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Best silent movie trailer ever?

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Jeffrey Overstreet

14 Apr 2005
Filed under: On Movies & Media • Trailers • Dante • L'Inferno • Silent Movies • Peter Chattaway • 2005 • April 2005
Best silent movie trailer ever?
Photo by Art Institute of Chicago / Unsplash

Dante's Inferno. Made in 1911. And it has better special effects than anything you'll see this year.

You'll find it at Peter Chattaway's blog.

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