Re: Essential and underrated silent films?
 

OOOH muhbad i meant silents. I agree fully with your post.

Re: Essential and underrated silent films?
 

Silents didn't lack everything technically. They lacked color and sound. In other areas, they were far more technically proficient than sound films were for many years.

Re: Essential and underrated silent films?
 

I don't think these three have been mentioned yet:

THE WIND
SHOW PEOPLE
THE CAT AND THE CANARY (worth seeing for the animated intertitles alone)