list of Films by era
Chronology: Early Films (to 1928)
Films
Buffalo Dance (1894)
Prize Fight in Coontown (1902)
Avenging a Crime (Burned at the Stake) (1904)
Nigger in the Woodpile, A (1904)
Life of a Cowboy, The (1906)
Greaser’s Gauntlet, The (1908)
Romance of a Jewess (1908)
Zulu’s Heart, The (1908)
Girls and Daddy, The (1909)
Child of the Ghetto, A (1910)
Ramona: A Story of the White Man’s Injustice
to the Indian (1910)
That Chink at Golden Gulch (1910)
His Trust (1911)
Birth of a Nation, The (1915)
Italian, The (1915)
Cheat, The (1915)
Birth of a Race, The (1918)
His Birthright (1918)
Broken Blossoms (1919)
Homesteader, The (1919)
Daughter of Dawn, The (1920)
Symbol of the Unconquered, The (1920)
Fool’s Paradise (1921)
Sheik, The (1921)
Nanook of the North (1922)
Paleface (1922)
Covered Wagon, The (1923)
Birthright (1924)
Iron Horse, The (1924)
Son of the Sahara, A (1924)
Thief of Bagdad, The (1924)
Body and Soul (1925)
Vanishing American, The (1925)
Bells, The (1926)
House without a Key, The (1926)
Moana (1926)
St. Louis Blues (1926)
House Behind the Cedars, The (1927)
Jazz Singer, The (1927)
Mr. Wu (1927)
Old San Francisco (1927)
Red Raiders, The (1927)
Scar of Shame, The (1927)
People
Dates indicate their years of professional activity.
Open-ended date spans indicate that they are still active into the present time.
Johnson, Jack (1908–1915)
Griffith, D. W. (1908–1931)
Young Deer, James (1909–1924)
Ince, Thomas (1910–1925)
Fielding, Romaine (1911–1928)
Oland, Warner (1912–1937)
Chaney, Lon (1913–1930)
Valentino, Rudolph (1914–1926)
DeMille, Cecil B. (1914–1956)
Hayakawa, Sessue (1914–1966)
Novarro, Ramon (1916–1968)
Ford, John (1917–1966)
Micheaux, Oscar (1919–1948)
Wong, Anna May (1919–1961)
Capra, Frank (1921–1964)
Robeson, Paul (1925–1942)
del Rio, Delores (1925–1978)
Roland, Gilbert (1925–1982)
Vélez, Lupe (1927–1944)
Fetchit, Stepin (1927–1976)
