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Silent and Pre-Code Films Referenced in Damien Chazelle's Babylon

Either films referenced in the film or connected to those referenced in the film. Some of these I haven't seen, but am adding due to their connection to others that are directly referenced.

For more historical context, check out my piece for Indiewire.

Block or Report
  • Sallie Gardner at a Gallop
  • Annie Oakley
  • The Cabbage-Patch Fairy
  • The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat
  • Joan of Arc
  • Birth of the Pearl
  • A Trip to the Moon
  • Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
  • The Great Train Robbery
  • A Fool and His Money
  • A House Divided
  • Suspense.
  • Hypocrites
  • The Vampires or, The Arch Criminals of Paris
  • Discontent
  • Where Are My Children?
  • Civilization
  • The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
  • Shoes
  • Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
  • The Ocean Waif
  • The Blue Bird
  • The Red Lantern
  • The Flapper
  • Yes or No
  • Something New
  • The Restless Sex
  • The Love Light
  • Too Wise Wives
  • Soul of the Cypress
  • The Blot
  • What Do Men Want?
  • Foolish Wives
  • Beyond the Rocks
  • Blood and Sand
  • Monte Cristo
  • The Toll of the Sea
  • Salomé
  • Cameo Kirby
  • Flaming Youth
  • The Nightingale's Voice
  • The Song of Love
  • Painted People
  • The Thief of Bagdad
  • The Perfect Flapper
  • The Price She Paid
  • Ballet Mécanique
  • He Who Gets Slapped
  • Her Night of Romance
  • Greed
  • The Lady
  • Lady of the Night
  • Seven Chances
  • 1925 Studio Tour
  • The Street of Forgotten Men
  • Her Sister from Paris
  • Fine Clothes
  • The Merry Widow
  • The Big Parade
  • Seven Sinners
  • The Red Kimona
  • The Plastic Age
  • Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
  • Sally, Irene and Mary
  • La Bohème
  • Dancing Mothers
  • Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
  • Ella Cinders
  • Mantrap
  • Don Juan
  • Fine Manners
  • Bardelys the Magnificent
  • The Winning of Barbara Worth
  • Flesh and the Devil
  • It
  • The Show
  • The Red Mill
  • Sensation Seekers
  • Fashions for Women
  • Children of Divorce
  • Wings
  • The Unknown
  • Rubber Heels
  • Old San Francisco
  • Naughty But Nice
  • Twelve Miles Out
  • Ten Modern Commandments
  • Underworld
  • Hula
  • The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
  • The Jazz Singer
  • Spring Fever
  • Man, Woman and Sin
  • Love
  • Get Your Man
  • The Gay Defender
  • West Point
  • The Dove
  • The Crash
  • The Garden of Eden