Films of the Early 20th Century: 1926-1928

[BleuPanda]

The rules:

You can post a list of anywhere between 1 and 15 films (or more, but only 15 will be counted) from the period we're covering. The deciding factor in terms of release dates is the RYM list and the top 15 of each period will go on to the final top 150. The deadline is July 31st.

The points scheme is as follows:
1. 50
2. 40
3. 30
4. 20
5. 15
6. 10
7. 9
8. 8
9. 7
10. 6
11. 5
12. 4
13. 3
14. 2
15. 1

However, these are the maximum amounts of points. If you want to put certain films on your list but don't want to give them too many points, you can choose to give these less points than in this scheme (but never more) to decrease the impact on the overall results. If you don't specifically state that you want to give (some of) your films fewer points, I will assume the standard scheme.

Here are some lists to remind you of the films released in this period:
RYM: http://rateyourmusic.com/films/chart?pa ... &year=1926
http://rateyourmusic.com/films/chart?pa ... &year=1927
http://rateyourmusic.com/films/chart?pa ... &year=1928
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/year/1926
http://www.imdb.com/year/1927
http://www.imdb.com/year/1928

If you vote for 4 movies or less, this is the adjusted scores:
4 votes
1. Movie 40 p
2. 30 p
3. 20 p
4. 15 p

3 votes
1. Movie 30 p
2. 20 p
3. 15 p

2 votes
1. Movie 20 p
2. 15 p

1 vote
1. Movie 15 p

[BleuPanda]

1. The Passion of Joan of Arc
2. Metropolis
3. Sunrise
4. The General
5. Faust
6. A Page of Madness
7. Menilmontant
8. October

[Gillingham]

1. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (F.W. Murnau)
2. La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer)
3. The General (Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman)
4. Faust: Einde Deutsche Volkssage (F.W. Murnau)
5. The Crowd (King Vidor) 10 points
6. Metropolis (Fritz Lang) 5 points

[Michel]

1. La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
2. The Crowd
3. The Unknown
4. Metropolis
5. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
6. The Circus
7. The General
8. October
9. The Wind
10. Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage
11. Spione
12. West of Zanzibar

[Greg]

1. La chute de la maison Usher (The Fall of the House of Usher) / Jean Epstein / France
2. The Wind / Victor Sjostrom / U.S.
3. Metropolis / Fritz Lang / Germany
4. Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage (Faust: A German Folk Legend) / F.W. Murnau / Germany
5. The General / Buster Keaton / U.S.
6. The Unknown / Tod Browning / U.S.
7. October / Sergei Eisenstein / U.S.S.R.
8. Die Abenteur des Prinzen Achmed (The Adventures of Prince Achmed) / Lotte Reiniger / Germany
9. The Wedding March / Erich von Stroheim / U.S.
10. Napoleon vu par Abel Gance (Napoleon) / Abel Gance / France
11. Chang / Ernest B. Schoedsack & Merian C. Cooper / U.S.
12. Storm Over Asia / Vsevolod Pudovkin / U.S.S.R.
13. The End of St. Petersburg / Vsevolod Pudovkin / U.S.S.R.
14. Moana / Robert J. Flaherty / U.S.
15. La passion de Jeanne d'Arc (The Passion of Joan of Arc) / Carl Th. Dreyer / France

16. 7th Heaven / Frank Borzage / U.S.
17. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans / F.W. Murnau / U.S.
18. A Page of Madness / Teinosuke Kinugasa / Japan
19. Steamboat Bill, Jr. / Charles Reisner / U.S.
20. The Docks of New York / Josef von Sternberg / U.S.
21. The Circus / Charles Chaplin / U.S.
22. Geheimnisse einer Seele (Secrets of a Soul) / G.W. Pabst / Germany
23. The Kid Brother / Ted Wilde / U.S.
24. Flesh and the Devil / Clarence Brown / U.S.
25. Show People / King Vidor / U.S.
26. 3 Bad Men / John Ford / U.S.
27. Laugh, Clown, Laugh / Herbert G. Brenon / U.S.
28. Zvenigora / Aleksandr Dovzhenko / U.S.S.R.
29. The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog / Alfred Hitchcock / U.K.
30. Mother / Vsevolod Pudovkin / U.S.S.R.
31. L'argent (Money) / Marcel L'Herbier / France
32. Underworld / Josef von Sternberg / U.S.
33. Wings / William A. Wellman / U.S.
34. Street Angel / Frank Borzage / U.S.
35. West of Zanzibar / Tod Browning / U.S.
36. Lonesome / Pal Fejos / U.S.
37. The Last Command / Josef von Sternberg / U.S.
38. By the Law / Lev Kuleshov / U.S.S.R.
39. A Sixth of the World / Dziga Vertov / U.S.S.R.
40. The Eleventh Year / Dziga Vertov / U.S.S.R.
41. The King of Kings / Cecil B. DeMille / U.S.
42. Hangman's House / John Ford / U.S.
43. The House on Trubnaya / Boris Barnet / U.S.S.R.
44. The Blackbird / Tod Browning / U.S.
45. The Cat and the Canary / Paul Leni / U.S.
46. The Man Who Laughs / Paul Leni / U.S.
47. Sparrows / William Beaudine / U.S.
48. Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney (The Love of Jeanne Ney) / G.W. Pabst / Germany
49. Alraune / Henrik Galeen / Germany
50. Speedy / Ted Wilde / U.S.
51. Der Student von Prag / Henrik Galeen / Germany
52. The Scarlet Letter / Victor Sjostrom / U.S.
53. Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Grossstadt (Berlin: A Symphony of a Big City) / Walter Ruttmann / Germany
54. Battling Butler / Buster Keaton / U.S.
55. For Heaven's Sake / Sam Taylor / U.S.
56. Bed and Sofa / Abram Room / U.S.S.R.
57. The Ring / Alfred Hitchcock / U.K.
58. College / Buster Keaton / U.S.
59. Crossroads / Teinosuke Kinugasa / Japan
60. The Crowd / King Vidor / U.S.
61. The Cameraman / Buster Keaton / U.S.
62. Spione (Spies) / Fritz Lang / Germany
63. Der heilige Berg (The Holy Mountain) / Arnold Fanck / Germany
64. Nana / Jean Renoir / France
65. White Shadows in the South Seas / W.S. Van Dyke / U.S.
66. Sadie Thompson / Raoul Walsh / U.S.
67. La Boheme / King Vidor / U.S.
68. The Son of the Sheik / George Fitzmaurice / U.S.
69. It / Clarence G. Badger / U.S.
70. The Bells / James Young / U.S.

[Miguel]

1. The General – Buster Keaton & Clyde Bruckman (USA, 1926)
2. Metropolis – Fritz Lang (Germany, 1927)
3. The Circus – Charles Chaplin (USA, 1928)
4. Steamboat Bill, Jr. – Buster Keaton & Charles Reiner (USA, 1928)
5. College – Buster Keaton & James W. Horne (USA, 1927)
6. The Crowd – King Vidor (USA, 1928)
7. La passion de Jeanne d'Arc (The Passion of Joan of Arc) – Cart Theodor Dreyer (France, 1928)
8. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans – F.W. Murnau (USA, 1927
9. Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage (Faust: A German Folk Legend) – F.W. Murnau (Germany, 1926)
10. Мать (Mother) – Vsevolod Pudovkin (USSR, 1926)

[bonnielaurel]

1. Metropolis
2. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
3. The Man Who Laughs
4. The Mysterious Lady
5. The General
6. Vormittagsspuk [Ghosts Before Breakfast] (short)
7. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
8. The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
9. Steamboat Willie (short)
10. Putting Pants on Philip (short)
11. It
12. Wings
13. The Jazz Singer
14. La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc [The Passion of Joan of Arc]
15. Oktyabr [October: Ten Days That Shook the World]

[Petri]

1. Metropolis
2. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
3. The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
4. Napoléon vu par Abel Gance
5. The General
6. The Cameraman
7. 狂った一頁 [A Page of Madness]
8. La passion de Jeanne d'Arc [The Passion of Joan of Arc]
9. La chute de la maison Usher [The Fall of the House of Usher]
10. Steamboat Bill, Jr.
11. The Kid Brother
12. The Circus
13. Downhill
14. For Heaven's Sake

[Charlie Driggs]

1. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans – F.W. Murnau
2. The General – Buster Keaton & Clyde Bruckman
3. Napoleon - Abel Gance
4. L'argent - Marcel L'Herbier
5. Spione - Fritz Lang
6. College - Buster Keaton & James W. Horne
7. The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog - Alfred Hitchcock
8. Metropolis – Fritz Lang
9. Steamboat Bill – Buster Keaton
10. Potomok Chingis-Khana - Vsevolod Pudovkin
11. Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed - Lotte Reiniger
12. The Circus – Charles Chaplin

Honorable mentions (shorts):

Vormittagsspuk (Hans Richter)
Brug (Joris Ivens)
Putting Pants On Philipp
Leave 'Em Laughing
The Finishing Touch
Speedy

[Petri]

And here are the results of 1926-28 poll.

Rank. Movie (director country) Points Votes #1 votes
1. Metropolis – Fritz Lang (Germany) 243 8 2
2. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans – F.W. Murnau 233 7 2
3. The General – Buster Keaton & Clyde Bruckman 194 8 1
4. La passion de Jeanne d'Arc [The Passion of Joan of Arc] 160 7 2
5. Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage (Faust: A German Folk Legend) / F.W. Murnau / Germany 68 5 0
6. The Crowd – King Vidor (USA) 60 3 0
7. La chute de la maison Usher (The Fall of the House of Usher) / Jean Epstein / France 57 2 1
8. Napoleon vu par Abel Gance (Napoleon) / Abel Gance / France 56 3 0
9. The Circus – Charles Chaplin (USA) 48 4 0
10. The Wind / Victor Sjostrom / U.S. 47 2 0
10. The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog 47 3 0
12. The Unknown / Tod Browning / U.S. 40 2 0
13. Steamboat Bill, Jr. – Buster Keaton & Charles Reiner (USA) 33 3 0
14. October / Sergei Eisenstein / U.S.S.R. 26 4 0
15. College – Buster Keaton & James W. Horne (USA, 1927) 25 2 0

16. The Man Who Laughs 30 1 0 (At least 2 votes to qualify -rule)
17. The Mysterious Lady 20 1 0
17. Spione 20 2 0
17. L'argent - Marcel L'Herbier 20 1 0
20. 狂った一頁 [A Page of Madness] 19 2 0