Earth, Russia, 1930, 90 min. Starring Semyon Svashenko, Stepan Shkurat. Directed by Alexander Dovzhenko. Classic 'red silent' about a struggle between collective farmers and a land baron, symbolizing the changes in Soviet life, with imagery way ahead of its time.

City Lights, USA, 1931, 86 min. Starring Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Harry Myers, Hank Mann. Directed Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin's masterpiece mixes humor with pathos as the Little Tramp falls in love with a blind girl who sells flowers on the street.