# Oldest Movie you enjoyed **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 24, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-you-enjoyed/758240 "2016-06-24T15:22:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-you-enjoyed/758240/21 "2016-06-24T20:03:24Z")
Don’t think I’ve ever sat through an entire silent film. At first I thought of Little Miss Marker (1934) but then looked up Our Gang shorts and see Farina started there in 1922 and I sure did see the one where he painted a white baby black to sell to a rich kid. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-you-enjoyed/758240/22 "2016-06-24T20:09:04Z")
> [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](#): > > _Broken Blossoms_ (1919) starring Lillian Gish as a victim of child abuse. If this movie doesn’t make you cry, you’re heartless. I came in to mention this one. It was a fantastic movie, but so sad I can’t say I _ **enjoyed** _ it exactly. _Seven Chances_, with Buster Keaton, from 1925. One of the funniest movies I ever saw. [Seven Chances (1925) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016332/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-you-enjoyed/758240/23 "2016-06-24T20:11:03Z")
The Great Train Robbery (1903) The Pawnshop (1913) Broken Blossoms (1919) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligary (1920) The Phantom Carriage (1921) Safety Last (1923) Sherlock, Jr. (1924) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-you-enjoyed/758240/24 "2016-06-24T20:13:06Z")
> [@Encinitas](#): > > Abel Gance’s _Napoléon_ (1927). All 5 1/2 hours of it. I saw that when it was first restored, and it was touring the country. Gance was still alive. It was Francis Ford Coppola who had it restored, and his brother either led the live orchestra that was the accompaniement or composed it himself. It showed at a grand old movie palace in Kansas City. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-you-enjoyed/758240/25 "2016-06-24T20:21:36Z")
Billy the Kid with Wallace Berry was made in 1930. I think I saw it. But theres been several versions and I’m not sure. I may be mixing it up with the Robert Taylor version made in 1941. Definitely seen The Champ (Wallace Berry and Jackie Cooper) made in 1931. Same year as Dracula. I never could watch 1920’s silent movies. I’ve seen clips from them and that was enough. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-you-enjoyed/758240/26 "2016-06-24T20:35:06Z")
> [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](#): > > _Broken Blossoms_ (1919) starring Lillian Gish as a victim of child abuse. If this movie doesn’t make you cry, you’re heartless. This. One of my all-time favorites. Oh, and _The General._ ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-you-enjoyed/758240/27 "2016-06-24T20:41:16Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I never could watch 1920’s silent movies. But, in those days…we had…FACES. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-you-enjoyed/758240/28 "2016-06-24T20:44:33Z")
Another lover of **Broken Blossoms** here, for the dozenth mention. Clearly, anyone reading this thread who hasn’t seen it yet should rectify the situation. Lillian Gish is just SO GOD DAMN beautiful in it, I still have a crush on her. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-you-enjoyed/758240/29 "2016-06-24T20:47:24Z")
1925 - The Phantom of the Opera And despite there being a dozen or two Phantom movies, it’s probably in the top 2 or 3. (Most of them are crap.) ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-you-enjoyed/758240/30 "2016-06-24T21:20:10Z")
> [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](#): > > _Broken Blossoms_ (1919) starring Lillian Gish as a victim of child abuse. If this movie doesn’t make you cry, you’re heartless. I just found this on line I will watch it later . ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-you-enjoyed/758240/31 "2016-06-24T21:31:42Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Lillian Gish is just SO GOD DAMN beautiful in it, I still have a crush on her. When I was 17, I wrote her a letter, and she wrote me back, so I can tell you that she was also a very cool person. This would have been in 1984. I love \*Intolerance \*(1916), mainly for “The Mother and the Law,” and “The Fall of Babylon.” Not crazy about the other two stories. It’s a 5 hr movie, so I FF through the French story and the Jesus story. I’ve seen the two stories I like about 20 times. I’ve seen the whole thing from beginning to end twice. I confess to liking _Birth of a Nation_ when I saw it, but mostly for a MOVIE HISTORY! thing. I did get to see it on a big screen. I love silent movies, and I watch them all the time for the stories and the performances. I’m another _Broken Blossoms_ fan. OMG, the closet. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-you-enjoyed/758240/32 "2016-06-24T21:38:19Z")
Where’s the love for Charlie? Is this only features? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-you-enjoyed/758240/33 "2016-06-24T23:27:29Z")
> [@purplehearingaid](#): > > I just found this on line I will watch it later . Break out the hankies. ---
**Author:** ![Flare4roach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7cd45c/32.png) [@Flare4roach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flare4roach)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-you-enjoyed/758240/34 "2016-06-24T23:31:33Z")
1931’s Universal’s Frankenstein. Still a masterpiece. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-you-enjoyed/758240/35 "2016-06-25T00:36:06Z")
I have a collection oh laurel and hardy and hal roach stuff some of it pre ww1 ---
**Author:** ![dubs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dubs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dubs)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-you-enjoyed/758240/36 "2016-06-25T01:06:07Z")
1922 Toll of the Sea with Anna May Wong. She was wonderful in it. I saw it a few times on TCM years ago and still think about it. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-you-enjoyed/758240/37 "2016-06-25T01:53:50Z")
Dream of a Rarebit Fiend, 1904. Funny and great special effects. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-you-enjoyed/758240/38 "2016-06-25T01:57:47Z")
> [@Encinitas](#): > > Abel Gance’s _Napoléon_ (1927). All 5 1/2 hours of it. I saw that in an outdoor showing (I think Wolf Trap, in Virginia) when Francis Ford Coppola revived it, got his father to write music for it, and colorized it. It was … long. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-you-enjoyed/758240/39 "2016-06-25T02:03:51Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > Where’s the love for Charlie? Is this only features? **Shearer** mentioned a pre-1920 Chaplin feature, which must be _Tillie’s Punctured Romance_, which I think was the only one he appeared in before _The Kid_ in 1920. I haven’t watched a Chaplin two-reeler in years, so I’m hard-pressed to pick a favorite…maybe “Shoulder Arms?” I love a lot of the Keaton two-reelers, too. (His first full-length comedy was also 1920, _The Three Ages_, a parody of _Intolerance_.). But none of them pre-date the 1914 _Cabiria_, which was my initial choice. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-you-enjoyed/758240/40 "2016-06-25T17:36:10Z")
I just saw two hours ago in a theater with piano accompaniment the 1923 movie _Safety Last_, and while it’s not a great film, it’s a pretty good one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-you-enjoyed/758240.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-you-enjoyed/758240.md?page=3)