Carl Bennett, publisher and editor of silentera.com, has run the crucial resource covering the first decades of film since 1999. He selects five films reflecting the growing trend of narrativization of cinema, with one notable exception in his conclusion.

Carl’s site provides information about silent motion pictures, silent era people, the era’s theatres, documentation and reviews of home video editions of silent films, book reviews, and more.

Films and resources mentioned:

• The Spring Fairy (1906) - Vincent Lorant-Heilbronn
• The ? Motorist (1906) - Walter R. Booth
• Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906) - Edwin S. Porter
• The Merry Frolics of Satan (1906) - Georges Méliès
• A Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire (1906) - Harry Miles
• The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962) - Edward Bernds
• The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
• A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
• Schindler’s List (1993) - Steven Spielberg
• An Adventurous Automobile Trip (1905) - Georges Méliès
• The Automatic Motorist (1911) - Walter R. Booth
• The Impossible Voyage (1904) - Georges Méliès
• Hugo (2011) - Martin Scorsese
• Nosferatu (1922) - F.W. Murnau
• The Phantom of the Opera (1925) - Rupert Julian
• Intolerance (1916) - D.W. Griffith