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The Movies

Silent Era

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is renowned for its collection of American cinematic treasures such as Dorothy's Ruby Slippers from The Wizard of Oz (1939), but did you know that the museum also possesses an impressive collection of material related to silent films? Explore collection items related to silent films from the National Museum of American History and across the Smithsonian.

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  • PÅ OLOVLIGA VÄGAR
  • D.W. Griffith
  • Gloria Swanson
  • Gloria Swanson
  • Gloria Swanson
  • Harold J. Kennedy, Francis Lederer and Gloria Swanson -- "Three Curtains"
  • John Gilbert
  • John Gilbert
  • John Gilbert in "Gentleman's Fate"
  • John Gilbert in "Redemption"
  • 29c John Gilbert single
  • 29c Harold Lloyd single
  • Harold Lloyd
  • Harold Lloyd
  • Movie Crazy
  • 29c Theda Bara single
  • I've Lost You
  • William S. Hart Poster
  • 29c Lon Chaney single
  • 32c The Phantom of the Opera single
  • Lon Chaney
  • Lon Chaney
  • Geraldine Farrar
  • Lon Chaney
  • Greta Garbo
  • Greta Garbo
  • 44c William S. Hart single
  • William Surrey Hart
  • Colleen Moore
  • Fritz Lang
  • The General/Buster Keaton 1926 Pacific Film Archive Poster
  • Velocipede used by Buster Keaton in the film Our Hospitality

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