On this dayJune 17, 2026

Silent Movie turns fifty

Fifty years ago today, Silent Movie was released.

The premise is a joke about the movies themselves. Three aspiring filmmakers, Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell, take an idea to a financially troubled studio. Their pitch is a silent movie, and to make it marketable they set out to recruit a run of big name stars, while the studio's creditors try to thwart them at every turn.

If it is one of your favorites, log it in your PLOT and give it another spin.

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