuffe, in order to expose the old man's hypocritical governess who covets his own inheritance.'Tartuffe'. F.W. Murnau with a dramatic classic.
- DirectorEwald André DupontStarsEmil JanningsMaly DelschaftLya De PuttiPrologue: The murderer "Boss" Huller - after having spent ten years in prison - breaks his silence to tell the warden his story. "Boss", a former trapeze artist, and his wife own a cheap side-show that displays ''erotic sensations''. But he longs for his former glamorous life in the circus. When he meets the orphan Berta-Marie, he falls under her spell and leaves his wife and young son behind. He makes Berta-Marie his partner in a new trapeze number. One day, the famous trapeze artist Artinelli takes note of them and engages them for his trapeze show in Berlin. Their salto mortale becomes an immediate sensation. Calculatedly and cold, Artinelli seduces Berta-Marie and destroys "Boss'" happiness.E.A. Dupont's classic starring the fantastic Emil Jannings.
- DirectorTod BrowningStarsLon ChaneyMae BuschMatt MooreA sideshow ventriloquist, a midget, and a strongman form a conspiracy known as "The Unholy Three" and commit a series of robberies.Lon Chaney classic directed by Tod Browning.
- DirectorRoland WestStarsLon ChaneyGertrude OlmsteadHallam CooleyA meek clerk who doubles as an amateur detective investigates some very strange goings-on at a remote mental sanitarium.One of several Lon Chaney movies released the same year. Directed by Roland West.
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsRudolph ValentinoVilma BánkyLouise DresserA wanted Russian lieutenant becomes a masked vigilante seeking vengeance upon the man who stole his family's land, only to fall for his charming daughter.Rudolph Valentino at his finest.
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsGloria SwansonLawrence GrayGertrude AstorA young woman dreams of becoming a great actress. When her boyfriend starts to flirt with an actual actress, she becomes jealous and decides to fight with her rival.Allan Dwan directs the incomparable Gloria Swanson.
- DirectorOscar MicheauxStarsPaul RobesonMarshall RogersLawrence ChenaultA malevolent phony preacher plots to take advantage of a woman from his congregation who happens to be in love with his long-estranged identical twin brother.This was the first starring role of Paul Robeson.
- DirectorMonta BellStarsNorma ShearerMalcolm McGregorGeorge K. ArthurA world-weary prostitute yearns after respectability and the love of an inventor.Monta Bell directs this pre-code drama starring Norma Shearer and her uncredited body-double, Joan Crawford.
- DirectorGeorge W. HillClarence G. BadgerStarsMarion DaviesHolbrook BlinnHarrison FordMamie, an orphan girl who was abused in the orphanage, is taken in by Mrs. Caldwell, a kind woman with a young son named Alexander. Mamie hits it off with the lad and nicknames him "Zander". When Mrs. Caldwell dies, the authorities decree that the boy must be placed in the same orphanage where Mamie was mistreated. Horrified, Mamie determines to ensure that the boy will be spared the same treatment that she had to suffer.Classic Marion Davies movie directed by George W. Hill.
- DirectorFrank BorzageStarsBuck JonesMadge BellamyVirginia MarshallSteve Tuttle, the titular lazybones, takes on the responsibility of raising a fatherless girl, causing a scandal in his small town. Many years later, having returned from World War I, he discovers that he loves the grown-up girl.Frank Borzage drama starring Madge Bellamy and Jane Novak.
- DirectorFrank BorzageStarsEleanor BoardmanMalcolm McGregorAlec B. FrancisAn unhappy woman considers leaving her dull husband for another man.Frank Borzage drama starring Eleanor Boardman, including Joan Crawford in a small role.
- DirectorKing BaggotWilliam S. HartStarsWilliam S. HartBarbara BedfordLucien LittlefieldThe government will grant a fringe of terrain for the settlers who want to live and work there. The starting sign will be a gunshot which will iniciate the run for the best fields and claims.King Baggot directs William S. Hart in this early Western classic.
- DirectorJean RenoirStarsCatherine HesslingCharlotte ClasisPierre ChampagneAfter her father's death and her uncle having drunk all the inheritance, Virginia is left alone. She is accepted by a family of bohemians but a quarrel between the bohemians and the peasants coerce her to flee the peasants' riot. She is then helped by Raynal who falls in love with her but is too shy to tell her. Sheltered by his father, Virginia is robbed by her uncle of the money Raynal gave her to pay the bill in the village. He and his son then start to consider her a thief.'Whirlpool of Fate'. Early french classic. The first movie directed by Jean Renoir.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsCarol DempsterW.C. FieldsAlfred LuntJudge Foster throws his daughter out because she married a circus man. She leaves her baby girl with Prof. McGargle before she dies. Years later Sally is a dancer with whom Peyton, a son of Judge Foster's friend, falls in love. When Sally is arrested McGargle proves her real parentage.D.W. Griffith movie starring W.C. Fields and Carol Dempster.
- DirectorVsevolod PudovkinMykola ShpykovskyiStarsJosé Raúl CapablancaVladimir FogelAnna ZemtsovaWith an international chess tournament in progress, a young man becomes completely obsessed with the game. His fiancée has no interest in it, and becomes frustrated and depressed by his neglect of her, but wherever she goes she finds that she cannot escape chess. On the brink of giving up, she meets the world champion, Capablanca himself, with interesting results.'Chess Fever'. Classic Vsevolod Pudovkin short. Contains brief footage of chess master Capablanca.
- DirectorMonta BellStarsMarion DaviesConrad NagelFrank CurrierFely and Anne are twins orphaned when their mother dies en route from Ireland to America. Fely is adopted by the O'Tandys, who live in New York's Shantytown, and Anne is adopted by the wealthy De Rhondos. Fely grows up without knowing her sister and becomes a dancer in Tony Pastor's theater. Dirk De Rhondo, Anne's stepbrother, is attracted to Fely, and after protecting her during the great Orangemen's riot falls in love with her. She consents to his proposal but later retracts when Dirk's father dispossesses her family. Fely's father, however, becomes wealthy when his investment in Edison's incandescent light pays off, but Dirk's father is ruined. Fely saves De Rhondo's bank from a run by making a large deposit, thus winning over Dirk's family and paving the way for their marriage.Marion Davis stars in this excellent Monta Bell feature.
- DirectorDonald CrispStarsDouglas FairbanksMary AstorJack McDonaldDon Cesar, son of Zorro, is framed for murder while visiting Spain, and becomes the whip-wielding outlaw Don Q.Douglas Fairbanks' triumphant return as the son of Zorro.
- DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsGeorge K. ArthurGeorgia HaleBruce GuerinA cowardly young man, a bitter young woman, and a helpless child live on the docks, spend their days full of ennui watching a dredge dig the same hole day in and day out, chased around by the dredge workers. One day they finally decide to leave for the city together after they see a black cat.The first movie directed by Josef von Sternberg.
- DirectorWalter LangDorothy DavenportStarsPriscilla BonnerNellie Bly BakerCarl MillerA small-town girl finds escape from her cruel home life in the arms of a handsome stranger. Soon she finds herself working as a prostitute in New Orleans, desperately clinging to the belief that he really loves her.Classic Dorothy Davenport movie. Also known as 'The Red Kimono'.
- DirectorWesley RugglesStarsDonald KeithClara BowMary AldenHugh Carver is an athletic star and a freshman at Prescott College. He falls in love with Cynthia Day, a popular girl who loves to go to parties. He finds that it is impossible to please her and still keep up with his studies and his athletic training, and soon the two face some difficult decisions.Classic starring Clara Bow. Several soon-to-be famous actors and actresses had uncredited extras performances in this movie. Amongst them Clark Gable, Janet Gaynor and Carole Lombard.
- DirectorJulien DuvivierStarsHenry KraussCharlotte Barbier-KraussAndré HeuzéNothing can atone for young "Carrot top"s mother's hatred, nor for his father's indifference. But when his father learns that his son is thinking about committing suicide, he steps in and takes him under his wing.'Carrot Top'. Classic Duvivier silent. Stated by Julien Duvivier himself as one of his favorites of the movies he directed.
- DirectorSidney FranklinStarsConstance TalmadgeRonald ColmanGeorge K. ArthurA housewife poses as her sister, a notorious dancer, in order to fool her husband and teach him a lesson.Classic comedy starring Constance Talmadge.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseKatherine GrantLucien LittlefieldA wife suspects her husband is cheating when seen on the street talking to an attractive young woman. She believes she has caught him his mistress. A dancing butler, a game-playing dog and an accommodating burglar complicate things.Charley Chase Short. A parody of the 1924 play 'What Price Glory?' which was also the basis for Raoul Walsh's feature film 'What Price Glory' in 1926 starring Dolores del Río.
- DirectorClarence G. BadgerStarsBetty CompsonRaymond GriffithTom SantschiA con-woman has a nice business fleecing gullible tourists who want a genuine 'underworld' experience, but the tables are turned when one of her victims turns out to be less innocent than he looks. Dodging the city detective who knows her by sight and wants her to "go straight", she next sets her sights on a valuable diamond pendant; but when her elegant nemesis turns up at the scene of the would-be crime, a race begins to see who can carry out the con first.Raymond Griffith crime-comedy.
- DirectorTod BrowningStarsAileen PringleConway TearleMitchell LewisAn American criminal imports a gang of Hungarian gypsies to gain control over a fortune. The victim, Doris Merrick, is persuaded by fake medium Zara to hand over her jewels to Nash.Tod Browning classic.
- DirectorPaul SloaneStarsRichard DixFrank CurrierAlbert TavernierRichard Gaylord, Jr. is a modern Lothario who has so many sweethearts that his father does not know what to do with him. Tired of paying to get his son out of one romantic entanglement after another, the elder Gaylord sends his son to the Basque region of France, believing that the women there will accept attentions only from their own people. Almost immediately, a local girl, Yvonne Hurja becomes infatuated with Richard, whom she sees as being able to help her break free from the unwanted attention of local guardsman Julio. A rivalry grows between Richard and Julio.Comedy starring Ridhard Dix and two young upcoming actors, William Powell and Harpo Marx.
- DirectorHarry A. PollardStarsReginald DennyMary AstorOtis HarlanRufus Billop was never believed to survive as a newborn. He's lived through infancy and childhood surrounded by doctors and medicines, worried over his frail health, becoming an accomplished hypochondriac on his own merits. When three partners consider his case a good investment in exchange for future fortune, a wise doctor prescribes him a Lovely View to behold from his ailing bed, and everything begins to change.'Oh! Doctor'. Classic Reginald Denny comedy. One of the early films for actress Mary Astor.
- DirectorHerbert BlachéStarsHoot GibsonVirginia Brown FairePierre FaunceChampion Roman racer Dan Malloy falls in love with French Canadian Marie LeFarge, but is accused of killing her father. He evades the law until he wins the Calgary Stampede. He is freed when the real killer is identified.Classic western starring Hoot Gibson. It's a hoot!