He was in his 40s, yet Fairbanks still had the agility to pull off another swashbuckler classic that actually equaled the original, if not surpassed it

Even Rudolph Valentino wasn't afraid to poke fun at himself because THE EAGLE was not only genuinely funny, but one of Rudy's best films ever (saying a lot)

African-Americans would be the subject of shameful racism for the next several decades, but on the fringes of Hollywood, films like this lost classic were written, directed & funded by Blacks

Her last Swedish film before coming to Hollywood, Greta was more of a secondary character, yet she proved she had the magnetism of a leading lady. Marlene Dietrich made her debut in this one, too

The blueprint for KING KONG & JURASSIC PARK, this featured the stop-motion techniques later polished off for KONG. Now in an almost complete version for the first time in decades

The remake is probably easier to find, but the original still dazzles & its perilous production history rivals TITANIC for its danger & budget problems

After being a thorn in Irving Thalberg's side with FOOLISH WIVES, Stroheim didn't let up an inch with this legendarily-long epic. We may never see all of it, but what we do have is still very stunning

Even with the Russian film industry controlled by the government, it still turned out some highly-influential stuff like this one. Montages & crowd scenes would never be the same after this!