About Us
Disclaimer
Contact
Write a Post
EN
|
CH
|
ES
Log in
Register
Don't have an account yet?
Register now!
Username *
Password *
"Sign in" above to accept KNOWPIA’s
Terms of Conditions
&
Privacy Policy
Forgot your password?
Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required.
Username/Email *
Password *
Confirm Password *
Email *
Referral Code
I’ve read and accept the
Terms and Conditions
Register
BREAKING NEWS
Cloud Server Hosting For Online Businesses
Inexpensive SEO Services
Benefits of Wanting to play Free Online Slot machines
KNOWPIA
WELCOME TO KNOWPIA
KNOWPIA
HOME
KNOWPEDIA
KNOWMEDIA
Lifestyle
Money
Sports & Entertainment
Politics
Health & Fitness
Tech
Food
Other
HOW IT WORKS
List of horror films of the 1920s
Summary
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items.
(
August 2008
)
A list of
horror films
released in the
1920s
.
List
edit
Horror films released in the
1920s
Title
Director
Cast
Country
Notes
1920
Anita
Jacob Fleck
,
Luise Fleck
Lola Urban-Kneidinger, Wilhelm Klitsch, Julius Strobl
Austria
[1]
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Robert Wiene
Werner Krauss
,
Conrad Veidt
Germany
[2]
[3]
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
John S. Robertson
John Barrymore
,
Martha Mansfield
United States
[4]
[5]
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
J. Charles Haydon
Sheldon Lewis
United States
[6]
Genuine
Robert Wiene
Fern Andra
,
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Germany
[7]
The Golem: How He Came into the World
Paul Wegener
, Karl Boese
Paul Wegener,
Albert Steinrück
Germany
[8]
[9]
The Head of Janus
F. W. Murnau
Conrad Veidt
,
Bela Lugosi
Germany
[10]
Lost film
The Penalty
Wallace Worsley, Sr.
Lon Chaney
,
Claire Adams
United States
[11]
The Monster of Frankenstein
Eugenio Testa
Umberto Guarracino
Italy
[12]
Lost film
1921
Destiny
Fritz Lang
Lil Dagover
, Bernard Goetzke,
Walter Janssen
Germany
[13]
Dracula's Death
Ka'roly Lajthay
Erik Vanko,Lene Myl
Hungary
Lost film
The Haunted Castle
F. W. Murnau
Arnold Korft, Lothar Mehnert
Germany
[14]
[15]
The Phantom Carriage
[16]
Victor Sjöström
Victor Sjöström,
Hilda Borgström
Sweden
[17]
[18]
1922
A Blind Bargain
Wallace Worsley, Sr.
Lon Chaney,
Raymond McKee
,
Jacqueline Logan
, Fontaine La Rue
United States
[19]
[20]
Lost film
The Ghost Breaker
Alfred Green
Wallace Reid
,
Lila Lee
,
Walter Hiers
United States
[21]
[22]
Lost film
Häxan
Benjamin Christensen
Benjamin Christensen,
Clara Pontoppidan
Sweden
[23]
[21]
The Headless Horseman
Edward D. Venturini
Will Rogers
, Ben Hendricks,
Lois Meredith
United States
[24]
Nosferatu
F. W. Murnau
Max Schreck
,
Gustav von Wangenheim
,
Greta Schröder
Germany
[8]
One Exciting Night
D. W. Griffith
Carol Dempster
,
Henry Hull
,
Morgan Wallace
United States
[25]
[26]
1923
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Wallace Worsley
Lon Chaney
,
Patsy Ruth Miller
,
Norman Kerry
United States
[27]
The Last Moment
J. Parker Read
Henry Hull
,
Doris Kenyon
,
Louis Wolheim
United States
[28]
Old Baron of Rautakylä
Carl Fager
Einar Rinne, Adolf Lindfors, Naimi Kari
Finland
[29]
While Paris Sleeps
Maurice Tourneur
Lon Chaney,Mildred Manning
United States
1924
The Hands of Orlac
Robert Wiene
Conrad Veidt
,
Alexandra Sorina
Germany
Austria
[8]
Waxworks
Paul Leni
Werner Krauss
,
Conrad Veidt
,
Emil Jannings
,
William Dieterle
Germany
[8]
1925
The Monster
Roland West
Lon Chaney
,
Johnny Arthur
,
Gertrude Olmstead
United States
[19]
The Phantom of the Opera
Rupert Julian
Lon Chaney
,
Mary Philbin
,
Norman Kerry
United States
[30]
Wolfblood: A Tale of the Forest
George Chesebro
, Bruce M. Mitchell
Marguerite Clayton
, Ray Hanford
United States
[31]
1926
The Bat
Roland West
Jack Pickford
,
Louise Fazenda
United States
[32]
The Bells
James Young
Lionel Barrymore
,
Boris Karloff
United States
Faust – Eine deutsche Volkssage
F. W. Murnau
Emil Jannings
,
Yvette Guilbert
,
Gösta Ekman
Germany
[33]
Maciste all'inferno
Guido Brignone
Bartolomeo Pagano
, Franz Sala,
Pauline Polaire
Italy
[34]
[35]
The Magician
Rex Ingram
Alice Terry
,
Paul Wegener
United States
[36]
The Student of Prague
Henrik Galeen
Conrad Veidt
,
Werner Krauss
,
Agnes Esterhazy
Germany
[37]
1927
The Cat and the Canary
Paul Leni
Laura La Plante
,
Creighton Hale
United States
[38]
The Gorilla
Alfred Santell
Charlie Murray
,
Fred Kelsey
,
Alice Day
United States
Lost film
[39]
London After Midnight
Tod Browning
Lon Chaney
,
Marceline Day
United States
Known in the
UK
as
The Hypnotist
[40]
Lost film
The Unknown
Tod Browning
Lon Chaney
,
Norman Kerry
,
Joan Crawford
United States
[41]
The Wizard
Richard Rosson
Edmond Lowe
United States
Lost film
1928
Alraune
Henrik Galeen
Brigitte Helm
,
Paul Wegener
Germany
[42]
The Ape
Beverly C. Rule
Gladys Walton
,
Ruth Stonehouse
, Basil Wilson, Bradley Barke
United States
[43]
The Fall of the House of Usher
Jean Epstein
Jean Debucourt
, Marguerite Gance
France
[44]
[45]
The Fall of the House of Usher
James Sibley Watson
, Melville Webber
Herbert Stern, Hildegarde Watson
United States
[46]
The Terror
Roy Del Ruth
May McAvoy
,
Louise Fazenda
,
Edward Everett Horton
United States
[47]
[48]
The Man Who Laughs
Paul Leni
Mary Philbin
,
Conrad Veidt
United States
[49]
The Last Warning
Paul Leni
Laura La Plante,Montagu Love
United States
See also
edit
Lists of horror films
References
edit
Citations
edit
^
Kinnard 1999
, p. 108.
^
Worland 2007
, p. 44.
^
Sadoul & Morris 1972
, p. 48.
^
Worland 2007
, p. 41.
^
Erickson, Hal. "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde".
Allmovie
. Retrieved
August 7,
2011
.
^
Wollstein, Hans J. "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde".
Allmovie
. Retrieved
August 7,
2011
.
^
Kinnard 1999
, p. 114.
^
a
b
c
d
Worland 2007
, p. 47.
^
Wiener, Tom. "Der Golem".
Allmovie
. Retrieved
August 7,
2011
.
^
Hardy 1995
, p. 27.
^
Wiener, Tom. "The Penalty".
Allmovie
. Retrieved
August 7,
2011
.
^
Kinnard 1999
, p. 119.
^
Hardy 1995
, p. 29.
^
Erickson, Hal. "Schloss Vogelod".
Allmovie
. Retrieved
August 7,
2011
.
^
"Haunted Castle".
Allmovie
. Archived from the original
(DVD)
on July 18, 2012
. Retrieved
November 28,
2011
.
^
Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era. Midnight Marquee Press. p. 228.
ISBN
978-1936168-68-2.
^
Kinnard, Roy (1999). Horror in Silent Films: A Filmography, 1896–1929. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
ISBN
978-0-7864-0751-4.
^
Hardy 1995
, p. 28.
^
a
b
Clark 2004
, p. 13.
^
Erickson, Hal. "A Blind Bargain".
Allmovie
. Retrieved
August 7,
2011
.
^
a
b
Hardy 1995
, p. 30.
^
Hallenbeck 2009
, pp. 5–6.
^
Erickson, Hal. "Häxan".
Allmovie
. Retrieved
August 7,
2011
.
^
Hallenbeck 2009
, p. 8.
^
Hardy 1995
, p. 31.
^
Hallenbeck 2009
, pp. 6–7.
^
Kinnard 1999
, pp. 147–152.
^
Hardy 1995
, p. 32.
^
"Rautakylän vanha parooni".
Mykkäelokuvat
(in Finnish)
. Retrieved
October 24,
2021
.
^
Brenner, Paul. "The Phantom of the Opera".
Allmovie
. Retrieved
August 7,
2011
.
^
Richardson, Thomas E. "Wolf Blood".
Classic-Horror.com
. Retrieved
July 25,
2011
.
^
Hallenbeck 2009
, p. 9.
^
Paszylk 2009
, pp. 16–19.
^
Peters, Rebecca. "Maciste all'inferno, 1926".
San Francisco Silent Film Festival
. Retrieved
December 1,
2014
.
^
Kinnard 1999
, p. 171.
^
Erickson, Hal. "Magician".
Allmovie
. Retrieved
August 7,
2011
.
^
Hardy 1995
, p. 36.
^
Erickson, Hal. "The Cat and the Canary".
Allmovie
. Retrieved
August 7,
2011
.
^
Hardy 1995
, p. 37.
^
Hardy 1995
, p. 38.
^
Erickson, Hal. "The Unknown".
Allmovie
. Retrieved
August 7,
2011
.
^
Hardy 1995
, p. 39.
^
Kinnard 1999
, pp. 212–213.
^
Erickson, Hal. "The Fall of the House of Usher".
Allmovie
. Retrieved
August 7,
2011
.
^
Kinnard 1999
, pp. 213–214.
^
Kinnard 1999
, p. 214.
^
Munden 1997
, p. 792.
^
Dirks, Tim. "Horror Films".
Filmsite.org
. Retrieved
December 1,
2014
.
^
PopMatters Staff. "PopMatters: The Man Who Laughs". popmatters.com
. Retrieved
January 11,
2007
.
Bibliography
edit
Clark, Mark (2004).
Smirk, Sneer, and Scream: Great Acting in Horror Cinema
.
McFarland
.
ISBN
0-7864-1932-6
.
Hallenbeck, Bruce G. (2009).
Comedy-horror films: a chronological history, 1914-2008
. McFarland.
ISBN
978-0-7864-3332-2
.
Hardy, Phil
, ed. (1995).
The Overlook Film Encyclopedia
. Vol. 3.
Overlook Press
.
ISBN
0-87951-624-0
.
Kinnard, Roy (1999).
Horror in Silent Films: A Filmography, 1896–1929
. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
ISBN
978-0-7864-0751-4
.
Munden, Kenneth White, ed. (1997).
American Film Institute Catalog, Feature Films 1921–1930
.
University of California Press
.
ISBN
0-520-20969-9
.
Paszylk, Bartłomiej (2009).
The pleasure and pain of cult horror films: an historical survey
. McFarland.
ISBN
978-0-7864-3695-8
.
Sadoul, Georges; Morris, Peter (1972).
Dictionary of films
.
University of California Press
.
ISBN
0-520-02152-5
.
Worland, Rick (2007).
The horror film: an introduction
.
Wiley-Blackwell
.
ISBN
978-1-4051-3902-1
.
External links
edit
Horror films of the 1920s on
Internet Movie Database