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All the Movies Podcast

Greg Gioia

I"m watching my way chronologically through the history of cinema. allthemovies.substack.com

tv & film film history

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7:17

Twisted Trails (Dec. 11, 1916)

All the Movies Podcast ·

2025/10/27

Next I’m watching The Matrimaniac [1916], directed by Paul Powell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit allthemovies.substack.com/subscribe

5:01

The Rink (Dec. 4, 1916)

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2025/09/24

I watched it on the same Blu-ray set I’ve shared previously, which includes the 12 short films he made for Mutual in 1916 and 1917. You can click the image below if you want to buy a copy of your very own.Or, you can watch it on YouTube, linked below, as the film is now in the public domain.Next I’m watching Twisted Trails [1916], directed by Tom Mix. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

3:57

Mary & Gretel (1916)

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2025/09/14

An advertisement for the series:You can watch this on YouTube, linked at the bottom of this post, as it is in the public domain. I watched it on the Blu-ray release of The Cossack Whip, where it’s included as an extra feature. You can click the image below if you want to buy a copy for yourself. The main feature is excellent.Next I’m watching The Rink [1916], directed by Charles Chaplin. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,

11:27

The Cossack Whip (Nov. 13, 1916)

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2025/09/08

Here are a couple extras I found while doing research about this film. The first is the original “Music Plot" for the film, which are the songs suggested as musical accompaniment for the film. Not every picture came with one of these, and most that were created have been lost, so it’s nice to know what the filmmakers thought would best accompany each scene in the film. While I could not find a movie poster for this film, I found a couple versions of the booking sheet that would have been sent to

3:41

Behind the Screen (Nov. 13, 1916)

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2025/09/01

I watched it on the same Blu-ray set I’ve shared previously, which includes the 12 short films he made for Mutual in 1916 and 1917. You can click the image below if you want to buy a copy of your very own.Or, you can watch it on YouTube, linked below, as the film is now in the public domain.Next I’m watching The Cossack Whip [1916], directed by John H. Collins. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

8:53

East is East (Nov. 9, 1916)

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2025/08/20

I own this on Blu-ray, a copy of which you can buy by clicking on the image below.If you don’t want to buy a copy, the film is in the public domain, and you can watch it on YouTube.Next I’m watching Behind the Screen [1916], directed by Charles Chaplin. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit allthemovies.substack.com/subscribe

14:22

American Aristocracy (Nov. 5, 1916)

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2025/08/17

Here’s a link to watch the movie on YouTube.Next I’m watching East is East [1916], directed by Henry Edwards. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit allthemovies.substack.com/subscribe

4:39

The Bandit's Wager (Nov. 5, 1916)

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2025/08/13

I have a Blu-ray of My Darling Clementine, which contains this film as an extra. If you’d like to buy that, I’ve linked it below. I’ve also found the film on YouTube, also linked below, if you’d like to watch it there.Next I’m watching American Aristocracy [1916], directed by Lloyd Ingraham. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit allthemovies.substack.com/subscribe

11:23

The Return of Draw Egan (Oct. 15, 1916)

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2025/08/06

This has been added to my Letterboxd list of The Best Movies Ever.I have a DVD of this, but the quality isn’t great. I watched it a second time on YouTube, linked below, and honestly, it looks at least as good on YouTube as it does on the janky DVD I have. I wish this, and all of Hart’s films, were restored. Maybe someday.Next I’m watching The Bandit’s Wager [1916], directed by Francis Ford. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus

8:12

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Oct. 9, 1916)

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2025/07/31

You can watch a 4k restoration from a 35mm nitrate print, which is about as good as it gets, at the link below. The soundtrack by Orlando Perez Rosso is great, too. I wish all the old silents looked this good!Next I’m watching The Return of Draw Egan [1916], directed by William S. Hart. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit allthemovies.substack.com/subscribe

4:51

The Pawnshop (Oct. 2, 1916)

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2025/07/29

I watched it on the same Blu-ray set I’ve shared previously, which includes the 12 short films he made for Mutual in 1916 and 1917. You can click the image below if you want to buy a copy of your very own.Next I’m watching 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea [1916], directed by Stuart Paton. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit allthemovies.substack.com/subscribe

43:41

Intolerance (Sep. 5, 1916)

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2025/07/26

Today I’m joined by film historian Dante Ficeti for a discussion of D.W. Griffith’s epic masterpiece Intolerance. This will also be the first podcast I record without a written accompaniment. Wish me luck!This is the Blu-ray I own. It features a beautiful restoration of the film, along with the excised films The Mother and the Law and The Fall of Babylon. This is well worth the purchase price, and will be a welcome addition to any collection.Next I’m watching The Pawn Shop [1916], directed by

5:00

The Count (Sep. 4, 1916)

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2025/07/20

This is the 9th short film featuring Chaplin that I’ve watched thus far in the chronology. I liked him a bit more this time around than I did in some of the previous films, though he’s still a little bit mean-spirited and cavalier for my tastes. Nonetheless, I can see why he was as big a star as he was in his era, and his films always have some fun gags.This time around Chaplin plays a tailor’s assistant. As you may expect, he’s not a very good assistant, and bumbles about the job. He gets into big

8:48

The Devil's Needle (Aug. 13, 1916)

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2025/07/18

Socially conscious movies were all the rage in the 1910s. I’ve already seen films that have dealt with abortion, child labor, prostitution, blackmail, forced marriage, rape, and more, so it’s high time heroin addiction joined the fray. It does so courtesy of Norma Talmadge, making her 5th appearance in the chronology, and her first since Going Straight.This time around, Talmadge plays Renee, an assistant to John Minturn, a painter played by Tully Marshall. She’s somewhat lazy, prone to sleeping in

6:38

Season 3 is Here!

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2025/07/17

Sorry in advance for anyone I have catfished with my recent Best Movies of the 21st Century list. I saw a huge increase in subscribers after posting that, and I fear most of my new subscribers aren’t aware of what they are getting themselves into.If you’ve been here since the early days, or if you've read my “sticky” Coming Soon post, then you know that I’m watching chronologically through a list of 4,000 or so movies, and I started this podcast as a private diary of the films I watch. I’d heard

5:13

One A.M. (Aug. 7, 1916)

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2025/01/08

I hope you didn’t mind my two recent posts that weren’t a part of the film chronology. I did something similar once before, in October, when I rattled off a list of my favorite monster movies, and I may do it again. Who knows? Fear not, however, if you are only here for the films, as nearly every time I post, it will be a podcast about the next film on my list.Meanwhile, I feel I need to reiterate the reason this podcast exists, as my article about saving cinema attracted a large number of new

55:36

The Half-Breed (Jul. 30, 1916)

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2025/01/02

I know that in my last podcast I promised another Chaplin movie was coming next, but that was before I discovered the film The Half-Breed, which, as luck would have it, comes exactly next in the chronology. Starring Douglas Fairbanks, The Half-Breed was released 20 days after The Vagabond, and 8 days before One A.M. It was almost as if fate decreed that I find the movie just in time to include it in my podcast. Serendipity, am I right?Not so fortuitous were my discoveries of two other Douglas

6:25

The Vagabond (Jul. 10, 1916)

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2024/11/02

I have to admit, every time a Chaplin film pops up in the chronology, I’m a little nervous. I know I’m supposed to love his work, and praise him as an early genius of film, but so far I’ve been unimpressed by him. It’s as if his distinct look is all that sets him apart from his peers, at least so far. Will this be the film that changes my mind? Spoiler alert— sort of!This short opens with a sequence in a bar that is the best thing I’ve seen from Chaplin yet. He’s still playing the role of a somewhat

6:04

Shoes (Jun. 26,1916)

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2024/10/10

It’s becoming clear that early filmmakers were not shying away from difficult topics. I’ve already watched movies that deal with abortion, sweatshops, organized crime, class warfare, and race. Poverty has been a common topic as well, and that’s the focus of Lois Weber’s Shoes. Movie studios were clearly onboard with the notion of cinema as an agent of societal change.Lois Weber was one of the big name directors of the 1910s, and this is the third of her films that I’ve watched, and the first where

6:41

East Lynne (Jun. 19, 1916)

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2024/10/07

We’ll likely never get to see Theda Bara at the apex of her powers. This is one of only three surviving films in which she had a major role, and none are from her days as a major star. This film, and A Fool There Was, are early works, and the third, The Unchastened Woman, was her final full-length film, and a failed comeback attempt after many years of inactivity. Meanwhile, in between she became one of Hollywood’s most famous actresses, and portrayed characters such as Cleopatra, Salome, and

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