Best Movie Ever... pre-1930... Round 1 (Quarter-Final)

After a recommendation by Holden Pike, I've decided to limit this one to 8 simply because I can't think of any more.

1. The Birth of a Nation v Greed
2. Intolerance v The Jazz Singer
3. The Cabinet of Dr. Cagliari v Safety Last
4. The General v The Kid

Ta-dah! We're done. Vote away.

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Just this second realised that I forgot Metropolis, well sue me.

1. Greed
2. Intolerance
3. Cabinet of Dr. Cagliari
4. The Kid

If it were possible to sue you for forgetting Metropolis, I would. Similarly, you forgot Nosferatu. What do you have against Germans?

1. Greed
2. Intolerance
3. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
4. The General

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Whatever you do, don't mention the war... oops.

1. Greed
2. Intolerance
3. N/A
4. The General

You probably should have put The Gold Rush in instead of The Jazz singer or even The Birth of a Nation, but that's ok.

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It was either The Gold Rush or the Kid so I tossed a coin... I couldn't have more than one Chaplin and only one Keaton. It wouldn't have been just.

Where the Hell is Battleship Potemkin?!!

And as you say, Metropolis. And more to the point, as Holden says, Nosferatu...

I see we're already up to the semi-final of this so-called "best movie ever, pre-30's version", but you're not going to finding the "best" (you wouldn't have anyway, granted) if you're forgetting key films and then writing them off by saying "Oh, well."

What a travesty of a saga.

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