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Screen captures of intertitles from the silent film era. Posts don’t necessarily mean endorsement of content.

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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 16h
Sold For Marriage (1916). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1916 film ‘Sold For Marriage’ which reads “For love will hope, where reason will despair.”
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Behind the Door (1919). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1919 film ‘Behind the Door’ which reads “Rescued! Krug rows to the submarine.”Intertitle from 1919 film ‘Behind the Door’ which reads “Alice is helped aboard.”Intertitle from 1919 film ‘Behind the Door’ which reads “But Krug is pushed back into the lifeboat - -“Intertitle from 1919 film ‘Behind the Door’ which reads “- - and cast adrift.”
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Two Arabian Sights (1926). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1926 film ‘Two Arabian Sights’ which reads “Hassen Ben Homemuch. a Shiek of the desert, was very fond of wives - - but not his own.”
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Better ‘Ole (1926). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1926 film ‘The Better ‘Ole’ which reads "Let's 'ave a little ‘armony - and forget this bloomin' war."
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Midnight Girl (1925). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1925 film ‘The Midnight Girl’ which reads “Old Victor, once one of Russia's famous music masters, now secretly fiddled on the bleak streets.”
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Testing Block (1920). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1920 film ‘The Testing Block’ which reads “Collected by the broom that swept hell.”
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Holy Mackerel (1928). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1928 film ‘Holy Mackerel’ which reads “The  landlord was a chiropractor and lived next door so he could be near their joint.”
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Patsy (1928). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1928 film ‘The Patsy” which reads "I wish I were beautiful and seductive!”
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1917 film ‘The Poor Little Rich Girl’ which reads “Mr. Organ Grinder, I'd like a dollar's worth of music.”
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Knocknagow (1918).#SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1918 film ‘Knocknagow’ which reads “What hard fate denies even povertys crumb to a man in his own country.”
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Little Miss Hoover (1918). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1918 film ‘Little Miss Hoover’ which reads “We need you now, Uncle... especially the chickens.”
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Irene (1926). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1926 film ‘Irene’ which reads “Madame Lucy - whose business motto is "Pay cash — look what happened to the Light Brigade - they charged!”
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Root Technic Film (1917). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1917 film ‘Root Technic Film’ which reads “Diffusion of gutta-percha Homogenous mass by pluggers with sterilized cotton soaked in chloroform.”
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hands Up! (1926). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1926 film ‘Hands Up!’ which reads "Mr. President - the treasury is depleted - Europe refuses further loans - we must get money - or admit defeat!"
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Power of the Press (1928). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1928 film ‘The Power of the Press’ which reads "We newspaper men must print the news, no matter who it hurts!'
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The First Auto (1927). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1927 film ‘The First Auto’ which reads "With the bold prophecy that ‘Horseless Carriages' will someday attain a speed of thirty miles an hour, I will conclude my few remarks."
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Blood Ship (1927). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1927 film ‘The Blood Ship’ which reads "Mistah Newman's right. You c'n get ovah a bust in d' nose - but once you is hung, you is hung permanent!"
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Heart of Westona (1919).#SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1919 film ‘The Heart of Westona’ which reads “Oh they'll just say a lot of palaver over him .. then divide him up into souvenirs.”
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Big Parade (1925). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1925 film ‘The Big Parade’ which reads "Me... work? I should say not!'
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Rags (1915). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1915 film ‘Rags’ which reads "Say, pup, you ain't goin' to grow up to be a drunkard, be Y'u?"
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Just Neighbors (1919). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1919 film ‘Just Neighbors’ which reads "Come quickly! The baby is getting in the way of the traffic."
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Fireman Save My Child (1919). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1919 film ‘Fireman Save My Child’ which reads “I'll take the position.... I'm a born fire-fighter... I come from a long line of hot-heads.”
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The Farmer’s Wife (1928). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1928 film ‘The Farmer’s Wife’ which reads "Beer drinking don't do 'alf the ‘arm of love-making."
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Little Annie Rooney (1925). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1925 film ‘Little Annie Rooney’ which reads “At a Pansy Club dance anything could happen -- and usually did.”
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Romantic Rogue (1927). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1927 film ‘Romantic Rogue’ which reads "Archibald, qui est ce joli garçon?” which translates as “"Archibald, who is that handsome young man?”
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Power of the Press (1928). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1928 film ‘The Power of the Press’ who reads "Daddy, I've been cooped up so long in this dump I'm talking to myself."
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Lady of the Night (1925). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1925 film ‘Lady of the Night’ which reads "We gotta go. We're dated with some jolly undertakers from Schenectady."
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Carmen (1918). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1918 film ‘Carmen’ which reads "You must beware of black haired girls, Señor!Else, one will cause your death."
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Ireland a Nation (1914). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1914 film ‘Ireland a Nation’ which reads “Your ENEMIES accuse me of a desire for the INDEPENDENCE of IRELAND. I admit the charge, and let them make the best of it."
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Secrets of the Night (1924). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1924 film ‘ Secrets of the Night’ which reads “There's something queer about this whole business. The first thing I want to know is, who moved that body from upstairs?”
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Woman in White (1917). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1917 film ‘The Woman in White’ which reads “Your face is strangely familiar  -
- haven't we met before ?”
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The Cradle Snatchers (1927). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1927 film ‘The Cradle Snatchers’ which reads “Susan Martin - One of those social
workers. She thinks for instance, that the iceman is capable of better things.”
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The Midshipman (1925). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1925 film ‘The Midshipman’ which reads “"Come on! You're yellow! You don't belong in the Navy!”
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The White Moth (1924). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1924 film ‘The White Moth’ which reads “Nothing breeds Romance like an ocean voyage. But Omar Khayyam is no help on a rainy night at sea.”
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Fifth Avenue Models (1925). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1925 film ‘Fifth Avenue Models’ which reads "It isn't true — I'm not like that -I'm not — "
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Road to Yesterday (1925). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1925 film ‘The Road to Yesterday’ which reads “‘Tis written in the stars that love between us shall be bitter as hemlock."
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Pleasure Before Business (1927). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1927 film ‘Pleasure Before Business’ which reads "Doctor, how about you should live here and take care of me? l might smoke another cigar - -"
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
By Indian Post (1919). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1919 film ‘By Indian Post’ which reads "You ring-tailed galoot! I'll teach you to write my gal love letters an bribe Injuns to fetch ‘em!”
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The Blot (1921). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1921 film ‘The Blot’ which reads “Men are only boys grown tall.”
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The Covered Wagon (1923). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1923 film ‘The Covered Wagon’ which reads “You poor, big-hearted worm!”
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Chicken Cooped (1926). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1926 film ‘Chicken Cooped’ which reads “CLOSED BY ORDER OF WOMENS UPLIFT SOCIETY”
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The Mystery of the Lone Castle (1927). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1927 film ‘The Mystery of Lone Castle’ which reads "You are at the Castle Styannik in the forests Slovakia. Countess
Mirnoff is your hostess... that is to say, you are my guest.”
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Terror Island (1920). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1920 film ‘Terror Island’ which read “This was the Pekia or High Place-the Paepae Tapu, or Forbidden Heights, the abode of dark and terrible spirits where the priests and elders fed on the long pig that speaks, where the drums beat till dawn and the wild dances madden the blood."
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Lilac Time (1928). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1928 film ‘Lilac Time’ which reads “You promised that I can polish behind some of the valves! And besides, you promised me this before.”
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Manslaughter (1922). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1922 film ‘Manslaughter’ which reads “It’s easy for a Doctor to tell you to send your sick child to California-but difficult to ask your troubled young mistress to lend you the money.”
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Eleven P.M. (1928). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1928 film ‘Eleven P.M.’ which reads "Beautiful women should have beautiful things and enjoy life. Why should you deny yourself these things?"
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Caught With The Goods (1917). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1917 film ‘Caught With The Goods’ which reads “She played the piano
The whole day long
And now and then
Broke into song.”
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Mud and Sand (1922). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1922 film ‘Mud and Sand’ which reads “Vaseline's local victory wins him an offer to fight the bulls of Madrid -  and that night - -“
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Fig Leaves (1926). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1926 film ‘Fig Leaves’ which reads “Bad blood between Kain and Abel - These boys  have been warring a great deal of late and it is about time the authorities took a hand -  SPORTS Mastodon rides today! Hide Park - ADS Try forbidden fruit. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The New School Teacher (1924). #SilentFilm
Intertitle from 1924 film ‘The New School Teacher’ which reads “Diana decided
that the best cure for a hot head is the cold shoulder.”
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