Category:1910, Top Films

1906 -- 1907 -- 1908 -- 1909

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>> Film Studies (1910s) <<

1911 -- 1912 -- 1913 -- 1914

• [A] Christmas Carol (Dawley)

Notable Mention

• #1. * Frankenstein (USA 1910 Dawley) <Wikipedia> -- The first filmed version of Frankenstein. The young doctor discovers the secret of life, which he uses to create a perfect human. Things do not go according to plan.

• {en} [The] Wonderful Wizard of Oz (USA 1910 Turner) <Wikipedia> -- An early version of the classic, based more on the 1902 stage musical than on the original novel.

Additional Films

• {it} [The] Abyss / L'abisso (ITA 1910 Gad) <Wikipedia> -- Knud, a vicar's son, meets Magda, a piano teacher, on a tram. He falls in love with her and introduces her to his parents. She refuses to go with them to the Sunday service and convinces him to go to the circus with her.

• {en} [The] Actor's Children (USA 1910 O'Neil) <Wikipedia> -- When his play closes down, an actor returns home to find that his children are gone. He's then notified that a wealthy relative has died and left him a substantial amount of money.

• {en} Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (USA 1910 Porter) <YouTube> -- Based on the novel "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll.

• {en} [The] Fugitive (USA 1910 Griffith) <Wikipedia> -- Two Johns, a Confederate and an Union soldier, leave their family to go to the front. After a skirmish they end up separated from their respective sides, the Union soldier shoots the Confederate, but he has to escape and look for refuge in the house of his enemy.

• {en} [The] House with Closed Shutters (USA 1910 Griffith) <Wikipedia> -- A Confederate soldier shames his mother and sister by going AWOL during battle. His sister takes his place, with tragic results, leaving him to live out his life in shame, hiding to protect his family name.

• {en} In the Border States (USA 1910 Griffith) <Wikipedia> -- During the Civil War, a father living in a border state leaves to join the Union Army. After he leaves, Confederate troops forage on his property, where a soldier encounters one of his daughters.

• {fr} Oliver Twist / L'enfance d'Oliver Twist (GBR 1910 Morlhon)

• {en} Ramona (USA 1910 Griffith) <YouTube> -- Ramona is a little orphan of the great Spanish household of Moreno. Alessandro, the Indian, arrives at the Camulos ranch with his sheep-shearers.

• {it} [Il] sogno dell'usuraio (1910 Cines) <lost> --

Critical Reception

History of Cinema, Best Films

-- A Christmas Carol (Dawley) -- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz -- Frankenstein -- Salome (Falena) -- Le Mobilier fidele (Cohl) -- Le songe d'un garcon de cafe (Cohl) -- A Trip to Mars (Miller) -- Come fu che l'ingordigia rovino' il Natale a Cretinetti (Deed) -- The House with Closed Shutters (Griffith) -- White Fawn's Devotion (Griffith) -- Ramona (Griffith) -- Twelfth Night (Mullin, Kent) -- Afgrunder (Gad)

Silent Era, Best Films

-- 300+. Frankenstein

External links

• 1910 in film - Wikipedia